Ireland Sunday 16 th April Gap of Dunloe Boat trip walk bus

Only organised day trip €45 each,90 minute boat ride up three lakes , dropped off at Lord Brandons cottage( RIP Alan Rickman)  walk through the Gap of Dunloe 12 k 

Ross castle in ruins

Three Lakes- water rough  in places , queasy !  narrow channels 

Jaunting cars tempting us to let the horses  take the strain(€100!)

Our Lady church of Sorrows in the valley

We made it to the top , only 300 m but it took for ever , with lots of stops to catch  breath 

Others did it differently 

Downhill welcome but drawn out - are we there yet? 

At last 

 Bus picked us up at Kate Kearney's s cottage and dropped us back  at the campsite .We took the bikes out for an inaugural outing in Killarney national park  on a circular cycle path ( me on electric bike all the way) 10 k to Muckross house again and back , all off road