I like to hike in peace. Consequently, today, we find ourselves hiking the Sheep’s Head Way along “a peaceful, unspoilt peninsula” in a remote southwest corner of Ireland If I Google “Sheep’s Head Way” I get 14,500 results. If I Google “Giant’s Causeway” I get 3.8 million results. We’ll give The Giant’s Causeway, the Blarney Stone,…… Continue reading Sheep’s Head Way
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A Spare Pub
Panic! Our local (Eileen’s) is closed Mondays. Mercifully there was another decent pub in Kilcrohane, down the road.
Sheep’s Head Peninsula
Posted about our current base for hiking: Sheep’s Head Peninsula, southwest Ireland.
Peat, Rock, Heather
Sheep’s Head Peninsula: walked on a ridge trail on peat, rock, and heather, with the Atlantic on each side.
Sheep’s Head Way, Day 1
Today, we start walking The Sheep’s Head Way.
Fog of Jet Lag
Cork, Ireland, end of noisy pub meal, the server said “turkey sex farty.” Fighting the fog of jet lag, I paid €36.40
Jet Setting (Not)
Living the jet-set highlife, at Chicago’s O’Hare waiting for a flight to Shannon. Maybe if I took off my shoes…
Kepler Track
4-day tramp, Kepler Track, South Island, New Zealand, 2006. The mist did a dance, revealing glimpses of steep valleys
Travel Gear: Rain Jacket
The rain was torrential. “You look funny” commented some miserable-looking middle-aged woman as she stumbled towards us on the Wainwright Coast-to-Coast hike across England. I gurgled something to show I was glad I had added to her happiness on that grey day. I suspected this was her first and last long distance walk. We certainly looked…… Continue reading Travel Gear: Rain Jacket
Rain Jackets
Posted about rain jackets.