We weren’t blessed with the best weather as we arrived on the Beara Peninsular with miserable rain showers. We crossed into County Cork and made our first stop at the colourful village of Eyeries. I don’t know if there’s a historic reason for painting their buildings different colours or whether it’s just to make the…
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Camping in Storm Barra and blustery hikes | Ireland
Winter vanlife has it’s challenges and we were about to be hit by our second named storm in a matter of weeks. We can cope with rain and hail but the wind is our biggest worry as the gusts are powerful enough to blow a campervan over. We had a day spare until the storm…
Hiking the highest mountains in Ireland | Killarney National Park
We woke to a crisp morning and excitedly drove under a pink hued sky towards the snowy mountains. Our plan was to hike up Carrauntoohill, Ireland’s highest mountain at 1039m, via the Brother O’sheas Gully and back down what’s known as the zig zags. We had originally wanted to hike the challenging Coomloughra Horseshoe however…
From the coast to the mountains | County Kerry, Ireland
Today we took a coast road that seemed to avoid the coast as much as possible which was strange, but we slowly made our way to Valentia Island. We drove all the way to Portmagee which seemed mostly shut down for the season, and then across a bridge to the island itself. Our first stop…
Our favorite scenic drive in Ireland | Slea Head
We were a bit torn about driving around Slea Head, a promontory on the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsular. It would be a detour of about 90km as we couldn’t take our campervan up the narrow Conor Pass and we didn’t know if it would just be similar coastline to what we’d already seen…
Wild hikes on the Dingle Peninsular | County Kerry, Ireland
We were really happy to be in County Kerry as it’s home to Ireland’s highest mountains. But before we hiked them we had plans to explore the Dingle Peninsular so we made our way south west. As we passed through the market town of Listowel we had to pull over because the buildings were so…
The Cliffs Of Moher and Doolin Village | County Clare, Ireland
When I was researching the Wild Atlantic Way County Clare didn’t seem to have much of interest us. I’m sure it would for other people but it just didn’t seem to have mountains or dramatic landscapes that we crave. The main attraction (and one of the top attractions for the entire country) is the Cliffs…
The scenic Sky Road and idyllic beaches | County Galway, Ireland
After yesterday’s big hike we decided to take it easy today on a driving tour. Our first stop was the colourful village of Clifden. It was mostly closed up but they had some pretty shop fronts to wander past. We also stocked up on food at Lidl and were rather embarrassed when the shop clerk…
Hiking the Glencoaghan Horseshoe | Connemara, Ireland
Our plan for today was to hike along the Glencoaghan horseshoe which traverses 6 of the 12 Bens (mountains) and was due to take about 8 hours. We had to wake nice and early as we have limited day light hours during the winter and didn’t want to hike back in the dark. Unlike other…
A day of jaw dropping sights around Connemara National Park | Ireland
It was still dark when we woke up and the cold temperatures meant our breath was visible like smoke. But that didn’t bother us, the sky was filled with stars and we knew it was going to be the best weather day so far. There wasn’t an exciting sunrise as the sky was cloudless but…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 