Episode 8 More ancient tombs! The Megalithic tombs at Carrowkeel are thousands of years old. Sadly someone had felt the need to remove the information signs from the area but the local sheep still made good use of the steel posts to rub themselves against so all is not lost. After another night of heavy rain storms it was a very wet climb up to these tombs that are right on top of the highest hill around. All the entrances are orientated, according to L, to fac...

Episode 5 A brilliant sunny day and here was me thinking the Irish were a pretty hardy bunch, but I seem to have misjudged them, they just can't hack it when the sun comes out. All day the sun shone and it was pleasantly warm and we merely encountered 4 cyclists, 2 joggers, and 4 walkers, only one of them with a dog and 75% were oldies who are certainly a more hardy bunch than these youngsters. We called at the beach at Ballyheige, admittedly it was in the ear...

Episode 4 Still wet and windy, and the wind seems to be getting colder. It is very spongy and wet underfoot so that any walks really require fur lined Wellies which we don't have. The boots my humans have just are not water proof enough and L says there is nothing worse than trying to hike with cold, wet feet sloshing along in boots. So although we did see some small walks to stone tombs and circles we didn’t take a close look at them. It’s not that ...