We’ve been in DIngle for a touch over a week now and it’s been a lovely – sitting on the dock!
OCC Port Officer, Harvey Kenny was very resourceful and entertaining – arranging for Customs to clear us in here in Dingle, taking us on a tour of DIngle Peninsula, regaling us with stories from his time as a judge and then best of all, picking up our Chart Chip from a chandler in Cork. Thanks so much Harvey!
This is what an Irish Harbor can look like! (Dunquin)
A Harvey story!
Abigail came to visit us – along with her friends Tanner and Christine. It was a bit of a squeeze on Toodle-oo! – cosy! but we all managed. Got to take a nice 8 mile walk around Brandon Point – nice other than it was a wee bit damp under foot for those without waterproof shoes.
Three Beauties – Tanner, Abigail and Christine
Brandon Bay
Dad and Abigail
A lovely day for a walk
Abigail
Brandon Bay
Beautiful Colors!
Do those hurt??
Dingle itself is a very nice town – touristy but that kind of adds to the atmosphere here. We’ve not seen Fungie – the Dolphin that has made the town famous, and earned it many millions of tourist Euros – but we see boatload after boatload going out for a quick glimpse of the none too shy Dolphin. We’re all wondering what happens when he passes away – he’s been here 40 years and I gather life expectancy is only 24. Hopefully they’re training up a replacement!
Strange occurrence yesterday – found a dead seagull on our bimini! It had apparently flown
Whacked by a Windmill
through the windmill! Poor bugger died with lunch in his beak!
We were going to leave this morning for Kilmakiloge up the Kenmare river some 50 miles away – but as we lay in bed this morning at 8:00 (our scheduled departure time!) it was blowing a hoolie outside so we decided better of it and we’ll just head across the bay to Valentia once the wind eases a little.