Dingle Peninsula

On Saturday morning, as we headed off to the Dingle Peninsula, the weather was once again unsettled. Each day has brought some sun, but during our trip we have seen much rain and cloud. In Florida we say, “If you don’t like the weather, wait ten minutes.” In Ireland, the locals say that you can have all four seasons in a day. The weather has not dampened our spirits - only our clothes, on occasion. The accompanying pictures are from our drive up to Conor Pass. I wish they had caught the awesome beauty and humbling expanse of the place. On both sides you look down into picture postcard harbor villages and the hills are strewn with boulders amongst the immense gradations of green in the fields. Today, Sunday, we head off to another of Ireland’s landscape treasures - the Cliffs of Moher on the west (Atlantic) coast in County Clare. If weather permits, we’ll take a boat trip around the base of the cliffs, which rise to shear heights of 800 feet above the ocean. Then to a farmhouse B & B again tonight, this time in “The Burren” section of the west - an area described in our guidebook as “a strange, lunar-like region covered by massive sheets of rock, jagged boulders, and caves in a moonscape pattern; yet this is also a setting of little lakes and streams, and an amazing assemblage of flora - there is always something in bloom - fern, moss, orchids, rock roses, milkwort, wild thyme, geraniums, violets, and fuchsia.” Hopefully, some good pictures to share.