Dingle Peninsula

We set an alarm this morning so we could get on the road to the Dingle Peninsula. It was another overcast day but no rain and only a short 75 minute drive to our first stop at Inch Beach. Big waves and lots of shells - would have been a great place to visit in the summer. After Inch, the town of Dingle was only 20 minutes away. We did some window shopping before finding Murphy's Pub (just like we remember in Champaign :) ) for lunch. After lunch, we popped into a local market to find some Dingle 'berries' - the boys were happy to oblige. Then, we had another short 15 minute drive to Eask Tower. Built as a solid tower in the mid-1800s to help guide ships to the Dingle harbour, we didn't realize it was at the top of a 600 foot 'hill'. It was quite a climb and we were greeted by 50mph winds at the top. Fortunately, the views were certainly worth it. We could see for miles around and it was the highlight of the day. It was still in the low 50s today and so it was nice to get out of the wind but glad we made the climb. There was a local leather shop at the bottom that we ducked into while the kids waited in the car before our final stop at Blasket Islands. Fortunately we had amazing views from the road this time and no climbing required. Came right back home for showers and pizza so we could watch Everest together (the kids are infatuated with mountain climbing right now). Ready to head to Cork tomorrow.Read more