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The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway

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In April/May 2023 my wife and I stayed in Co. Donegal for a couple of weeks, planning to walk as much as possible of the L&LSR as far as Letterkenny.

The linked article covers the first length of the line heading East from Burtonport

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/28/th ... ay-part-1/
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This next article covers a second length of the line. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/05/05/th ... ay-part-2/
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This next article continues the journey along the Burtonport extension towards Letterkenny. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/04/30/th ... ay-part-3/
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This fourth article takes the journey as far as Letterkenny. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/13/th ... tterkenny/
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In April/May 2024 we spent time in Co. Donegal again. Our intention was to walk as much as possible of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly trackbed as we could between Letterkenny and Derry and the branch to Cardonagh.

We were frustrated by contacting COVID at the very beginning of our holiday and recovery was slow!

Walking any distance at all was impossible for both of us.

I was, however, able to start work on the first of these articles about these lines.

This is the first article: ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/05/16/th ... ry-part-1/
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A further article in an ongoing series about the L&LSR in Co. Donegal. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/05/27/th ... ry-part-2/
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Excellent articles. What a lot of work you have done. Thank you.
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You are welcome.
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