Castles from coast to coast

After surviving the hectic wind and rain during the night, we got to celebrate with our first hot coffee brewed freshly inside the campervan! While we consumed our hot beverages we planned out a route for the day.

First up was another castle back in the direction of Dingle, it was an offhanded pick, but ended up being absolutely beautiful. One of the most serene and impressive sights to date! An old ruined castle with a beach of large round rocks. The waves were breaking violently and the wind was whipping our faces. It was lovely.

After the rain started to get too hard, we retreated back to Tilly (the campervan) and continued our journey to Dingle. Exploring the town in the daylight was lovely. We enjoyed a delicious hot chocolate and found a sculpture of Fungie the Dingle Dolphin!

We intended to take a beautiful scenic route through the mountains called Conor Pass to get to our next destination but turned around as we were passing signs warning us of the width and weight limit of traffic... Both of which we greatly exceeded. We may have been daring enough to attempt it, if it was not for the pelting rain and extremely strong winds battering the van.

We ended up backtracking a bit to get to the next town of Tralee where we stopped to get our hands on a nice stack of 1€ coins to use for laundry. We also got ourselves some shoes to help combat against the rain and cold.

Our final destination (and where we're camping tonight) is Carrigafoyle Castle, another seaside castle that we can fortunately stay at for free! We arrived here at the end of twilight so the view is still a mystery to us -- we're excited to see it in the morning!

We ended the night with hot chocolate, some cookies and an apple while relaxing and listening to the rain and wind... It's really lovely out here.

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