Scenery en route to Inch Strand — Dingle Peninsula, Ireland.

Panorama of Inch Strand — Dingle Peninsula, Ireland.

Waters of Dingle Bay rolling ashore @ Inch Strand — Dingle Peninsula, Ireland.

A windy day on the Inch Strand — Dingle Peninsula, Ireland.

Signs of ebb and flow on the Inch Strand — Dingle Peninsula, Ireland.

Inch Strand and Dingle Bay beyond — Dingle Peninsula, Ireland.

A Stroll on Inch Strand

25 июня 2019 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F

After bidding our hostess at Emerville House “slán” — which means safe, but is essentially used to say farewell — we began the 42-mile drive from Killarney to Dingle.

The first part of the drive was familiar from yesterday ... and just as uninteresting as it was then. But, as promised by the guidebook, the scenery improved once we made the turn onto the Dingle Peninsula.

Seeing the sign for Inch Strand [beach], we stopped for a stroll on what is said to be one of the best “Blue flag” beaches in Ireland. Guidebooks also describe it as having one of the finest, intact dune systems in the country.

Mist veiled the mountains and hills, but the long length of the beach was very inviting. At low tide, the sand was packed hard, making it easy to walk along the water’s edge where the surf gently rolled ashore. That the sun came out while we were still on the beach was an added delight.Читать далее

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