Beautiful Blue Flag Beach Ballymastocker Strand
This part of the Wild Altantic Way should not be that long. We were just following our GPS to bring us to Fanad Head and anything in between. We didn’t really plan on what to see in between and I wasn’t really prepared for what we were supposed to see. Fortunately, parts of the way were quite tourist friendly. Sometimes there would be parts of the road where there would be parking areas. If you see this, you would know that there is something worth seeing here. We already did that in the previous part of the drive and we saw another one. It seems we are in a mountainous area of the drive and the winds here were quite poewrful. I take that to mean that we were quite high up, Now, mountains in Ireland aren’t really very tall so you should take that with a grain of salt.
Panoramic View of Ballymastocker Strand
We came across another parking area and this along the way down the mountain. We got down to see what was so interesting here and we were amazed to see the astounding view that was below us. It was a long stretch of golden sand beach. The waters reflect the blue sky above and it is probably one of the most beautiful sights that I have seen in Ireland. My friends and I were very exited to see this and we were no strangers to beaches. However, this was probably the first time we have seen a beautiful beach with no people on it. Most of the time, there would thousands of people flocking to enjoy a beach as beautiful as this one, but it seems that this wasn’t the case here in Ireland. This was Ballymastocker Strand and it is considered a Blue Flag Beach, which means it is a beach with very high standards of water quality and waste management. From where I came from, this is probably something which is almost impossible to achieve given how may people go to the beach there, which is why it is incredible to discover a place as pristine as this.
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