Day 4 and the walk from Dingle to Dunquin (20 kl or 12 miles)

Dingle bay early the morning we left

Dunquin  6/19/17
Dunquin overlooks the Blasket Islands, a place where many ship took refuge during the old days. its was here in Blasket Sound, that the famous movie, "Ryans Daughter" was filmed.
Today started out from Dingle and I stopped to buy a can of sun block ($30). I'm still recovering from the price, but we are getting fried by the sun, and today is no different.
Leaving the town, we came upon a bronze of Fungie

Then some pesky Americans turned up

  

We headed out along the coast road for a few miles , then up into the mountains where for about three hours we traversed along next to the coast. This was a tough day for any hiker, the ups were really steep and long,,and rocky,
but the scenery was out of this world. So far this has been the most scenic of days and rewarding for all the effort being put in on the climbs

taking a break after the worst of the climb at this scenic spot

We came across the old flat stone beehive huts,
which the Irish call" Cloghanes". These were built in the 8th centurt and had bolero  roofs. No
one actually knows what they were used for as they are only found in the Dingle Peninsular, but they suspect they were living quarters back then.

From here we dropped down onto the coastline and stopped for a snack above the cliffs, then continued the hike to our accommodation for this night.

 

 I have to give the girls a lot of praise, because they stopped someone and asked direction, I had us going the wrong way. Anyway, there is nothing in this village so we brought dinner at the BandB. We are all a little knackered after today, it takes a few days to build up your walking legs, no matter how fit you are. so we are staying in tonight, eating dinner and collapsing.
Dinner was great, all fresh and grown on the farm where the BandB is. Fresh unprocessed food tastes so much better. Had a new beer with dinner, local brew called Curim Gold, very nice beer. Just come back after a game of cards with the others and going to bed. The sun is still up and will be till about 11 pm, luckily our room has small windows.
 A lot if the older houses here have small windows, because 80 years ago, big windows were taxed as a luxury, apparently having more sun light in your house was a luxury then, and that's actually where the term "daylight robbery " comes from.
I think I need to wear longs tomorrow, I'm getting really burned, and maybe a wide brimmed hat is in order.
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