Adjusting

I suppose much of this travelogue will be about the roads and the driving since every time we set out their are challenges. Our rental car was a Toyota Aurensis which I learned to manipulate thought some tiny spaces. I'noted a few gasps and quiet expletives from the passengers. Our present car, a Toyota Avensis, is bigger and I am not quite so cavalier with it.
We left Galway and started our odyssey south by way of the Cliffs of Moher. It was a spectacular sunny day, 'fresh' mind you, and if the weather was at all good we were "doing" the Cliffs rather than Bunratty Castle. Once there we weren't long because, really, it is a gorgeous view but not much else and we had a longish drive ahead to the Dingle Peninsula. The GPS took us across country into some very minor roadways and landed us about 100 meters from our Shannon River Ferry destination. From there we continued to Country Shores B&B on the northwest side of the Dingle, a cash only/no receipt operation of considerable opulence. The place was full and we had booked ahead a few months ago so we got a 1 bedroom cottage plus a really lovely room for absolute peanuts. Proprietor Annette sent us off to Spillane's for a dinner of fresh-caught crab claws and the best (apologies to the River Rock Pub in Quesnel which has finally been bumped from top spot) chicken curry in the universe. My opinion. Spillane's is at the end of a 10 km sand dune and the wind was howling, so getting there was quite an adventure.
Next morning we went down to the beach and met the most aggressive cows I've ever encountered. I think they were way overdue for milking the way they bawled at us.
Then there was the Connor pass. We don't  have any photos of it because everyone was holding the collective breath and then it was over; cliff on one side, ocean on the other and only one lane. We were on the inside so pulled over to allow several vehicles through and then I closed my eyes (not literally) and went for it. Phew.
Down the winding and very benign other side to Dingle town which was charming and where we bought a replacement electric adaptor, and on to the Ring of Kerry and Maureen and Noel at Ocean View B&B in Caherisiveen. Mildly disappointing was that Maureen was from New York but theirs was a nice love story and they were very attentive hosts and super proud of their area and new venture together. The "en-suite" bathrooms were minuscule which was very funny, but again the fresh crab at the local eatery at the end of the road made up for any deficiencies. Yum.
The weather has been a bit of everything but generally warmish and dryish for which we are grateful. We wore shorts on two days and apparently those were the best two days for the last YEAR!

Cliffs of Moher

Near Caherisiveen

There's an electric cord coming out of the end of this building! Added in when?

The beach at Castlegregory

The cows at Castlegregory who were very unimpressed by us.

Most of the stone walls, buildings or fences, have beautiful lichen and/or plants growing on them.

on "the Dingle"