Day Seven | Road Back to Dublin
We took the rural route back to Dublin instead of the faster 4-lane “motorway,” as the Irish refer to it. The rolling hills and predominantly agricultural landscape reminded me a […]
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Day Six | The Wilds of Connemara Today was an easy, but long travel day, with lots of beautiful scenery as we drove through what’s known as the wilds of […]
Day Five | The Coast of Clare
We were able to get a later start today since our drive to the coast was not far. Although it was still a little chilly out, the sun was shining […]
Day Four | Road to Ennis
The Dingle Peninsula It looks like the weather is improving and supposedly warmer days are ahead of us. We checked out of our hotel after breakfast and climbed back into […]
Day Two | Road to Killarney
After a leisurely breakfast, we loaded into the van and headed out to the town of Killarney , where we will stay for two nights. Our tour guide and driver, […]
Walks in the English Countryside / Moreton-in-Marsh to Lower Slaughter
Today would be the last hike of our “Walks in the English Countryside.” Six of our nine hikers were going on to the Canary Islands for another week of hiking. Because […]
Walks in the English Countryside/ Broadway to Moreton-in-Marsh
As we have at the other hotels, we left our luggage in the lobby so that the bags could be transported to the next hotel, and left the Broadway Hotel […]
Walks in the English Countryside / Winchombe to Broadway
After a good night’s sleep and a hearty breakfast at the Lion Inn, we began today’s hike following whats known as the Pilgrim’s Route, which took up Puck Pit Lane, […]
Walks in the English Countryside / Lower Slaughter to Winchcombe
After a typical English breakfast at The Slaughter’s Country Inn, we began the trip’s first major hike in a light misty rain. Since the day before we had hiked down […]
Walks in the English Countryside / Lower Slaughter to Bourton-on-the-Water
Although my friends from Boulder, Colorado had organized a full two weeks of hiking (one week in England and the other in the Canary Islands), I decided to limit my […]
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