Day 20: Dingle and Back to Dingle

Distance: 10 miles/ 14 km
Total: 195 miles

Notable memories

The big change up

The misty rain came out of nowhere. 

And on top of that, as I was walking to Dunquin, I made five phone calls to various places.  All were either closed or booked up. So as I was walking along, that made me start to rethink continuing on the Dingle way. 

And as I walked in the rain, I really had to come to the conclusion that I did not want to spend the next 4 days completely unsure of my ability to find a place to sleep for the night.

It was just too late in the season to have even some reasonable assurance of places being open.

The weather was a factor, but not a significant factor. But it was in the back of my mind that I could not rely on accurate weather forecasts in order to plan the next day's hike. Even some local person that I was talking to along the way, remarked how her weather app indicated partly cloudy but certainly no indication of rain.

The trip still counts as a success. I had come to Ireland to hike the Kerry Camino. And I did exactly that. Everything else was going to be extra.

So the question now, is what's next. And on reflection, Wales would seem to have the same problem as continuing the Dingle way.

Returning to do the Camino Ingles is only 5 days of hiking. That would leave me with 5 days to fill.

So it occurred to me that maybe this is the camino's way of telling me that it is time to do the Camino Portuguese. The time frame is about right if I start from Porto, Portugal.

Dingle in the rain

 Ventry's amazing beach and it can't be seen due to rain and mist

 Dingle Harbor. Completely hidden when I left