Kerry Way Photo Montage Pt. 2 - Rossbeigh to Caherdaniel

Oct 8

This section included some “ridge walks”, which we originally pictured as an Irish version of the ridges of Henry Coe - undulating but walkable trail with views hung in mist to the left and right; instead of the golden glow of Coe, paired with scandalous green. Well, we got the green and bog too and that dominated our experience for most of this. Add to the difficult walking that Sam lobbied hard for (and got) a 17 mile day in hard rain to challenge his hiking chops, this section was very difficult for our younger (and wifely) hikers. They persevered and it was incredible.

On the hill out of Rossbeigh

Overlooking Dingle Bay

Joe carefully navigates the nut cruncher.

A pano of the clear blue Dingle Bay

WTH guys! We schlepped ourselves all the way up here for the stellar views and you pull out your Kindle? Irish pearls, meet my swine.

Sam ends this clip by yelling, “This sucks”. He termed it The Bog Slog.

Huge piles of peat drying. How cold do you have to be to think, “Hey guys, I wonder if we can burn the ground?”

Irish forest fire!

The one little section of dry, quality trail

Zhoom!

Sated by food truck fish and chips in Waterville

This is no glamorous influencer blog, no sir. This is gritty reportage and I’m here to inform our readers about the consequences of The Bog Slog. These are our socks - after three rinses.