Category: Travel
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Off We Go — Ballycurrane to Cloghane
After a pleasant evening sitting in the only pub in the village, we’re starting the toughest leg of the trip. Today, we go over Mount Brandon, the second highest peak in Ireland. Fortunately, it’s over a pass and not the peak itself, but its still a 760m (2490 feet) gain in the first couple of…
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Dunquin
It was a 360m climb out of Ventry, but the hike was worth the reward. We passed through pastures with sheep grazing amidst hundreds of prehistoric ruins. We lost sight of Dingle Bay but were rewarded by the wild coastline from Slea Head and north. Coming down off the particularly steep slope of Sliabh an…
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Off We Go…Dingle Westward
We don’t know the next time we can post an update, so we’ll post a multiday map of our journey for the next few days. Tomorrow, our goal is the hostel in Dunquin, and we’ll probably divide the following trail into three days so that there are a couple of easy days before tackling the…
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Dingle…finally
After reaching Annascaul, we spent a very pleasant and comfortable evening at the Anchor B&B, talking about maps, traveling by foot, and other important matters with Brian, the innkeeper. I was going to write a short piece via cellphone, but I fell asleep with the phone still clutched in my hand. In the morning, we…
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Mary’s Little Lamb
In an odd twist, this lamb picture is dedicated to one of our blog followers. If you think this lamb shout out is for you, then state the reason why and claim it in the comments section.
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Off We Go – Annascaul to Dingle
A twelve mile day with about 1000 foot elevation gain [findmespotmap start=”2010-04-16 00:00:00″ end=”2010-04-16 23:59:59″ id=”0-8062822″] [kmlmap w=500 h=500 kml=”03-annascauldingle.kmz”]
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In Annascaul
A much easier hike. We’re doing everything over the mobile phone, ao there are no pictures for noe. We’ll get some up when we make it to Dingle. After a pleasant breakfast at the Sea View house, we headed back to the trailhead. We fell in with a pleasant woman who was walking up the…
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Off We Go, Day 2 Camp to Annascaul
Camp to Annascaul has a larger elevation gain but more pleasant terrain. Sore legs and a mild headache after drinking last night at Ashe’s [findmespotmap start=”2010-04-15 00:00:00″ end=”2010-04-15 23:59:59″ id=”0-8062822″]
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Footsore but happy in Camp
Across moors, rocks, and boggy earth…we’re really hoping that the trail gets easier from here. However, it was an incredible day with great weather and world-class hiking and views, so our complaining is tempered with enjoyment. As we started our long traverse of Slieve Mish, we watched a sheep herder putting his collie through his…
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Along the Way
Finally feels good to get back on the trail. We’ve stopped for a lunch break on crossing the Curraheen River as it flows from the Slieve Mish. The country is stony and stark, very much like the alpine landscape above treeline, except there’s oxygen and lots of sheep. [findmespotmap start=”2010-04-14 00:00:00″ end=”2010-04-14 23:59:59″ id=”0-8062822″]