Anyway. Today we started our adventure on the Wild Atlantic Way, symbolized below by the conch shell-like symbol and the blue "wave". Follow that sign all the way up and down the west coast of Ireland and you will have done the "Way". We've driven the north coast and halfway down the west coast to Galway and now we're headed to partially do the south coast.
We thought about and researched the Ring of Kerry and decided against it because it would take a FULL day....like 8 hours! Ugh! It took us long enough to do the Ring of Beara but the HUGE PLUS, NO TOUR BUSES! Not one. Yay! When we were up north there were tons of tour buses to contend with.
So we start on an overcast morning......
....and decide that any sign we saw that we were curious about we'd stop and take a look. Our first stop was truly fabulous!
The sign |
Yeah, right. This was not an official sign I assure you. Plus I'm married to the Scotsman. |
....and approach the small circle of stones with rams. It's no Stonehenge as the sign suggests but enchanting just the same. Gordon had to chase the rams away, who were happily scratching their rears on the stones, so I could approach. Wild animals make me nervous.
Gordon had visions of Rob Roy |
I had visions of Outlander and Jaimie! |
Still really cool that hundreds of years ago someone, or a group of someones moved these stones into place for some reason. They are huge and super heavy. We mused on the reasons why they might be here and for what purpose. Inconclusive.
The view of the Lough and the waterfalls was spectacular!
Bye circle of stones |
A lace-cap hydrangea taller than me! |
Meanwhile we drive and enjoy the stunning views.
and little towns and tiny harbors.
Oyster season has begun and they've shelved their crab pots for oyster baskets.
Crab pots! |
Colorfully painted towns |
So we decide to drive to the furthest point on the peninsula. There is an island just off the peninsula called Dursey Island and there's a cable car, the only cable car in Ireland, that shuttles people to-and-fro. Believe me, it would have been shut down in the states! It's quite rickety! But we enjoyed the view while a large trawler passed underneath the cable lines.
Crazy! The floorboards are wooden on the cable car and look a little too precarious for G and I! |
The pubs were buzzing! |
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