Tuesday
Another brilliant weather day. It hit 70º today. That’s July weather for Dingle. This will end eventually. You’ve seen Slea Head Drive which is west of Dingle. In Dingle going that way is commonly referred to as going “out west”. You’ve seen the view from the top of Conor Pass. Today we drove up to Conor Pass and down the other side to Brandon Point, Fermoyle Beach (Strand) and Castlegregory. Then back to Dingle via Camp and Annascaul. Map refresher: we did the yellow and green routes today:
Near the town of Brandon
Find life preservers in a tree. And those are tall dandelions (if they are, in fact, dandelions).
At Brandon Point
This is the other side of the mountains from where we were at Brandon Creek yesterday. You can hike it. It’s a difficult hike. Of course, we haven’t done it. There is a notational sign here about St. Brendan’s journey which originated at Brandon Creek. And it’s a long way down if you lose your balance here.
At Fermoyle Strand
You can drive on Fermoyle Strand. We didn’t. But we took a long walk. It’s VERY low tide. Lots of dead crabs on the beach. And almost no people. You can see Brandon Point, where we just came from, off in the distance. We’ve been here when you couldn’t even see the mountains.
Here’s my favorite picture so far – the clouds and mountains reflected in the low tide waters on the beach:
On to Castlegregory Beach
And then back home again. We stopped to buy tonight’s dinner. Pork chops for Elaine. A steak for me. Asparagus. Potatoes. And a one-time use BBQ kit. Wine we had on hand. The house wine at 11 Marian Park is Australia’s Oyster Bay Pinot Noir (which Supervalu always seems to stock). And the asparagus was delicious. We have almost stopped eating it at home because it’s always so tough and stringy.
Walking through Dingle today.
A beach day! You hit the jackpot with the weather. Gorgeous photos, Joe, including the shadows, which we haven’t seen for a while. That brilliant sunshine makes everything you photographed even more spectacular. Glad to see you guys hop in the car and taking advantage of it. How are you liking the new house?
The new house is ideally located and we like it a lot. Smaller, but it has everything we need.
What a beautiful day to go beaching. Stunning water, mountain, beach and sky views. Love the silhouettes in the sand. I saw the life preservers in the tree and, yes, those are very tall dandelions.
Back to St. Brendan: I think he fasted for too long to have come upon sea monsters, demons from hell, and an island that turned out to be a whale. No way he actually left Dingle Bay, no matter what Tim Severin says!!
Nice home made dinner. I never heard of a one-time BBQ kit. Cool. I agree that asparagus can be tough and stringy. Believe it or not, Jeff prefers Le Sueur tall asparagus spears in a can. Never tough or stringy.
Again, I love the map. We can really appreciate your travels all around Dingle peninsula.
Another beautiful day for driving. Great pics Joe and great dinner Elaine.