Ireland - Killarney

The first thing I must comment on is the weather here in Ireland. Beautiful one day and perfect the next, we have never seen the sky so blue and the days so warm. The locals are loving it. Lots of sunburnt people around though. Upon leaving Veronica's we spent a couple of hours in Bantry, a beautiful little village on the bay.

We arrived on market day so the town was packed with people, including lots of visitors from a cruise ship. After wandering around the market we found a lovely craft shop with a small cafe for morning tea.

Allan did a bit of busking of a different sort to pay for morning tea! The craft shop was very tempting but we do have a weight allowance for our luggage, so we moved on to Glenngariff and took a short boat ride to Garinish Island.

Passed a colony of seals sunning themselves on our way out.

Garinish Island is a beautiful Italianate garden which was established many years ago and is now run by the National Trust. After lunch we sailed back and continued our journey to Killarney.

Ladies View is a popular stopover to catch a glimpse across to the lakes.

We arrived at Aghadoe View Bed and Breakfast, just outside of Killarney, late afternoon and were greeted by Mike, a lovely, softly spoken Irishman who drops clever little humourous comments every now and then.

Our accomodation is appropriately named. The view from our bedroom window overlooked the lakes of Killarney. It has been most enjoyable to watch the clouds rolling over the hills of McGillacuddy Reeks. After settling in we enjoyed a beautiful evening meal at the local Brassiere. Graham said this was our celebration together for our 50th wedding anniversary. The food was beautiful but our waiter's attitude changed towards us when he realised we didn't give him a tip.

Allan enjoyed a seafood platter and I loved my risotto. A wonderful end to a wonderful day.