Took the bikes and looked for a place to hire kayaks. Cahersiveen have advertised kayaks but they're not getting them til next year ('sure, you can wait if you want') so we headed to Valentia Island. Took a ten-car-size ferry across the water. Looked around and saw an advertisement for 385 million year old footprints, that and a few other attractions are the features of Valentia ('Ireland's best kept secret').
Ireland's biggest candle, not to be missed...though we did.
Arrived and had a picnic. I must admit, I have a healthy appetite...(I eat a lot), but next to Demps I'm like Kate Moss on a detox diet. The phrase 'I'm not moving til I've had some cheese' was ringing in my ears most of the day.
Ok, if you buy a block and have some, it does get sweaty but surely to goodness it doesn't mean you have to stop every 25 metres for a slice.
And whilst we're on the subject for a dexterous individual (musician/guitar teacher) I've never met a person who can literally put their life at risk so easily whilst engaging in such devilish exploits as picking a plate up or slicing cheese. I'm surprised he's managed to keep ten fingers/thumbs. Every slicing is a foray into the Russian roulette world of losing a digit. After some discussion and a fair bit of blood a joint decision has been made: I cut stuff up.
So...the Tetrapod tracks. These are basically really old fossilised footprints. Very cool.
I mean...who discovers that?
Oh. But before we arrived:
Some cheese.
A little spell on the beach:
'Discover Ireland' - Demps' photo
'Dead jellyfish' - my photo
And some beautiful views...
And we headed off back downhill to the ferry. It is beautiful. And hilly. And apparently (Joe says) 'you've done the easy bit, the rest gets a bit mountainous'
Noooooooooo!!! We should have bought a map.
But sometimes the hills do have their advantages...
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