13/05: The Rings
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
And tonight’s beer is Corona ---- ooooops. Today was a very long day, so we popped into a diner called Eddie Rocket’s City Diner (I'll let you guess who picked it) at about 9pm for dinner and they only had Heineken, Coors and Corona. The hamburger he ordered had jalapenos on it so Corona made sence.
One of the most visited sites in Ireland is the Ring of Kerry. This morning when Maureen (the lady who owns the B&B where we are staying) gave us the map of the Ring of Kerry she indicated that she thought the Skellig Ring was the nicest part of the route ---- an 18 km extension to the Ring of Kerry. We set out in the rain heading for the start of the Ring of Kerry wondering just how much of the cliffs we would see in the rain and haze.
A beach allow the Ring of Kerry
Being a popular site you can imagine the number of tourist buses on the route lumbering down the narrow, twisty, hilly road. About a 1/3 of the way through the Ring of Kerry we had to decide if we were going to drive the Skellig Ring ---- it didn’t take Ed long to decide once I told him the buses didn’t drive the Skellig Ring. It also helped that the rain was not constant and we did see a patch of blue sky. The Skellig Ring starts in Cahersiveen where you catch a ferry to Valencia Island.
The ferry is small --- maybe holds a ½ dozen cars and it takes about 5 minutes to cross the harbour.
The ferry heading across the harbour.
After walking around the village for a few minutes I said to Ed, “we’ve finally found the Ireland we were looking for” and he agreed.
This standing stone has been standing for at least a thousand years.
The Valencia Island light house at Cromwell’s Point is only 16 meters tall. Some little flowers growing in a wall.
Aw, boney butt --- great for scratching the chin.
It's hard to see but between the dark clouds and the light clouds is a strip of blue --- it's starting to clear up.
At the highest point on the island looking down on the lighthouse.
Looking down at Portmagee.
A few views along the Ring of Kerry.
Hmmm... scratching using barb wire, must be a big itch.
Ladies view in Killarney National Park.
Torc Waterfall.
One of the most visited sites in Ireland is the Ring of Kerry. This morning when Maureen (the lady who owns the B&B where we are staying) gave us the map of the Ring of Kerry she indicated that she thought the Skellig Ring was the nicest part of the route ---- an 18 km extension to the Ring of Kerry. We set out in the rain heading for the start of the Ring of Kerry wondering just how much of the cliffs we would see in the rain and haze.
A beach allow the Ring of Kerry
Being a popular site you can imagine the number of tourist buses on the route lumbering down the narrow, twisty, hilly road. About a 1/3 of the way through the Ring of Kerry we had to decide if we were going to drive the Skellig Ring ---- it didn’t take Ed long to decide once I told him the buses didn’t drive the Skellig Ring. It also helped that the rain was not constant and we did see a patch of blue sky. The Skellig Ring starts in Cahersiveen where you catch a ferry to Valencia Island.
The ferry is small --- maybe holds a ½ dozen cars and it takes about 5 minutes to cross the harbour.
The ferry heading across the harbour.
After walking around the village for a few minutes I said to Ed, “we’ve finally found the Ireland we were looking for” and he agreed.
This standing stone has been standing for at least a thousand years.
The Valencia Island light house at Cromwell’s Point is only 16 meters tall. Some little flowers growing in a wall.
Aw, boney butt --- great for scratching the chin.
It's hard to see but between the dark clouds and the light clouds is a strip of blue --- it's starting to clear up.
At the highest point on the island looking down on the lighthouse.
Looking down at Portmagee.
A few views along the Ring of Kerry.
Hmmm... scratching using barb wire, must be a big itch.
Ladies view in Killarney National Park.
Torc Waterfall.