Kilkee to Kilronan


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June 24th 2011
Published: June 25th 2011
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Passing Loop Head going north to Kilkee
Departed Kilkee at 0445 and arrived in Kilronan at 1000. I did two things that I had not done before. First was to leave a mooring with the navigation lights on (it was still dark) and the second was to set out with a F7 forecast for that same morning. But it was calm and we figured we would get there before the big blow. And we did. We made good time motor sailing to Gregory Sound and then tried our luck with a bit of fishing before headed in to the new harbour. The new pier is huge. It must be 400 metres long. It had two small ribs on it and nothing else. So we tied up. There is still work ongoing and that is the reason that the pier is so empty. I was happy to get in because the weather waas rapidly deteriorating. 1045 saw us in the local cafe having a big breakfast and meeting some locals and some visitors. There are about six tables in the cafe but only one conversation! We sat opposite a lady from the north of Ireland who has lived here for 50 years. She is 82 and charming and seemed
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We met about thirty dolphins south of Aran
to know everything about the people of the island..... There was John from Dublin who got off the ferry 18 years ago and decided to stay..... There was Gregory from Massachusets (?) who is a psychiatrist. Mary suggested that he should stay as he was badly needed on the island. Two pleasant hours passed and I went back to FR for a few hours sleep while Moritz went off to catch up with some old friends


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Kilronan Pier

FR dwarfed by a fishing boat on the new pier
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There is a festival on this weekend on the island with currach and hooker racing.... the weather better improve!


5th July 2011
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Bacon on the pigs back
You would have only gotten the cabbage at my house

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