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LETJOG E2W – Day 38: Tuesday 21 May – CASTLEMAINE to INCH (13.9 miles) This was the day that I stepped out onto the Dingle Peninsula, and that I first reached the Atlantic Ocean, on the last leg of my LETJOG E2W adventure. I shall remember the day for those reasons, and the thrill ofContinue reading “Into The Mystic”

LETJOG E2W – Day 37: Monday 20 May – KILLARNEY to CASTLEMAINE (14.3 miles) Today has been a day when everything has come together. I am aware of the maxim of not wanting to tempt fate, but on this short walking day I have had a fabulous ramble in fine sunshine, through gentle rolling pastures,Continue reading “Flying Without Wings”

LETJOG E2W – Day 36: Sunday 19 May – MILLSTREET to KILLARNEY (20.6 miles) A short Blog today, as I am camped out in the reception area of the hotel that I stayed in last night, due to a lack of wifi in my digs tonight, a noisy sports bar. In short, I have madeContinue reading “The Wild Rover”

LETJOG E2W – Day 35: Saturday 18 May – TOWER to MILLSTREET (25.4 miles) With a high mileage and a climb up to a 430-metre col through the Boggerah Mountains, today’s was a testing hike indeed, taking around nine hours. It was possibly the most challenging day of my LETJOG E2W walk so far –Continue reading “This Is The Day”

LETJOG E2W – Day 34: Friday 17 May – CORK to TOWER (9.3 miles) After the excesses of yesterday a short walking day was in order for today, giving me the chance to lie-in, recover from the Bruce Springsteen concert last night, and to consider my potential walking routes for the coming days as myContinue reading “Forty Shades Of Green”

LETJOG E2W – Day 33: Thursday 16 May – MIDLETON to CORK (17.2 miles) I first started planning this LETJOG E2W walk in concept about a year ago, and certainly by last autumn I had set out in some detail (on the Ordnance Survey App) some potential daily walking routes for the England and WalesContinue reading “A Rainy Night In Soho”

LETJOG E2W – Day 32: Wednesday 15 May – YOUGHAL to MIDLETON (16.9 miles) With some whiskey in the jar and a trace of blue in the sky, what a perfect way to spend a day walking in Ireland! Things did not start quite as well, with the early forecast of ‘light rain showers’ manifestingContinue reading “Whiskey In The Jar”

LETJOG E2W – Day 31: Tuesday 14 May – DUNGARVAN to YOUGHAL (19.7 miles) It was with some relief that I drew back the curtains in my Dungarvan room this morning to see that the deluge of rain that I had heard falling during the night had at last relented. Apparently the town’s car parkContinue reading “Tuesday Morning”

LETJOG E2W – Day 30: Monday 13 May – KILMACTHOMAS to DUNGARVAN (14.8 miles) What a difference a day makes! Yesterday warm sunshine, today horizontal driving rain and mist, making the first four hours of my trek a trudge in the wet, cocooned and blinkered within my waterproofs. I thought, as I left Cian andContinue reading “Alone Again (Naturally)”

LETJOG E2W – Day 29: Sunday 12 May – WATERFORD to KILMACTHOMAS (12.7 miles) If this Blog heading sounds rather dramatic, and perhaps with an unintended hint of finality, it is simply meant as a thank you to Nicola and Cian for welcoming a hitherto stranger into their household for three days, and for allContinue reading “The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance”