Escape from Kerry
It took three weeks to get a weather window to make it around the Dingle Peninsular, round to Tralee Bay and then off to the Kerry coast. The hop to the Aran islands is a big one and required more settled weather. I have been joined by my friend Bill for a week or so. He has brought some good opportunities so we have zoomed up past Galway and took the opportunity to stop at Aran. The next day, hiring bikes, a tour of the island revealed the great stone fortress on the edge of the world.
Island hopping
This fabulous coast is scattered with great islands and inside passages that take the sting out of the Atlantic swell. Roundstone and Inishbofin are great places to visit. I could spend an entire summer exploring this coast and it would still not be properly covered. The pressure to make good progress balanced with the desire to explore is making me linger. I am considering the great goal of rounding UK & Ireland may have to be staggered to justice to the stunning beauty of this coast and its peaple. I am loathed to press on.
Next on the itinerary
- Clew bay, a bay of a thousand islands
- Blacksod bay, long bays and great fishing
- Broadhaven and a great launch pad to cross Donegal bay (50nm)
Well done for blogging again after 10 days, thought you had dropped off the Edge of the World!
By: Mike on July 22, 2010
at 7:40 am
Still following progress – glad to hear you’re still on track as was worried you had got stuck on one of the many islands somewhere …. hope all is going well
By: Richard Churchill on July 27, 2010
at 12:49 pm