Blogs from County Wicklow, Ireland, Europe - page 2

This is day 3 of our hike and we are starting out of Laragh and headed to Glenmalure to stay 2 days at the Coolalingo B&B downtown. After our 20mile exercise yesterday, we were hoping for a cool 8 mile stroll through the beautiful mountains of Ireland. We finally hit the trail at about 11:00AM after a short visit at the Wicklow Way Visitors Center where the pleasure of seeing their display would cost us 9 euros each. We decided to "move on down the road" so to speak. Ireland is such a beautiful place with their rolling hills and sheep dotting the countryside. Oh....did I mention that it was raining. We were making some good headway along some logging roads when the weather turned bad. Shortly afterwards we found ourselves transversing the side of one ... read more

02 octobre 2016 : Nous sommes revenus à Wicklow et après quelques jours de repos, nous nous promenons dans le Comté de Wicklow pour revisiter cette région, dans laquelle Socorro a passé de nombreuses années. Demain nous reprenons la route vers Rosslare pour prendre le ferry qui nous emmènera à Cherbourg, puis deux jours de route pour rejoindre Benidoleig.... read more

18 septembre 2016 : Départ de Cherbourg à 17h00 pour une arrivée à Rosslare à 11h30 le lendemain 19 septembre après une traversée de la Manche e ferry. Arrivée à Wiklow chez Dedra une amie de Socorro, soit un trajet de 1929 kms depuis Benidoleig. 19 septembre 2016 : Le soir, repas chez Theresa 20 septembre 2016 : Repas à Ashford tout près de Wicklow. 21 septembre 2016 : Dîner chez Pepe avecJimmy, Dedra, Catherine et Brian, des amis de longue date de Socorro; 22 septembre 2016 : Dîner chez Marie et Frank.... read more

I only had a few days free, so jumped on a plane to Dublin and decided to hike a small portion of the Wicklow way. There are 2 ways you can start, either at Maryland park in Dublin or walk the coastal path. I took the coastal path and off I went. In my mind I never expected Ireland to have a beach but it showed me. Along the coastal path, were small stretches of beach, nature reserves, parks, the view constantly changing. A shuttle follows the line of the coast, so if you get tired, you can just pop on and get off at Bray. I settled down in Knockree hostel for the night, a few miles from the small village of Enniskerry. New day, new adventure. Woke up birds singing and sunshine pouring through ... read more

The Wicklow Mountains are considered the garden of Ireland and for good reason. When people think of Ireland, everyone thinks of going to the west coast and seeing the Cliffs of Moher and Ring of Kerry, but I would say that missing out on the Wicklow Mountains and Glendalough is a big mistake. The mountains are one of the most beautiful places in Ireland. I would rank it my number 2 favorite behind the most impressive Dingle Peninsula. That's right, I think it is better than the famous Ring of Kerry. My tour through the Wicklow Mountains and onto Glendalough was great and made even better by the fabulous tour guide. On the tour, I saw the tallest waterfall in Ireland. We also saw were scenes for P.S. I love You were shot and Braveheart. Yes, ... read more