The Western Way: Part 1 Oughterard to Newport

I walked "The Western Way" as a possible section of the E2 European Long Distance Path, as well as for its innate beauty. This is part 1 of the route, it differed in places from an older GPX track I had downloaded from waymarkedtrails.org. Part 2 of my walk on the Western Way is at https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/the-western-way-part-2-newport-to-the-start-of-the-sligo-way-102376122 .
On my first day I walked on roads by the extensive waters of Lough Corrib. A boardwalk then took me through a forestry plantation to a busy road. Leaving it near the village of Maum I climbed into the Mamturk mountains up to the pass of Mam Ean, camping by the path.
Next day, after visiting St Patrick's Chapel, I followed a path down to a road up the valley in sheep farming country. Following a track through forestry I eventually caught sight of Killary Harbour, a fjord like inlet of the sea. Leenaun, further up the "harbour", had a café, shop, bar, accommodation and a wool museum.
Third day took me up a valley beside the Erriff river, then by forest tracks to a road over a ridge to the next valley. From there I crossed a high pass on open moorland lacking a path (there is an alternative road route). More road walking led me to a path onto open hillside where I camped on rough ground in the shadow of Croagh Patrick (a mountain).
On the final day of this section a forest track took me to roads over a final ridge, beyond which Westport Bay opened out beneath me. Westport is a busy town with all the facilities. A cycle path beside a busy road took me to the next town of Newport.
Most of the route was in areas remote from facilities, although isolated single story white houses were never far away.
More details can be found in my blog https://johnpone2.blogspot.com/search/label/Western%20Way (or in a German guide to the route https://www.conrad-stein-verlag.de/buecher-shop/wanderfuehrer-irland-western-way-fernwanderweg/ )