Norah Beard

I am finally starting a very overdue recap of our thru hike in Ireland. Here is Kerry Way days 1 and 2! We flew into Dublin and had a few days to relax before taking a train to Killarney, where the Kerry Way begins. Eric decided to take a lesson from the end of the TMB and spent our free day before the hike violently ill 🤦🏻‍♀️ We got enough meds in him so we still started on time. Day 1 was Killarney to Black Valley (approximately 14 miles, really closer to 15). This was our easiest terrain day, because we started in town and had a lot of paved paths through Killarney National Park. We went past a waterfall, saw lots of green and mountains, and had gorgeous sunny weather. We saw very few hikers and stayed at a cute farm/Bed and Breakfast. We had a home cooked dinner and relaxed for the night. The next day we went from Black Valley to Glencar (approximately 12 miles). We had breakfast, and then I began to get sick 🤦🏻‍♀️ I spent a lot of the hike unable to fuel properly. We saw lots of sheep and cows, and began to hike through some bogs. We still had pretty good weather, and we hiked through lots of forest until we got to our second inn. We watched some World Cup and hung out at the bar downstairs until we called it a night.