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Good afternoon. I was so confused when I received my route. As you notice, I am going to Camp. As it turns out, Camp is just the name of the town and not a camp as I know it.
A mysterious door for Mary P. In small letters, the bronze plate says, “Dr. Denis Buckley."
I took some time to visit St John the Baptist Church in Tralee. By 1857, J.J. McCarthy, the most prominent Gothic Revival architect in Ireland at the time, had designed a new building and adjoining Presentation Convent in the Decorated Gothic style. It was built using local Old Red Sandstone with contrasting white limestone for the windows and doorways. For the tower and spire, completed by 1870, the architect George Ashlin used the limestone decoratively, giving this soaring element a distinctive lightness. (taken from information inside the church). What a beautiful church both inside and out.
A look at the long aisle leading to the altar.
The beautiful stained glass behing the pulpit.
A most unusual stained glass window.
Another interesting stained glass window.
The beginning of the Dingle Way (also known as the North Kerry Way), one of Ireland's most famous and popular long-distance walking trails. It is a circuit of the Dingle Peninsula, starting and finishing in Tralee.
The 'Exploration of Space', officially opened by Astronaut Neil Armstrong on April 18th, 1997, was a highly acclaimed exhibition, tracing the origins and development of space flight. Armstrong addressed a massive crowd on Denny Street on his first night in Tralee, where he opened the exhibit. The visit made headlines worldwide as Armstrong made few public appearances at the time. The sculpture's hand points outward.
Afterwards. Armstrong walked along the same pathway (the one I was on) at the beginning of the Dingle Way. Neil Armstrong was given the Freedom of Tralee at a civic reception hosted by the Town Council and then Mayor, the late Maeve Spring, who préviously walked side by side with Neil Armstrong in 1997, as they made their way from the Ashe Memorial Hall to Siamsa Tire along the pathway that links the two buildings. The path is now known as NEIL ARMSTRONG WAY.
Although I walked very close to them, I had no problems. I was shocked that this swan could lay her neck snake-wise on his body.
The Blennerville Windmill is a fully restored 18th-century windmill located on the Wild Atlantic Way. It is also Ireland's largest Windmill.
This sign for Kerry Camino was at the beginning of the wilderness part of today’s trek,
Today was truly a mountain hike. A lot of steep up and down, and very tricky footwork with many loose rocks and streams to ford.
I can’t tell you how many times I missed the crossing stones and ended up in frigid water up to mid-calf. I spend most of the day with dripping boots and socks.
The gate guard. Sheep are not known to be aggressive, and he stayed right there while I opened the gate.
Thank heavens there was a bridge to cross this one.
There must have been twenty of these ladders over fences.
Looking out over the Dingle Peninsula.
I passed my hotel just before 4:00 pm. I was starving after walking 13.8 miles. I walked down about a 1/4 mile and found this bar. I ordered a Diet Coke and practically drank it all without taking a breath.
I learned that the kitchen was closing at 4:30. YIKES! I certainly didn’t want to starve to death on a hike.
I wanted something filling because I wouldn't have anything until breakfast at my B&B. I ordered chicken goujons, which are small, thin strips of chicken breast coated in panko breadcrumbs and fried until crispy. There were six of them, and they tasted incredible, and I was sooooo hungry. I hadn’t eaten anything except half a protein bar since breakfast. Of course, I had to have my ration of Sauvignon Blanc. I did have half of a rather large chocolate bar in my suitcase, and I polished it off as I wrote this.
So it's been an arduous but stunning day, with breathtaking scenery and water thrills galore.
I bid you good night, and God Bless!
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