Thursday, January 8, 2009

Round Ireland with a Sinead (part 3)

Kerry
Tarbert and the arrival of the Shannon car ferry. Listowel and it's stone washed shop front's. Tralee and the rose. The Dingle Peninsula, traffic jam due to truck drivers stupidity on the foggy Connor Pass. Bodhran lesson's for Helen in Dingle town and that pub inside a hardware store. Beehive stone huts and ring forts approaching Slea Head. Sadly no sight of Fungie the Dolphin or time for a pint in Tom Creans South Pole Pub.

Killarney and its American tourist's, jaunting cars on the stand by. The best B & B breakfast ever in Robben House. Running in the beautiful Killarney National Park circling the lakes and taking in the Black Valley. Exploring the gardens of Muckross house and hiking up past Torc Waterfall for views of the lakes below. Ladies View on the Killarney Kenmare road with Avoca further up the road. Macgillycuddy Reeks and Ireland highest peak Carrantuohill. Perhaps the only January ascent in shorts in the month of January, up Hags Glen and the Devils Ladder. Hot soup by the fire in the Hags Glen Cafe. The narrow and winding Gap of Dunloe in my opinion Irelands best stretch of road. New Years eve in Kenmare, the legendary chip shop. Sneem and the Men of the West postcard. New Years eve puck about and rugby on the beach in Caherdaniel.

Taking a wrong turn on the remote Beara Peninsula and following a Boreen to the cable car to Dursey Ireland. The oldest cable car in Ireland where sheep travel for free.

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