Killarney to Glengarif

A transition day to the start of the Beara Way.

There is only one bus a day from Killarney to Glengarif (with a bus change at Kenmare) and it departs at 3.10pm. It is only a summer service operating from June 25^th till August 26^th. Otherwise it is a four and a half bus trip via Cork. We stayed at the Larkinley B & B until check out time at 11.00am and then headed to the bus station which fortunately is part of a large outlet store shopping mall. Toni at the B & B had a ‘friend’ who would drive us to Glengarif for €100 but we decided to wait for the bus costing €17.50.

The most comfortable seats in the mall were part of the Costa’s Coffee House and so the game became what was the least we could buy for the longest time we could sit there. We did okay. Bought a pot of tea and muffin, then a sandwich and juice, which lasted an hour and a half each. At the mall we met up with our new young German friends Pieter and Maria and we have invited them to stay with us in Paraparaumu.

The bus from Killarney to Kenmare took 45 minutes with 5 minutes wait for a connection to Glengarif, another 45 minutes. It was a bit strange as yesterday it took us six and half hours to walk Kenmare to Killarney and today we returned in 45 minutes. Coming into Kenmare the bus went past the Brass Lantern B & B which we left yesterday morning and where we will return in 8 days. Talk about going round in circles!

Highlight of the day was getting off the bus and seeing  two beautiful three wheeler Morgan cars parked on the footpath. These date from about the mid 1930s. Reminds me of my days with my MG TF1500 before a wife, kids and mortgage – the full catastrophe as Zorba the Greek would say.

We are staying in a very cosy B & B which reminds us very much of our old 1850s home at Donald Street.  Although we never had the audacity to have a purple front door. We have got out our smelly old shoes and walking clothes ready for tomorrow.

Old Irish proverb of the day: There is no place like home.