Day 3- Starting the Dingle Way



Bags packed and ready for the shuttle and leaving Mary at the Dorreen Tigue House.  

Day 1 starting at the court house in Tralee. Excited and a tad apprehensive about our fitness levels.  


As we were walking along the canal on the first part of our day we came across this mother swan and her signets.  They were so fluffy and adorable and not bothered in the slightest as we walked by.



Finally off the asphalt and onto a trail, our first water break time to peel a layer off and enjoy the view.



Starting to see a few Scottish Blackface- bred for this rocky terrain.



Our legs were soooo tired by the time we arrived at Camp junction house and Fitgeralds pub.  A great pub w a patio overlooking the sea.  We had our first beer and headed up the hill to our Bnb.  We were hoping for a golf cart option to get us up there but no such luck.




Camp is home to a farming community as well as some summer residents w cabins and trailers on the sea.  They were all happy to share stories with us at Fitzgerald’s, home to the best goat cheese salad ever - and I’m not a huge goat cheese fan - but this was more like a cross between feta and Brie without the goaty smell.  🥹 amazing.


A lovely well respected farmer in the area who was Irelands top shearer in his day.  His pub friends refer to him as Mr Yellowstone.  Very nice man and we talked for a good bit about cattle, sheep and the barriers they face in marketing w only one processing plant for the whole of the Kerry region.  No options for direct sales due to this monopoly.  He is a butcher by trade but of course cannot process his own lambs.  Government not supportive of ag  in this area and apparently only focuses on the Dublin region.   
 He runs 1200 Scottish blackface ewes,
120 angus cows and finishes another 80 beef animals.  He feeds silage only during their winter months from October to March.  Sheep can remain on pasture during this time, but cattle are fed soley silage.  He puts up feed on 40 acres of his 1200 total acres at his home place.
That’s my ag bit for today lol.
Today was 18 km of very rocky terrain and 145 metres of elevation.

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