Another warm day beckoned with a reasonably full itinerary ahead.
First stop was in a place called Killorglin, to see King Puck. King Puck is a goat. There's a statue alongside the river and yes, the goat has a crown on it's head. Not sure exactly when this became a thing but they have a yearly festival, where a live goat is chosen to be king for a day.
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| King Puck |
Moving on, we were heading towards Dunmore Head, Ireland's most westerly point. On the way we made a stop at a small monument for German submarine U35. In 1940, at great risk to themselves, U35 rescued greek sailors from a sinking ship and brought them near to shore at Ceann Tra and someone thought it worthy of commemoration.
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| U35 Memorial |
We continued along the coast road to Dunmore Head, including traversing a cobbled ford on a hairpin bend. The water wasn't deep or fast flowing but still one had to be careful. I just went for it, Grizzly took the more cautious approach. We'd have to do it in reverse later.
Dunnet Head is a a large and very high rock. Grizzly took one look and I was climbing on my own. At the top there's a concrete WWII lookout post, otherwise nothing but a view. Inside the post taking shelter from the rain that had just started, were two sheep, so no shelter for me!
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| No room here mate! |
By the time I got back down the rain had pretty much stopped. it was only a few spots. The next planned stop was at the Foynes Seaplane Museum but looking at the time, I realised we would arrive just 15 minutes before it closed, so we decided to head straight for the hotel in Ennis.
Our route took us across the River Shannon estuary by ferry, the first of three ferries on this tour. The crossing took about 20 minutes and within 30 more, we were at the hotel. Dinner was had a few minutes around the corner.
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| Ginny's a FFT (frequent ferry traveller) |
Tomorrow we continue north, ending the day at Mullaghmore. Weather forecast, hot and sunny again.
Till then.
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