Rainy Saturday for Bike Day

Saturday was the annual Ride Dingle bike event. You choose between the 55 km route or the 120 km route. It’s a tough ride with gut busting hills. We chose the 0 km route. Unfortunately after a brilliant weather day Friday, the bikers had to deal with overcast skies and frequent rain. There were thousands of entrants.

Dingle was crowded this weekend with Ride Dingle and the end of the two-week school vacation. The rug rats go back to school on Monday. We had things to buy and decided on the 45-minute ride into Tralee.

We headed out after noon after sleeping very late (for us). First stop was for lunch at . . . . . surprise . . . . . . . Burger King. Then more food shopping at Tesco. And we bought two pillows at the T K Maxx. (Yes, it’s T K in Ireland, not T J – something about copyrights.) We love our house but not the pillows. And I bought a folding chair for use in the sun room or especially on the patio. The plastic chairs outside are fine for Elaine but not so much for me. Gotta be comfortable!

On arrival back in Dingle we stopped for a beer at the Dingle Pub. It was busy and we stayed for only one. We saw publican Tom Geaney and his son David Geaney, the Irish dancer. They are both old friends. We know his daughter Suzy too. She just had her first baby six months ago. Music started at 6 pm just as we headed home.

Cocktails were inside in the solarium. Dinner was Tesco prepared Thai Curry Chicken with a nice salad. Early to bed again.

I got our Irish cell phones working and hooked up to Wi-Fi, always a hassle. Charging stations are set up for phones, kindles, computers, and whatever else needs charging. And I finally got access to our Cox webmail. I hate Cox. They put you through when connecting for outside the USA.

No pictures today, but here is a nice panorama video taken yesterday from Castlegregory. You’ll see a brief glimpse of Elaine as the video ends. See you tomorrow.