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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Our Ireland Tour; Killarney National Park

We signed up for an excursion described as ‘taking a jaunting cart ride into Killarney National Park’.
We discovered that it’s a horse and cart ride! 

Here we are in our jaunting cart...there were 9 of us in our cart...









Sometimes the cart behind us got quite close...










In the park people could hire canoes...





There were deer in the park but I was unsuccessful in getting a photo of them. But I did get a photo of these Irish Black cattle grazing.


After half an hour, we stopped and alighted from the carts and went to explore a castle ruin in the park. It is Ross Castle built in the late 15th century. 







There was a lake near the castle...




DH climbed up so that he could have his photo taken looking out from the castle. 


It was obvious that this place wasn’t habitable 😉


No roof for a start! Lol
When we walked back to where the jaunting carts were parked, I got quite brave for a city slicker...


It had become quite chilly as the afternoon turned into evening so on the way back some of us availed ourselves of the blankets provided in the cart. 


It had been another great experience! 

5 comments:

Nanna Chel said...

Maria, it is so green over there. Such a contrast to our brown grass here :-) Mind you, we did have a little rain overnight. You must be having a wonderful trip.

Vireya said...

That looks like a fun outing!

Jackie said...

Looks like fun, and I love that park.

God bless.

mamasmercantile said...

What a wonderful way to travel, such fun and a beautiful castle.

Sue (this n that) said...

Lovely to see you as you enjoyed the jaunty ride! Great scenery. Love how you're able to pack as much as you can into each day. Bet you both sleep well at night :D)