Mixed weather day today as we set of for another busy day touring County Kerry, this time we head for Dingle and Slea Head on the Atlantic coast of County Kerry, this will be the last outing on this coach tour as we head home on Friday.
The highlight of the tour of the Slea Head is the scenery of that there is no doubt. You may get a feeling of deja vu as you gaze on the various rocky outcrops, beaches etc. You have, Ryan’s Daughter was filmed here in the 70s. That does not detract from the thrill of looking down from the bus window to the rocks below and seeing part of the old road there – yes every so often the Atlantic extracts a fee for providing such a rocky and spectacular coast – it swallows some of the land.
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| Climbing Conors Pass |
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| Tight Curve |
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| The opening Scene in Ryan’s Daughter |
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| The Beach |
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| Sharp fall |
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| The old road |
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| One of the Basket Islands – looks like a sleeping giant |
Dingle
Dingle is well know as a fishing port, it is also famous for Fungie the dolphin who adopted the port some 27 years ago and has remained ever since. Alas time did not permit us to take a trip out in the boat to meet Fungi.
We stopped long enough to have lunch and a little stroll round the town, where we enjoyed a repast of chips and a lovely Irish Coffee. (Expensive but oh so nice). Our final stop on the tour would be Tralee.
Tralee
Those of you who admit to listening to old folk/country songs may recall the Rose of Tralee song however, how many know it is an annual festival to pick a Rose of Tralee. The second biggest town in Eire and boy was it busy. We had a little stroll around the park, paying a visit to St Johns which was being set up for outside broadcast on TV. I even bought a new hat (long story) here – before we headed back to the bus we visited a café were we sat outside in the sun enjoying a drink – Susan really enjoyed her drinking chocolate with her special spoon.
