Date: 15th June 2019
Travelled: 132 kilometres from Goleen to Travara, both in the County of Cork
Visited: Dursey Island
Stayed: Travara Marina car-park. Free toilets and water. N51.67739, W09.99963 P4N
Budget: 13 days @ โฌ90 per day
It was a little warmer overnight and the sun is shinning in Goleen this morning. Goleen is only a tiny village, just 4 pubs and a shop and cafe and we walked it all yesterday. As we plan to walk Dursey later in the day, itโs coffee and fruit before heading east on the R591.
Whilst the road is very narrow, there is no traffic this time of the morning. We are back on the N71 in half an hour and soon arrive in Bantry. Itโs a large port town, with an least 3 potholes for every resident. We turn into the Super Value for a stock up. I must add these supermarkets are excellent, not as economical as a Lidl, but a great variety of fresh fruit etc.
Pam has found a laundromat at a service station on google and we drive on 5 kms to Ballylickey. We first saw these laundromats in France several years ago and we have seen a few here as well. So we do a big wash and dry. I give the Hymer a good pressure wash and fill it with water as well.
Itโs almost lunchtime by the time we continue to Glengarriff and turn onto the Ring of Beara. Another drive on the WAW.
Our walk done we make our way back to the cable car. We only wait for 15 minutes on the return journey, turn the Hymer around and continue on the Ring of Beara. I do a little search on our data-base and spot a likely overnight at Travara Marina so I put in the co-ordinates.
Michael and Pam
