{"id":18597,"date":"2019-06-09T18:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T08:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=18597"},"modified":"2020-07-16T14:10:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T04:10:50","slug":"county-kildare-ireland-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%aa-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=18597","title":{"rendered":"County Kildare, Ireland \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date: 8th June 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Travelled: 183 kilometres from Glendalough to Kilkenny<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visited: Robertstown, County Kildare and the Grand Canal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stayed: John\u2019s Green car-park, Kilkenny <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/XFUvwyj68ewM3gv27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">N52.65565, W07.24848 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Budget: 6 days @ \u20ac111 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were up early so decided to get a move and find somewhere with a view for breakfast.  We had crossed the Wicklow Mountains National Park yesterday at Wicklow Gap and decide to cross back over on the alternate, Sally Gap via the R759.  Whilst we enjoyed the drive, it\u2019s a challenge.  Firstly the road in single lane most of the way, secondly we found ourselves shrouded in mist most of the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We did stop for breakfast at Glenmacnass Waterfall, but given the mist a half decent photo wasn\u2019t possible.  Out of the national park we cross into Kildare County and stopping at Naas for our first Irish supermarket experience.  As it was a Tesco it wasn\u2019t really much different to Tesco in England.  First impressions, the Wexford berries are as good as it gets, the Irish bread, less so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LP recommends a visit to Robertstown to walk part of the Grand Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Map of Robertstown and the Grand Canal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6DADCC3D-9089-406E-B310-393A88AAEB51-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6DADCC3D-9089-406E-B310-393A88AAEB51-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6DADCC3D-9089-406E-B310-393A88AAEB51-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6DADCC3D-9089-406E-B310-393A88AAEB51-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6DADCC3D-9089-406E-B310-393A88AAEB51-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6DADCC3D-9089-406E-B310-393A88AAEB51-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6DADCC3D-9089-406E-B310-393A88AAEB51.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>You can read about it here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/23823DC3-50BE-4FB8-9567-3F154ACAE710-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/23823DC3-50BE-4FB8-9567-3F154ACAE710-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/23823DC3-50BE-4FB8-9567-3F154ACAE710-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/23823DC3-50BE-4FB8-9567-3F154ACAE710-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/23823DC3-50BE-4FB8-9567-3F154ACAE710-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/23823DC3-50BE-4FB8-9567-3F154ACAE710-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/23823DC3-50BE-4FB8-9567-3F154ACAE710.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>From the stone bridge crossing the canal in Robertstown.  Looking back to the main part of the village.  The Grand Canal Hotel can be seen in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/E68D503C-3AC3-4773-9A3B-7955E8B16308-1024x768.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/E68D503C-3AC3-4773-9A3B-7955E8B16308-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18604\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=18604\" class=\"wp-image-18604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/E68D503C-3AC3-4773-9A3B-7955E8B16308-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/E68D503C-3AC3-4773-9A3B-7955E8B16308-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/E68D503C-3AC3-4773-9A3B-7955E8B16308-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/E68D503C-3AC3-4773-9A3B-7955E8B16308-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/E68D503C-3AC3-4773-9A3B-7955E8B16308-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/E68D503C-3AC3-4773-9A3B-7955E8B16308.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Pam and The Grand Canal Hotel.  It looks quite grand from a distance but has been closed for many years and one would imagine something of a \u2018white elephant\u2019 out here.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CCA30F0F-C5CE-4185-B571-A08525FF9033-1024x768.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CCA30F0F-C5CE-4185-B571-A08525FF9033-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18605\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=18605\" class=\"wp-image-18605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CCA30F0F-C5CE-4185-B571-A08525FF9033-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CCA30F0F-C5CE-4185-B571-A08525FF9033-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CCA30F0F-C5CE-4185-B571-A08525FF9033-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CCA30F0F-C5CE-4185-B571-A08525FF9033-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CCA30F0F-C5CE-4185-B571-A08525FF9033-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CCA30F0F-C5CE-4185-B571-A08525FF9033.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Whilst there are bridges over the canal here and there they all look exactly the same.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So after checking with the lady in the Post Office for the best direction we head off for a couple of hours walking.  The tow path is in poor condition to be truthful, but it\u2019s a pleasant walk all the same.  Mind you there\u2019s not a lot to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20CCD398-2B09-4137-8F9C-373AAED013D4-1024x768.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20CCD398-2B09-4137-8F9C-373AAED013D4-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18607\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=18607\" class=\"wp-image-18607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20CCD398-2B09-4137-8F9C-373AAED013D4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20CCD398-2B09-4137-8F9C-373AAED013D4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20CCD398-2B09-4137-8F9C-373AAED013D4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20CCD398-2B09-4137-8F9C-373AAED013D4-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20CCD398-2B09-4137-8F9C-373AAED013D4-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20CCD398-2B09-4137-8F9C-373AAED013D4.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62D8921C-DDA5-4BDC-8B6C-970162B5DF5D-1024x768.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62D8921C-DDA5-4BDC-8B6C-970162B5DF5D-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18608\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=18608\" class=\"wp-image-18608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62D8921C-DDA5-4BDC-8B6C-970162B5DF5D-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62D8921C-DDA5-4BDC-8B6C-970162B5DF5D-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62D8921C-DDA5-4BDC-8B6C-970162B5DF5D-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62D8921C-DDA5-4BDC-8B6C-970162B5DF5D-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62D8921C-DDA5-4BDC-8B6C-970162B5DF5D-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62D8921C-DDA5-4BDC-8B6C-970162B5DF5D.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back at the Hymer we have a late lunch and head for the M9 south.  We stop at Carlow, thinking we may stop there, but decided to continue on to Kilkenny.  Finding a suitable car-park close to the medieval town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0DDF3018-DB30-4BA1-98F9-E0CC52E9D517-e1560068246185-1024x769.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0DDF3018-DB30-4BA1-98F9-E0CC52E9D517-e1560068246185-1024x769.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0DDF3018-DB30-4BA1-98F9-E0CC52E9D517-e1560068246185-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0DDF3018-DB30-4BA1-98F9-E0CC52E9D517-e1560068246185-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0DDF3018-DB30-4BA1-98F9-E0CC52E9D517-e1560068246185-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0DDF3018-DB30-4BA1-98F9-E0CC52E9D517-e1560068246185-1320x992.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/0DDF3018-DB30-4BA1-98F9-E0CC52E9D517-e1560068246185.jpeg 1363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>It\u2019s late afternoon and we wander off in search of a pub and the day was done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 8th June 2019 Travelled: 183 kilometres from Glendalough to Kilkenny Visited: Robertstown, County Kildare and the Grand Canal Stayed: John\u2019s Green car-park, Kilkenny N52.65565, W07.24848 Budget: 6 days @ \u20ac111 per day We were up early so decided to get a move and find somewhere with a view for breakfast. We had crossed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[66],"class_list":{"0":"post-18597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-hiking","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18597"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23031,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18597\/revisions\/23031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}