{"id":3845,"date":"2019-06-22T22:27:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T20:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:10:20","slug":"cycling-for-bubaque-2019-ierland-killavullen-kilrush-via-valentia-island-skelligs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/cycling-for-bubaque-2019-ierland-killavullen-kilrush-via-valentia-island-skelligs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling for Bubaque 2019: Ireland: Killavullen - Kilrush via Valentia Island\/Skelligs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3845\" class=\"elementor elementor-3845\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e21340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cycling for Bubaque 2019: Ireland: Killavullen - Kilrush via Valentia Island\/Skelligs<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9c88f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"6a9c88f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7f530f1 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/2019\/06\/22\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>22 June 2019<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6863c75 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/reistype\/fietsen\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Cycling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/land\/ierland\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Travel reports<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63136f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63136f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1160ec9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1160ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f8f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foto-ballybunion-1024x622.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-824\" alt=\"Ballybunion\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foto-ballybunion-1024x622.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foto-ballybunion-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foto-ballybunion-768x466.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/foto-ballybunion.webp 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd5f97 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bdd5f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72157709355210006\/\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">All photos Killavullen - Kilrush<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e89e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05e89e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72157709355210006\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">June 22-23: Killavullen - Killarney (78.2 km - 466 m climb)<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d372af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d372af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">To <strong>6 hours<\/strong> the wind had died down and I no longer heard rain tinkling on the tent canvas. Instead of turning over again at this awful hour, I scraped together to pack and have something for breakfast. Meanwhile, two gusts had passed anyway, so I could give up hope of packing the tent dry. Disconnecting the inner and outer tent and packing them separately was a more valid idea.<br \/><br \/>To <strong>8 hours<\/strong> stood my yellow\u00a0<b>steel steed ready to go<\/b>\u00a0For a long wet ride to <strong>Killarney<\/strong>, but fortunately with tailwind! Sunday rest day so no heavy traffic on the track: I chose the path of least resistance and closed in <strong>Maloy<\/strong> to the <strong>N72<\/strong>. My average speed was now at <strong>14.2 km\/hour<\/strong> also noticeably higher than on local roads.<br \/><br \/>In the coffee bar of a petrol station, I heard from a <strong>retired postman<\/strong> that are <strong>pension 500\u20ac\/week<\/strong> amounts, still noticeably higher than in Belgium, I think. And also that he had once lost many thousands of euros by accepting an investment proposal from a financial analyst. Those money hawks are just as ruthless everywhere....<br \/><br \/>Just before Killarney, in a <strong>cluttered brocante shop<\/strong> where I was allowed to take shelter from a downpour my eye caught an old <strong>wooden figurine of a Celtic druid<\/strong>. From every long trip I like to bring back a presentable gadget, and for this region I could not imagine anything more appropriate. So off to the post office again tomorrow....<br \/><br \/>And tonight I sleep freshly washed in a warm <strong>hostel bed<\/strong>. The wet tent canvas may spend a night in the pannier.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Due to the permanent rain, I did not photograph today. There wasn't much to photograph next to the N72 either.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b11a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56b11a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/C-20240714-Baskwadder-brouwerij.docx\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f638ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f638ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">June 24 -- Killarney - Glenbeigh (34 km - 216 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb34a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fb34a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After sending the druid statue I couldn't resist yesterday to my niece Mait\u00e9, where it will be given temporary shelter until September, I took a stroll through\u00a0<strong>Killarney<\/strong>, a very touristy yet friendly town.<br \/>First I passed by\u00a0<strong>Saint Mary's Church<\/strong>, where I learned that a <strong>peacock<\/strong> depicted on a world globe a <strong>early Christian symbolises resurrection<\/strong> which comes from the <strong>Celtic art and culture<\/strong>. This is because a peacock's beautiful tail feathers are renewed every year. The eyes in the feathers symbolise eternal life.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I strolled along the streets of coloured houses until\u00a0<strong>Saint Mary's Cathedral<\/strong>. That the Irish hold Mary in high regard is shown by the fact that many churches are dedicated to her. On my way by bike, I also regularly came across <strong>Mary grottoes<\/strong> Against. By our standards, the cathedral is very soberly decorated. Roman Catholic ostentation has apparently been less emulated here.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plea\u00a0<strong>'Slow me down, Lord'<\/strong>\u00a0I found worth photographing. I can totally relate, with the difference that we will each have to achieve that slowing down and stillness for ourselves. So far, the <strong>Lord, after all, proved powerless to stop the capitalist economic rat race that is grinding down its creatures.<\/strong> But may the text inspire as many people as possible.<\/span><\/p><p>For Thursday, I booked a boat trip to <strong>Skellig Michael<\/strong>, a monastery on a rock in the ocean that sits on the <strong>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong> list. There may <strong>only 10 boats daily<\/strong> sailing out, hence the need to reserve a seat long enough in advance. So now I am travelling at a leisurely pace to the <strong>Portmagee harbour<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Finally, some photos from the pleasant late-afternoon drive to\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Glenross campsite<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where I first gave my soaking wet tent canvas a chance to dry in the evening sun before reattaching the inner tent.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca69a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cca69a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reach-Out-vzw-Killarney-St.-Marys-Cathedral.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3847\" alt=\"Killarney: St.-Mary&apos;s Cathedral\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reach-Out-vzw-Killarney-St.-Marys-Cathedral.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reach-Out-vzw-Killarney-St.-Marys-Cathedral-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reach-Out-vzw-Killarney-St.-Marys-Cathedral-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324e1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"324e1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Killarney: St Mary's Cathedral<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287973c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"287973c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">June 25: Glenross campsite - Knightstown, Valentia Island (49 km 386 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af3c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1af3c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">2 km from Glenross campsite is the vast\u00a0<b>Glenbeigh sandy beach<\/b>\u00a0and I did find this on a fairly warm day (approx. 22\u00b0) to be a <strong>worth a diversion<\/strong>. Matter of also moving the legs non-circularly for a change.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Arriving at the beach, I wanted to walk up to the bend visible from that point, about an hour up and down, I estimated. I thought that was where the end was. However, there was no end to that bend. It was low tide and the beach ended in a very large sand oval with a <strong>sand dune at the back<\/strong> Of which I shot a 360\u00b0 video (Facebook live).<br \/>At the lifeguard pavilion at the beginning of the beach, a <strong>call to pick up litter<\/strong> and keep the beach clean, and against that dune there was some windblown marine debris. Too much to carry without a rubbish bag, but when I found a pair of dilapidated fisherman's trousers with braces, I was able to get a\u00a0<b>sledge<\/b>\u00a0make to pull the lot behind me\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"NL-BE\" style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Apple Color Emoji'; color: #2c2c28;\">\ud83d\udcaa\ud83d\udcaa<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">. The <strong>walk<\/strong> ultimately lasted <strong>more than two hours<\/strong>, but I enjoyed it immensely.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Pretty late back on the bike, then. At a 'viewpoint' on the way, I was eating a sandwich when Garry Lennon from Australia also rode up. His wife is a Belgian, and we ended up talking for an hour or so about the things of life. And meanwhile time ticked on and on and a <strong>thunderstorm looming from behind the hills<\/strong>. When the 'drash' started, just 7 km from my destination, I was able to flee in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #00285e;\">\u2018<\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #00285e;\">The Shebeen<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #00285e;\">\u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">\u00a0pub in the small town of Cahersiveen, where I spent an incredibly enjoyable hour and also received a large gift from Philip, the landlord, and from Christie and Christopher, two regulars. In the end, somewhat reluctantly because of the cool pub ambiance, I still had to continue through the rain because otherwise I would have to catch the last ferry to\u00a0<b>Knightstown<\/b>\u00a0on Valentia Island would miss out.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Between the clouds, occasional slivers of sunlight did peek through, which made for very beautiful<b>\u00a0pink lighting effects<\/b>\u00a0created on the water and in the sky. Setting the tent was yet to be done in the wet, but by ten it stopped raining and I was able to get a nice\u00a0<b>evening photo<\/b>\u00a0of the setting sun.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-844bd4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"844bd4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/With-Philip-en-Christie-in-The-Shebeen.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3848\" alt=\"Met Philip en Christie in de Shebeen pub\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/With-Philip-en-Christie-in-The-Shebeen.webp 799w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/With-Philip-en-Christie-in-The-Shebeen-300x227.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/With-Philip-en-Christie-in-The-Shebeen-768x582.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca897e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aca897e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>With Philip and Christie in the Shebeen pub<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd239d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dd239d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">June 26: Round Valentia Island (17 km - 315 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ff008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55ff008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before my visit to <strong>Skellig Michael<\/strong>\u00a0Today and tomorrow I will stay at the same campsite. After an evening of heavy rain yesterday, the sun was back this morning and there is also a brisk breeze. So an opportune moment to temporarily change into swimming costume and rain jacket and dump all my clothes and other rags and cloths into the washing machine. After more than a month of small hand washes and drying while riding on the panniers, it was high time.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After three quarters of an hour in the tumble dryer, the laundry was still very slightly damp. If I fold and pack it like this, it immediately starts smelling musty again. I let the larger pieces continue to wind-dry on the\u00a0<strong>bicycle washing line<\/strong>, the little ones could - due to too much wind - get to the\u00a0<strong>indoor washing line\u00a0<\/strong>of my superdeluxe Hilleberg tent. I've already had a lot of fun from that washing line!\u00a0<strong>Tomorrow I can go to Skellig Michael fragrant<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83d\udc43\ud83d\udc4c<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A whole day of camping life is long, so I left in the late afternoon for a tour around the island. Pretty tough with 350 altimeters in just 17 km, including <strong>two 15%-ers.<\/strong> Fortunately, I drove this ride<strong>\u00a0unpacked<\/strong>, so no gnashing of teeth while climbing.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first stop was a\u00a0<strong>old slate quarry<\/strong>\u00a0which became operational in <strong>1816<\/strong> and was internationally renowned for its high quality slates. It supplied slates for the <strong>roofs<\/strong> of the <strong>Parisian opera<\/strong>, the <strong>UK parliament<\/strong> and various <strong>London Underground stations<\/strong>. It closed in 1911 due to a rock collapse. In 1954, a\u00a0<strong>cave<\/strong>\u00a0set up for - 3x guess - OLV Maria.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cave and quarry were followed by a long descent to the\u00a0<strong>footprints of the tetrapod<\/strong>, the first four-legged animal to <strong>360 million years ago<\/strong> came ashore.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At yet another old cemetery, I met Diana Leroux Wolf, an American triathlete who participated in the - unfortunate because of extremely bad weather - Dungarvan triathlon last Sunday. No fewer than 1,000 athletes did not make it to the finish line, including Diana. Too bad, coming from so far and then being stranded in rotten weather.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Knightstown I wanted to stock up on some food, and at the grocery shop I met the British sailor and cyclist\u00a0<strong>Patrick Dollard<\/strong>\u00a0and his partner\u00a0<strong>Eleanor<\/strong>. This meeting ended in an invitation to a pasta on Patrick's sailboat.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9b679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a9b679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solitude-bij-veer-naar-Valentia-Eiland.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3849\" alt=\"Solitude - bij veer naar Valentia Eiland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solitude-bij-veer-naar-Valentia-Eiland.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solitude-bij-veer-naar-Valentia-Eiland-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solitude-bij-veer-naar-Valentia-Eiland-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e9be28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e9be28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Solitude - at ferry to Valentia Island.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa372d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1aa372d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">27 June: up and down to Portmagee and visit to Skellig Islands (15 km, 196 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67a070 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f67a070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retrieved from <strong>Little Skellig<\/strong> houses a colony of <strong>70,000 Gannets<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Skellig Michael<\/strong>, with the <strong>6th-century monastery<\/strong>, is a <strong>UNESCO<\/strong> world heritage site. It remained inhabited by each <strong>12 monks<\/strong> until the 13th century and endured several <strong>Viking invasions\/slaughter<\/strong>. It was probably evacuated because in the 13th century weather conditions were terribly bad.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the late afternoon, I visited the <strong>Skellig Michael museum<\/strong> In Portmagee.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Don't miss the photo series below of Skellig Michael, inhabited at this time of year by a large colony of nesting puffins, those super funny colourful seabirds!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85512c9 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"85512c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-bubaque-2019-ierland-skellig-michael-ring-of-kerry\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more + photos Skellig Michael<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90a676b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90a676b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Papegaaiduikers.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3852\" alt=\"Papegaaiduikers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Papegaaiduikers.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Papegaaiduikers-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Papegaaiduikers-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-398500f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"398500f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Puffins<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-318cb29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"318cb29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">June 28: Knightstown - Glencar (40 km - 511 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df4eb8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df4eb8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning I decided to abandon the busy, touristy Ring of Kerry route with all the tourist buses and other heavy traffic and take the\u00a0<strong>hilly inland route<\/strong>\u00a0take. No more pictures of beaches and rugged cliffs for a while, but wide mountain landscapes. And for me, much more cycling fun: quiet rural roads and open panoramas, without the eternal walls and high hedges next to the roadway that obstruct the view.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside the\u00a0<strong>Ballaghsheen pass<\/strong>, on which I had to push the bike for two short stretches, all slopes were 'easygoing'.<br \/>The pass was followed by a wide, flat plateau with only\u00a0<strong>peat fields and sheep<\/strong>. Blessed cycling today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dbc34c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3dbc34c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Op-weg-naar-Glencar.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3850\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Op-weg-naar-Glencar.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Op-weg-naar-Glencar-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Op-weg-naar-Glencar-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e2274 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5e2274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the way to <em>Glencar<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f60750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f60750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">June 29 Glencar - Ballybunion (76 km - 779 m ascent)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c4953 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60c4953\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first 10 km to <strong>Killorglin<\/strong> were beautiful, a continuation of the <strong>hills<\/strong> from yesterday. Steep ascent and descent, though, and bike pushing twice. A little past Killorglin followed a <strong>long climb over 5km<\/strong>, but thankfully gently rising. After that, it continued to go up and down rather sedately until <strong>Ballybunion<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the way I saw the '<strong>'Ballyseedy Massacre Memorial'<\/strong>. During the Irish Civil War, nine republican prisoners were tied to a landmine and blown up at this site on 6 March 1923. One of them, Paddy Daly, survived that atrocity and later became an MP for Fianna Fail (Irish Christian Democratic Party).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ballybunion beach and castle<\/strong>\u00a0(12th century). Of the castle, only the <strong>east wall still standing<\/strong>. The front, western part was destroyed over the years by the Atlantic Ocean. I spent the night in Ballybunion at a campsite for mobile homes, with no electricity or facilities for tent campers. The campsite was run by a sweet, slightly confused old woman and her daughter. To toilet I was allowed in a private workroom whose key she entrusted to me. How accommodating!<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get some warmth, charge and update my phone, I headed back to a pub - of which there was no shortage in Ballybunion's main street - but they were all packed. Punishing how well the pubs here still run. However, the nice pint of draught Guinness soon rose to my head. I did feel a bit tired from the long drive. Or would it be the Guinness? Next, up the bike to the campsite and into the bag.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d883d02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d883d02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ballyseedy-Massacre-Memorial.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3851\" alt=\"Ballyseedy Massacre Memorial\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ballyseedy-Massacre-Memorial.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ballyseedy-Massacre-Memorial-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ballyseedy-Massacre-Memorial-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddb56c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ddb56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Ballyseedy Massacre Memorial<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f90f38d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f90f38d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">30 June: from Ballybunion to Kilrush (40 km - 326 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6a644 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d6a644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond the River Shannon strong tailwind, and on the side of\u00a0<strong>Kilrush<\/strong>\u00a0the other way round, of course. Driving out of Ballybunion, I saw an image of a\u00a0<strong>golfing Bill Clinton<\/strong>. He apparently passed here once.<br \/>As it was raining this morning - it's Sunday again - I booked another bed in a hostel. Not having to pack the tent and all the gear in the morning is also nice. 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