Anita & David & Sarah & Kent's Ireland Fall 2016 Adventure
Dingle exploring - Pubs and Music and eating opportunities for the evenings
Colorful and charming Dingle
David checks out the Dingle landscape
Gregory Peck & his wife Veronique visit with relatives at Ashes in 1968
For more information about his visit and his Irish background http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/life-society/families-in-history/ashe-family-of-kinard-co/american-cousin-gregory-p/visit-to-ireland-1968/
And on Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 Sarah and Anita sat on the same sofa in Ashes
Top of the morning to you ! Day 2-Thursday, Sept. 15th, 2016
It's a new day in Ireland complete with fresh french press coffee and another puzzle to solve.
Backyard view from the upstairs of our cois chnoic home
View across Dingle Bay
Note the small protruding tower on the hilltop at the upper right. That is one of our walking destinations for the day-Eask Tower.
Holden Leathergoods
A tucked away gem preceding our hike to Eask Tower. And yes, select purchases were made of these fine handcrafted leather goods including my belt which is getting an extra hole hand punched
Holden Leathergoods are housed in an old school house
Dingle Bay at low tide
Entrance to Eask Tower ( a farm gate to keep the sheep in)
We left our car at Holden Leathergoods
Heading up the hill with a beautiful view of the Dingle Bay and surroundings
To get a spectacular view of the Dingle Peninsula - walk to the top
Double gates for sheep and cattle control
Dingle Bay & the Atlantic Ocean- both from the same viewpoint
Some more vertical distance to Eask Tower
Eask Tower built in 1847 during the potato famine
The wooden hand points toward the East where there were additional towers to guide ships into the harbor
Joel, from Rick Steve's tours gives us valuable information about the history (we met him while walking)
Kent Sweitzer, photographer, takes a hilltop break.
Hand held selfie with a Canon 5D Mark III is more challenging than with a Smartphone
Anita guards the gate.
Changing light over Dingle Bay
This sheep wanted to go past Anita & David but was baaaaaaaaashful !
It's that time of the journey where you must clean your shoes
The women that manages a guesthouse at the bottom of the hill lends a hose
Combination of B & B hostess, Shepard, toll collector and tour guide.
Images of colorful and delightful Dingle
Fungie, the local Dolphin
http://www.dingle-peninsula.ie/home/fungie-the-dingle-dolphin.html
Sisters Sarah and Anita toast Dingle adventures