Irish Loop

La Mancha

We have started exploring the Irish Loop. We wanted to visit La Mancha and Ferrieland. Further south from Witless bay, we drove through Tors Cove, Bauline East, Cape Broyle, St. Michael’s which is incredibly beautiful with little islands and then La Mancha, which is the most beautiful national park I have seen so far in Newfoundland.

We hiked to the La Manche village and Suspension Bridge, which was destroyed in 1966 by high tides. This hike is also part of the E.C.T. We saw wild roses, which smell beautiful and lovely wildflowers, There is a lovely waterfall in the gorge. We saw Whale spouts on the horizon.

We then went onto Ferrieland, which was like a scene out of “Lord of the Rings”, unfortunately too misty to take photographs. They are busy doing archeological diggings there, of the Colony of Avalon. On our way home we drove through Brigus South, where we watched Whale spouts from “The Gut”. Apparently there is also a wreck. “Pigeon Inlet” the TV series was shot on location in Brigus South because of the small quaint-ness the community gave.