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Relatively quiet roads, good tarmac, wild and dramatic scenery

Just walk a little further and you will find a small, beautiful, secluded beach

Pedalling over Bridge Street the Owenglin River tumbles beneath you on its way out to Clifden Bay.

It's worth the short detour to visit the beautiful Dog's Bay. It has a unique horseshoe shape and is sheltered by the headland. It is a great place for a swim and is popular for paddlesports. Make sure you take a close look at the sand as it is actually tiny fragments of pure white shells.

Lough Emlaghnabehy sits amongst a beautiful landscape of countless lakes. The path is lined with boardwalks so you can run across the bog without getting your feet wet.

In 1901 Guglielmo Marconi transmitted a wireless message from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland. This was a huge achievement and heralded the dawn of a completely new way of communicating. Marconi found it difficult to establish profitable communications between Poldu and Canada so moved his wireless station as far west as he could, here next to Lough Emlaghnabehy.It was partially burnt down in 1922 and closed down. There are information boards at the site which give further details of its history.

In 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown landed here after their first non-stop transatlantic flight. The journey from Newfoundland took them 16 hours and 12 minutes. They also bought with them bags of mail, making it also the first delivery of air mail.

In 1901 Guglielmo Marconi transmitted a wireless message from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland. This was a huge achievement and heralded the dawn of a completely new way of communicating. Marconi found it difficult to establish profitable communications between Poldu and Canada so moved his wireless station as far west as he could, here next to Lough Emlaghnabehy.It was partially burnt down in 1922 and closed down. There are information boards at the site which give further details of its history.