This day was my favourite, the scenery was amazing as we drove up the south western coast of Ireland. We stopped off first in a town called Dingle which is known for a friendly dolphin called Fungi who hangs out in their harbour. I reckon he’s a relative of Opo. We had amazing coastal views along the Dingle peninsula.
We also stopped at the ‘end of the world’, the most westerly point of Europe and where the flat world ended before the Americas were discovered. This is Cloargh rock, and in good Shamrocker tradition tour members are incouraged to remove their shirts.
We caught a ferry across the river Shannon (the longest in Ireland) which took all of 10 minutes but saved a couple of hours driving apparently. We discovered that the Irish really do like to take the piss as Murf had directed us to a passenger lounge and glass-bottom viewing area on the ferry. The passenger lounge turned out to be a bench at the side of the car holding bay, and the glass-bottom area was a small dirty window.
I had been waiting to see the Cliffs of Moher most of all, and was delighted that the weather was really clear so we got a great view. Check this out!
Dinner that evening at a local Pub was a treat; delicious Irish stew with the most amazing Irish soda bread, a pint of Guinness and traditional Irish music. Celtic music is fantastic and there was a great band with guitars, a banjo, fiddle, squeeze-box (kinda like a piano-accordian but with buttons instead of piano keys), a bodhrain (special type of drum), and a tin whistle. Magical!
Delicious Irish stew, extra-delicious soda bread, washed down with a pint of Guinness - yum!
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