We stayed in Ballyferitter last night. Our host was a very interesting older woman, which sounds weird to say since I’m probably older than she is.
She told us that the trail from Dunquin becomes very rugged and remote after a few kilometers and the few villages that are there, are very tiny and have no services. Checking online for accommodations for the next 3 or 4 days, I can only find a couple of places and they’re not really on the trail, which would mean an extra few kilometers every day.
She said the villages are not on a local bus route, so if we had to call for a ride it would be a cab from Dingle and they would charge starting from Dingle and return.
Anyway…after the grueling day yesterday we’ve decided to end our hike in Dunquin and are headed back to Dublin, albeit in a very circuitous route.
It seems that, because this is a long weekend, and with the weather is being so extraordinarily nice, everyone is travelling, and I mean EVERYONE. All the restaurants, pubs, trains, buses, parking lots, beaches…all PACKED to capacity! “SOLD OUT!”, No Vacancy.
Our host last night told us about the local transit system and we’ve managed to get on the bus to Ventry. Which has the only accommodations I could find for the night.
There’s not much in Ventry, other than the fabulous beach we hiked 2days ago. One restaurant and one small grocery store.
The restaurant was “sold out” for dinner after 4:30 but we did have lunch there, and then packed some things and a bottle of wine and went out to the beach to have supper, picnic style, and watch the sunset.
The Ventry General Store and Post Office
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