{"id":44740,"date":"2023-05-25T21:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T20:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=44740"},"modified":"2023-05-25T21:48:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T20:48:13","slug":"riding-high-dingle-peninsula-by-motorhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/riding-high-dingle-peninsula-by-motorhome\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding High, Dingle Peninsula by Motorhome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We left the Killarney campsite with bins and tanks emptied, batteries maxed out and oodles of fresh water. Our main LPG bottle was empty so we nipped round the corner in to refill. It was an expensive station at \u20ac1.40 a litre, but we don&#8217;t use much gas so don&#8217;t much worry about it. Also, LPG refill stations aren&#8217;t too widely distributed in Ireland, and you can never tell if the next station will be empty, broken, or driven into by a car the day before you arrive. All these have happened to us over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome LPG refilling station in Killarney \" class=\"wp-image-44747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115328.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The refill point was at a coachbuilders in Killarney, who have a wide-old entrance and a big fat LPG tank just inside with an old-fashioned analog volume counter. A chap appeared and asked us whether we had non-removable tanks with a safety cut-off (yep to both, <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/installing-a-gasit-self-refillable-lpg-system\/\">this is our system<\/a>). We showed him our LPG adapters and he pointed out the correct one, a little-used ACME one, which always gets me thinking of Road Runner cartoons. We popped in the adapter and he attached the gun and did the refilling. All good, we&#8217;ve enough gas for this trip and a few weeks of the next one, wherever that takes us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome LPG refilling station in Killarney \" class=\"wp-image-44748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_115453.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ignoring the satnav and sticking to the wide roads, we headed onto the Dingle Peninsula by backtracking to Killorglin. From there more N road took us north until we swung west on the arrow-straight R561 to the tiny hamlet at Inch. There&#8217;s a 5km Parkrun here each Saturday morning and we nipped into to scope out parking options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Inch Strand beach on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131112584_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Famously you can park on the beach at Inch during the day, but equally famously a few folks have misjudged which areas of sand are sturdy enough and needed to pay for a tow out. Pulling in we found the small car park height-barriered, but luckily for us one of the three spaces outside the barrier opened up and we edged our big-old white butt in there. On foot we checked out the beach, topped with a scattering of cars and vans. Not as photogenic as we imagined, we opted to leave Zagan where he was, on solid tarmac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Inch Strand beach on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_132403169_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Inch Strand beach on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_130617259_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The park4night app has a paid spot above the beach along the road. What suits one doesn&#8217;t suit another though, and we wrote it off quickly. It&#8217;s not massively expensive, and has great seat views, but it&#8217;s on a decent slope and is right besides the road. Prime territory for the honking of horns at 2am, nah. We decided to book into the small campsite opposite the beach instead. We&#8217;d spend a couple of days out on the western edge of the peninsula then come back for Friday night. Jobsa-goodun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Inch Strand beach on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_131543557_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Refueled with a coffee, we headed west. The R561 soon merging onto the N86, another low-stress driving day, no high hedges and elbows-in action. As we rolled along a couple of signs told us we were entering a Gaeltacht. These are (sadly) relatively small areas of Ireland where Irish remains the predominant language. Our AA map of Ireland has them shaded in light yellow, and they tend to be in the more remote areas to the west of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Countryside views on the Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_135921204_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next stop: the recycling centre! We&#8217;ve still one of our old leisure batteries to dispose of, so popped into the one about a mile before Dingle Town, where a friendly fella came over to the van and took it off our hands for free. There was a sign up at the entrance saying to get rid of a standard 60 litre black bag of rubbish was \u20ac5, so we were pleased we&#8217;d got rid of everything we could at the campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Recycling centre on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_140811437_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A bit lighter, on to Dingle Town. In we rolled, parking alongside the road on the edge of town. Our van&#8217;s not the narrowest, but just about fitted in the lines. OK for a daytime visit but not good for the night, we&#8217;d have been rocked sideways by every passing vehicle, been there, done that, many times! Dingle proved an interesting small town, tons of curious independent shops and characterful pubs. One advertised an evening show by David Geaney, Ireland&#8217;s fastest dancer of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome parked on the roadside in Dingle Town\" class=\"wp-image-44755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142158379_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end we made do with an hour wandering the port and streets. A nip into tourist information confirmed the nearest place for motorhomes to overnight was 5 miles away. Dingle was packed with tourist coaches, and caters well to package holiday makers, but not to motorhomes. As far as we could tell all the car parks in town have no overnight clauses. Stuff it, the town made it too hard to stay! I may well now have witnessed some speedy Irish dancing in person, but I had to make do with watching David&#8217;s blur of feet on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142621591_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142621591_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"The Dingle Pub, Dingle Town, Ireland\" class=\"wp-image-44756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142621591_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142621591_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_142621591_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, 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src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144007486_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Colourful shops, pubs and houses in Dingle Town\" class=\"wp-image-44759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144007486_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144007486_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144007486_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144007486_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144007486_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, 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href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144216086_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"44762\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144216086_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Dingle Town souvenir shop\" class=\"wp-image-44762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144216086_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144216086_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144216086_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_144216086_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, 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Heard of him? If you&#8217;re Irish, I&#8217;m guessing you may well have. If you&#8217;re not, probably not. P\u00e1id\u00ed, although he sadly passed away a decade ago, was one of Ireland&#8217;s great Gaelic Football players and managers. He was a character too from the sounds of things, the master of craic, if the 10,000 photos from the inside of his pub are anything to go by!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_162824014_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_162824014_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"A million photos on the walls of P\u00e1id\u00ed \u00d3 S\u00e9's pub, Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_162824014_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_162824014_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_164258121_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"P\u00e1id\u00ed \u00d3 S\u00e9 meeting Tom Cruise during the filming of Far and Away, a film which is apparently dreadful!\" class=\"wp-image-44765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_164258121_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_164258121_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_164258121_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_164258121_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_164258121_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, 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https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185346509_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" data-id=\"44771\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR-1030x773.jpg\" alt=\"OurTour on the beach at Vantry Bay\" class=\"wp-image-44771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_185516618_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"44768\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"P\u00e1id\u00ed \u00d3 S\u00e9's pub, Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230524_193116174_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You see, P\u00e1id\u00ed \u00d3 S\u00e9 used to own a pub, which these days welcomes motorhomes into their car park in return for drinking or eating in the pub (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:52.12783,-10.379328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">N52.12783, W10.379328<\/a>). The car park has a lovely view across Ventry Bay, is set back from the road and just-about-flat. It is, of course, stumbling distance from the pub, and just a little further way from a beautifully unspoiled sandy beach. We piled in about 4pm and after a quick chat with a fellow vanner at the bar, and having missed lunch, fell upon our food like savages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone entering the pub was greeted by the staff with a cheery &#8220;Hello, how are you?&#8221;. Listening to the responses, almost every one was in English, but Ju told me later she&#8217;d heard someone reply in Irish. At that point the bartender switched to Gaelic too. Whenever we hear the native tongue, the conversation turns utterly opaque to us. Same goes for the written word. Most signs in Ireland are written in both English and Irish, and there doesn&#8217;t often seem much in common. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"All-gaelic sign in the Gaeltacht on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144844640_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we headed further west and onto a spectacular section of the R559 below Mount Eagle (Sliabh an Iolair in Irish, see what I mean?). The land steepened as it crashed down into the Atlantic, and the road narrowed to the point coaches running along it appeared comically huge. A series of lay-byes with increasingly dramatic views had us pulling in and jumping out. This is the Slea Head Drive apparently, and it&#8217;s quite an experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Coaches on the R559 section of the Wild Atlantic Way, Dingle Peninsula, travelling clockwise \" class=\"wp-image-44774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_120147.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"The rapidly-narrowing R559 south of Mount Eagle\" class=\"wp-image-44775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_115751755.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At one we nipped into the remains of an ancient stone fort, (5000 year-old in parts). Jerry, who inherited the land the fort stands on from his grandmother, took our \u20ac3 each and explained a few details about Cashel Murphy (Cathair U\u00ed Mhurch\u00fa). He went on to explain he&#8217;s a goldsmith with a shop in Dingle, handing us a leaftlet, a smooth operator is Jerry! Having seen a couple of Ring Forts earlier on our trip we didn&#8217;t expect more from this visit, but the position of fortified settlement above the crashing Atlantic waves was evocative and dramatic. Apparently it was the centre of an ancient city, with the remains of stone dwellings spread across the hillside. It would have been quite some place to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Cashel Murphy (Cathair U\u00ed Mhurch\u00fa)\" class=\"wp-image-44778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121840247_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Cashel Murphy (Cathair U\u00ed Mhurch\u00fa)\" class=\"wp-image-44777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_121333199_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we left we asked Jerry about the Gaeltacht. He told us he&#8217;s a native Irish speaker, having not spoken a word of English until he was four. He said folks who spoke Irish were laughed at in Dingle town if they didn&#8217;t speak English, as they were thought to be stupid. He recalled his school using a thoroughly depressing (very true I imagine) book about depression-era Ireland to teach Irish. Probably not the best way to encourage a good feeling about the language in his opinion (hard to disagree). Before we left he gave us a few sentences Gaelic and Ju asked how to say thankyou &#8211; go raibh maith agat &#8211; which sounded like ger-ra-margott to us! I immediately forgot it, Ju wrote it down.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Hold a Baby Lamb: the literal name for what you can do at this stop-off on the Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_124407069.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;d a couple of potential wild camping spots in mind when we set off. The first was at Coumeenoole Bay, and if that didn&#8217;t work out there&#8217;s another parking spot at Clogher Strand. Both looked special on park4night, cliffs, beaches and wide open views of the Atlantic and the blue skies we&#8217;re currently blessed with. Before we could get to Coumeenoole, the road went a tad bonkers, clinging to the near-vertical hillside and narrowing to coach width. We loved it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Fantastic corniche road, the R559 on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_125253540_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though it&#8217;s really narrow in places, there&#8217;s not much traffic and everyone&#8217;s a tourist, so no-one&#8217;s in a hurry to get past such camera-catching scenery. For some reason we&#8217;re all naturally driving clockwise around the loop from Dingle Town, although the road is two-way. Ju told me last summer there was a trial at making this direction mandatory in the summer months for coaches and motorhomes. This happened after vehicles got stuck facing each other on the corniche sections, causing two hour traffic jams. At this time of year there&#8217;s not enough traffic to be an issue, and we spent a bit of time with Ju out on the road photographing me driving the van.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Fantastic corniche road, the R559 on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_131921815_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Fantastic corniche road, the R559 on Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132044441.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We finally arrived at Coumeenoole around 2pm and it was fully rammed. The parking area isn&#8217;t huge, but was packed with cars and vans, so we pootled on. Before we could get to Clogher, Ju spotted a Wild Atlantic Way sign pointing off the road, so we nipped down for a look. Less busy, we were able to easily get a space on the parking above the crazy path down to Dunquin Pier, the boarding point for ferries to the Blasket Islands. Easily visible from the coast anywhere around here, 150-odd people eked out a living on these barren rocks until finally abandoning the place in the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Atlantic Way sign pointing to the Slea Head Drive\" class=\"wp-image-44783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_132642958_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Dunquin Pier\" class=\"wp-image-44784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_144501422_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142121362_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"44785\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142121362_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Dunquin Pier\" class=\"wp-image-44785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142121362_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, 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href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142144873_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"44791\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142144873_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Sheep on the path up from Dunquin Pier\" class=\"wp-image-44791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142144873_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142144873_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142144873_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_142144873_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, 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(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_145511374_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"44790\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_145511374_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Dunquin Pier\" class=\"wp-image-44790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_145511374_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_145511374_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_145511374_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, 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Around 4pm the car park was getting quiet so we guessed the one at Coumeenoole would be too and headed back over, only about 2 miles away. Yep, plenty space now, and what a place. The views out over the Atlantic, the distant ghost-like Skellig Islands, the stretch of beach way below us penned in by high cliffs, fantastic! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_180937470_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_180937470_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"motorhome parked at Coumeenoole beach Ireland\" class=\"wp-image-44809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_180937470_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_180937470_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_180937470_HDR-768x354.jpg 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data-id=\"44812\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_164051159_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"motorhome parked at Coumeenoole beach\" class=\"wp-image-44812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_164051159_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_164051159_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_164051159_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_164051159_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_164051159_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, 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href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_173617111_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"44810\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_173617111_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"motorhome view over Coumeenoole beach\" class=\"wp-image-44810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_173617111_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_173617111_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_173617111_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_173617111_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, 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https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_175413116_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coumeenoole gets rave reviews on park4night, but the same warning appears again and again: wind. And it was blowing pretty hard, wafting us round on the cliff path to Dunmore Head, one-time filming location for Star Wars. Nothing major, but even with the van parked facing into the wind, it felt like we were perched on the edge of a cliff. With the washing-machine effect of the steady blasts of air, neither of us were feeling comfortable so come 6:30pm, the Goldilocks Two, as we should be known, decamped again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome in the lay bye at Ceann Sraithe, with magnificent ocean and cliff views\" class=\"wp-image-44794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185507720_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Sign at Ceann Sraithe\" class=\"wp-image-44807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_185644240_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m now writing this with yet another stunning view, this time of the bay at Clogher Strand (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:52.156771,-10.459575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">N52.156771, W10.459575<\/a>). Everyone else is here too. By the time we left Coumeenoole it was pretty much empty. It was a really epic place to stay up there, reminding us of some of the great places we stayed in Norway. But not if you can&#8217;t sleep a wink. Down here in Clogher it&#8217;s as packed as a free seaside aire in France, but we&#8217;re very used to that and amazingly it&#8217;s free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Plenty of motorhomes and campervans at Clogher Strand, Dingle Peninsula\" class=\"wp-image-44795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191845026_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Catching some rays at Clogher Strand after a full-on day of sightseeing on the Dingle Peninsular\" class=\"wp-image-44796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230525_191002839_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Phew, what a couple of days! 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