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Date: 7th June 2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 24 kilometres from Valleymount to Glendalough, County of Wicklow<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Wicklow Mountains National Park and the Miner\u2019s Trail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: National Park car-park, \u20ac4 with toilet, water and bin. <\/strong>N53.00675, W06.34448<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 5 days @ \u20ac123 per day (include ferry crossing)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a quiet and uneventful evening in the pub car-park at Valleymount, we have slept in a little. 5.30am is a lot better than 4.30, so perhaps we are leaving the time-zone change behind us. Mind you first light is around 4 am and the birds are chirping away noisily by 4.30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a fruit and coffee breakfast and we are on the road by 8am, driving the Wicklow Gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No sooner we stop and take a walk, we are joined by another camper-car. The mountains trough the Wicklow Gap are all treeless and stand less than 900m.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The views back down the valley toward Glendalough make the stop worthwhile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We decide the Wicklow Gap and its view, make the perfect spot for a camper-car breakfast, so it\u2019s English smoked bacon, eggs and some French St Dalfours\u2019 jam on toast and another coffee as we take in the view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We continue on to Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains National Park. We plan a walk here today, but find with horror that parking here is \u20ac15 per day for a motorhome. I wasn\u2019t overly rude to the woman at the gate, but I indicated my displeasure. We continue on another kilometre to find a second car-park at \u20ac4 per day with services. So we settle in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of Wicklow Mountains National Park and the car-park<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After another coffee we walk up to the information centre and start the Upper Lake Walk, part of the Miner\u2019s Trail that weaves through the national park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n