Friday, July 26, 2013

Eyeries to Lauragh

Leaving Eyeries, the Way followed a farm road, wound around the edge of a small lake, then climbed up onto a ridge. After following the ridge for a couple of miles, it dropped down onto another back road that led into Ardgroom in time for lunch. The highlight of the trail today was being in a village at lunch time, getting a freshly made sandwich, a diet coke, and sitting on a chair.

After lunch, we headed out of Ardgroom on a back road. After a couple of miles, the trail joined up with a main road with little traffic. When the signposts turned off the road, Dick and I split up from the other two. Marty and John took the path that led around the side of a hill, Dick and I stayed on the road. Longer, but easier walking. We planned on meeting at the B&B, 4-5 miles ahead.

Along the road, we stopped and talked to a man standing in his yard. Actually, he stopped us, and was anxious to talk. The man had a heavy, heavy brogue, and probably spoke in a combination of English and Gaelic. I think we talked about weather, and maybe football. We may have talked politics, but I'm not certain. But I know we all enjoyed the conversation. Then we went on.

Several miles later, we walked through Lauragh (tiny, only a post office), and turned down a back road towards our B&B. At the next intersection there was supposed to be a closed up pub where we turned. The closed pub was there, and so were Marty and John. They'd gotten there just a few minutes ahead of us. While we were taking a break there, a car drove by, stopped, and the driver rolled down the window. “I suppose you'll be staying with me tonight”, she said. It was Sheila, the owner of the B&B were heading to. Ireland really is




a small island.


That night we ate at the B&B – there's no other restaurant nearby. A great meal. We all thought it was a beef roast – turns out it was lamb.

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