Dinner at 8 and Deb set up a taxi to take us to Kate Kearney’s Cottage which is the starr of a mountain pass called the Gap of Dunloe. It is 11km to walk over to the other side and catch a boat back to Kalarney. You can also have a guy with a two wheeled cart and a horse take you over, but we walked. It was really really windy, head wind of course, left over from the big storm the day before. We did not get wet, but the wind was ferocious. It took us about 3 hours to get to the boat landing and what a lovely three hours it was. Drop dead gorgeous views everywhere. A few bicyclists, a handfull of other hikers and a handful of cars going over the gap. Lots of sheep of course.
We had coffee and tea while waiting for "the lads" to get the boats ready to go. There were three boats that all leave at 2pm. They are the only ones that go this far up into the lakes and they hold 10-12 people each. A father and son run it with a third guy (looked to be an uncle or something). Their family have been running these boats since the 1930's or something and they were a riot. We laughed the entire 1.5 hr trip back to Castle Ross. Awesome, awesome guys.
The father gave a lift back to the hotel and we drove to nearby Kenmare to a place called Davitt’s. Long philosophical chat with the musicians as they set up. We stayed through the first part of their set and then headed home. We parked the car and walked into town for a couple pints and more music at the Grand. Walked back to the hotel and crashed.
We were told that they just started a zero alcohol policy with driving which means if they detect any alcohol, you are fined or taken in. The reaction is lots of people do not drive if they have had just one, and some kind watch it closer. They seem to all think it's a good idea, but as one guy said "but we're Irish".
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