WHIRL2026 Day - 3

Morning Gloria! That's not a typo, our host was called Gloria. A nice lady, very friendly and helpful but not great when it comes to making scrambled egg. We both had it for brekkie and it was well overcooked. You can't exactly tell someone whose home you are sharing that though. Everything fine?, Yes!

On the road, we headed south, to Mizen Head, the most southerly point in Ireland. Mizerable Head more like, as apart from not being open when we arrived, they wanted €7.50 to get down the headland. I got as close as I could but we were blowed if we were going to pay that. Grizzly said that had changed since he was last there, when you could just walk right down. That aside, the scenery around the area is fantastic with a beautiful sandy bay just up the road.

From Mizen, we retraced our tracks, heading north. For most of the day we'd be riding the Wild Atlantic Way, which later on seems to merge with the Ring of Kerry. 

Next stop, after a fuel stop was at the Kilmichael Ambush Monument, commemorating an ambush of the British Army by the IRA in 1920. The leader of the group, Tom Barry, had once served in the British Army but joined the IRA after being demobbed.

Kilmichael Ambush Monument

Moving on, we made a stop for lunch, then one at Torc Waterfall, which stands at 66m tall. It's not up to Norwegian falls standards but worth the 250m walk. Grizzly didn't fancy the walk up to it, so I went solo.

Torc Waterfall

Our next couple of stops were at viewpoints, one called Ladies Point, we know not why and then one at Com an Chiste Ring of Kerry Lookout. Both giving superb views of the west coast scenery. With the sun shining brightly, this part of the country is really beautiful. Maybe the seagull crapping on me was lucky! Whislt stopped we treated ourselves to a large 99 cornet. Mmm!

Ginny at Com an Chiste Ring of Kerry Lookout

From the last stop it was a short ride to our B&B, though our route had us going to a different B&B, one I had booked then rejected. Luckily I knew where the correct one was. It's very nice and just a 10 minute walk from the town centre of Waterville, which interestingly has a statue of Charlie Chaplin. Grizzly says he used to live here. That's 2 in our collection of CC statue pictures, as we have one from Lake Geneva too.

Dinner, chowder for both of us, was taken in a bar named after a famous local gaelic football player, Tom O'Dyer. There's even a statue of him on the seafront.

Tomorrow we'll finish the Ring of Kerry and continue moving north. The weather promises to be warm and sunny again.