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Saturday 13 May woke to a morning rain. Rain stopped and cloudy all day but no rain. Breakfast at Kilkenny Design center. Good and very popular place for eats.  Cafeteria style, as are a number of places in this area.  … Continue reading →

Friday 12 May, on and off rain in Dublin. Still no squirrels. Train to Dublin. Early but non stop so we took it. Hotel entry blocked, Prince Charles visiting the government building across the street. Missed Chuck and Cam. Over … Continue reading →

Thurs 11 May sunny very warm Final day in the Kerry area.  Still no squirrels seen.  None. Not one, neither grey or red. Kerry guest lodge.  Walked to an almost non existent waterfall. Kenmare is a tidy town.  Has won … Continue reading →

Wednesday 10 May weather still good Taxi in the morning to Kenmare for loop walk in town. The tourist office could not find a loop walk, only a linear one. Nice town to explore so we did. Market day in town. … Continue reading →

Tuesday May 9. Another sunny warm day to start and remained so. Grassy walk with lots of road walking after the Kerry Way crosses the N70. Hardest section of the walk: Downtown Northern Sneem Bobby alerted us that eating full … Continue reading →

Monday May 8 Sunny and warm again. Might be peak warmness. A rest day. Last evening was cloudy.  This is relevant as we are in a 10 km ring which has clear skies for star viewing.  No evening lights.  Morning … Continue reading →

Saturday May 6.  Wind, very Ireland, very windy and cold on the high ridge where we spent considerable time.  Last evening at QC’s we had a fine room, very fine, in a severely understaffed and not well thought out place. … Continue reading →

Friday May 5 the kind of morning and day that one expects in Ireland: cold, very cold wind, strong wind, overcast, green.  Even birds had difficulty flying straight. Only thing missing was driving rain. Breakfast in the room. Admin work … Continue reading →

Thursday May 4 sunny and then overcast. Very nice conversation with our hosts last evening. They are pictured at end of yesterday’s post.  Haters of May and supporters of Corbyn, fed up with the smooth talking moderates of labor. Explained … Continue reading →

Wednesday May 3. Our walk was very warm and sunny. An outstanding walk and day. Perfect in almost any measure (a bit too warm). Sunset last evening, as viewed from our window. Terrain: flat along the main highway. Peter’s guide … Continue reading →