Van life on the Wild Atlantic Way becomes very expensive this week as one of our most pricey possessions meets his grizzly end.
We are Tom and Iz - a couple from Cornwall who decided to hit the road and embrace a new way of life , trying to escape the rat race and aiming to embrace adventure and soak up nature every day! We're currently traveling around Ireland in our transit van along the Wild Atlantic Way. Ireland has really stolen our hearts; come along with us on this week's episode to explore the Ring of Kerry with us. If you've missed our travels along the WAW so far - check out our previous episodes, we upload weekly on a Sunday at 5pm :)
We start our week in Derreennageeha, a beautiful tranquil spot not far away from the busy spots of Killarney. We drive a few minutes up the road to the Ballaghasheen Pass, a windy pass twisting and turning up a steep mountain road.
We take a quick unplanned 5km stroll around Lickeen Wood. We move on to Lough Caragh, a spot we had to stop at and admire the views. We move on to Ross Behy Beach, a small strip of beach coming out opposite from Inch beach, the coast is lined with beautiful mountains. The drive up from Ross Behy is just spectacular, if not a little iffy in the transit van, its very steep but we made it and boy did we enjoy the views!
Our next stop is Tailor's House in Co. Kerry, a cottage that we had been kindly invited to stay at by one of our wonderful subscribers, Sandy! Thank you so much Sandy! We loved your place. It was gorgeous, with a turf fireplace, it was the perfect base to explore the surrounding area. The view from the front window was just something else! We do an excited tour, then Tom gets settled in with LOTR. We set up a Lost In Transit HQ at the dining table and get on with some work.
The next day we head to Cahergal Stone Fort. Unfortunately this is where our very expensive mistake occurs...we try to stay positive despite it being a big blow to our savings. We continue to enjoy the ring fort and head to a second one 100m down the road. It's here that Tom discovers another Souterrain and Isabel is beside herself with nerves waiting for Tom to emerge from metres underground.
We decide we need a swim in the sea, its very overdue, so we run in and feel great from it as usual! It always feels like a challenge going back in but you never regret it!
The next day we take a long and very expensive trip to Killarney...to replace our very expensive mistake...The following day we check out of Tailor's cottage. Would totally recommend a stay at Sandy's place- the cottage sleeps 4 , has so much parking and is only 45 mins drive from Kerry airport, link below.
www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/102652...
We get back into the rhythm of vanlife and head straight to Valentia island, a wrong turn takes us to The Grotto, a Slate Quarry, where you can get a paid tour. We just have a quick look and head on to see some Tetrapod footprints- the second oldest evidence of a four legged animal on land! (first in Poland apparently) - Isabel asks science teacher Tom some questions about the footprints. We finish the day with the Bray Head walk up to the signal tower with the sea mist rolling in.
The next day we show you our van bed set up, only to find that the sun comes out at midday so we set off for a hike. Tom nearly loses his glasses at Cum an Easpaig and we set off for the Bolus Head Loop Walk. Its a 2 hour walk that takes in the views of the magical Skellig islands. Highly recommend! We find an amazing park up 5 mins down the road from the walk at Finnian's Bay, where we can open up our backdoors and enjoy the sunset! We show you our projector set up and watch Star Wars - filmed on Skellig Michael! The next day we start the day with a swim in the sea! We then walk to a nearby holy well and a beautiful harbour Caladh an Bháid, where the monks used to catch boats across to the Skellig isles from. We finish the day with an Omnia oven cake.
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What 3 words
Derreennageeha- barley.fluke.changed
Ballaghisheen Pass- diner.paintball.motto
Likeen Forest- snout.annoys.propulsion
Lough Caragh- rail.geology.horsehair
Ross Behy- flake.gunk.kind
Cahergall Stone Fort- pushy.signifies.tipple
Leacanabuaile Ring Fort- coaches.concept.aside
Whitestrand Beach- estate.supervises.example
The grotto, slate quarry- trends.putter.straying
Tetrapod footprints- undiluted.vanish.trot
Cúm an Easpaig- trifle.cannily.homecare
Bolus head- hardest.wooded.many
St Finians Bay- chinos.playable.hammer
Tobar Fionáin- assign.caution.tearing
Caladh an Bháid- untying.retailing.thawed
5 авг 2024
