Day Five in Kerry Mon Sep 11

We awoke to a drizzly “soft” Irish morning.  The plan called for us to relocate over to Dingle so with that kind of weather we just got started, not looking for any more photo ops around Kilarney. We've been to Dingle on every one of our trips to Ireland and there's just something magical about the place. The pull is very strong. We always look forward to finding (and photographing) our old favorites, and finding something new as well.

Driving along the coast road to Dingle Town I’ve always wanted to go down to Minard Castle, right on the coast so why not now?

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We stopped in Dingle Town for some lunch and a little walking around, grabbed a souvenir,  visited the church, and soon Beatrice, our B&B hostess out on Ventry Bay, let us know our room was ready so we could get settled there. As we pulled up the weather really got nasty with rain and gusty winds. It looked like a down day. We put on some water and made ourselves a cuppa tea and thought maybe we could get this blog started. But about 6 the wind let up and the clouds were lifting.  We might eke out a picture after all. Out on Slea Head drive we went.

One of my favorite old houses just before you turn the corner at the tip of the peninsula. You can’t live any further west than this and still be in Europe.

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Then another of my familiar subjects.

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Dunquin Pier was a new one for me. I don’t know how it got past me on all of these trips.  

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We decided since we were so close to the new Blasket Island Center we would drive over and scout it for the next day. It was already closed but they had an observation platform which offered a view we had never enjoyed. The clouds started breaking up as we walked out.

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After getting this quick shot, with the sunset gods ready to deliver something good ,we hightailed it back to the pier.

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Not too bad,  from solid overcast to this in about 40 minutes. We remained on the best of terms with the sunset gods for the remainder of the trip.

Now to Paidi O'Se's before they close the kitchen.

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