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Club Bus Trip To Sneem

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  On Sunday Oct. 28th the Club had a Bus trip to do part of The Kerry Way Stage from Sneem to Kenmare. Again we left town at 8am with a good travelling party of 14 to head off to West Kerry and our starting point of the Blackwater bridge. As usual with our club we use Kealy's Coaches  who always offer us a good service and a luxury bus for our trip.
  Our destination was the Blackwater Bridge between Kenmare & Sneem which was our starting point of our walk on the Kerry Way walking route which goes all around the famed Ring of Kerry. No matter how many times you come here you still marvel at the beauty of this part of the country. Our walk started along the shoreline of Kenmare Bay and looking across at the Beara Peninsula and other places we have been earlier in the year.


 After a while we came back onto the main Ring of Kerry Road until around Templenoe we veered onto country roads and a bit of climbing as well but this left us with complete views over the Kenmare bay below which is stunning at every angle that you look at it from. After a while as we gained altitude we got a view of the Magillycuddy Reeks to our left and these were showing the first signs of winter as they were snow capped and looking awesome. The skies at this stage were clear overhead and the snow on the mountain tops made for good viewing.



As we progressed along the country roads & forest paths with The Reeks on one side & Kenmare Bay on the other and heading for our one climb of the day to the Gortnamullen Peak this day was getting better by the step. After a while on this 18 Km. trip the first sight of Kenmare came into view, which has to be said is one lovely town with plenty of character. We headed to our destination which was Foleys Bar & Restaurant . Again we must thank them for their help as they left us drop our bags there in the morning.
 One part of the day & the Bus trip was everyone to sit down & have a meal after without having to drive home after. This creates a great bond within our members as everyone gets a chance to talk & have a bit of Craic with some good food.
  This trip probably signals the end of our ' Big'  days out for the season  as the clocks have changed to Winter time so for the next few months as our Club walks do not stop but our days out will be just closer to home .




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