Alan had to be at work early yesterday morning, so I was at my first stop of the day by nine a.m., Timoleague Abbey, which was possibly built by one of my ancestors, one Edmond de Coursey. I will have our family historian look into this for me when I get home. Timoleague itself was a cute little village at the end of an inlet. It was a nice way to start my day along the south coast of West Cork.
My second stop of the day was at a tourist information place. She told me how to get to the beach and what things were worth seeing that I hadn’t already circled. It was off to Inchydoney beach where I confirmed that the north Atlantic is indeed cold. I did stick my toes in the water but it was certainly short-lived.
I sat on a hill at the beach and read for about half an hour because that’s how I roll, and then I went to Drombeg stone circle which was totally cool. I spent maybe an hour there, trying to take cool pictures but the possibly French people who were there too were constantly in my frame which was totally obnoxious, so no good pictures from there.
Around two, I had lunch in the town of Skibbereen in a little pub down a crazy alley, and then took the scenic route back to Ballincollig. The highway has a great view of the castle, but I still can’t figure out how to get there on foot.
After Alan got off work last night, it was pub night, and we went out drinking with two of his colleagues. Today I hope to find a laundromat in the downtown Cork area, and finish up our plans for the weekend. Apparently it’s a long weekend here, so we’re hoping that extends to Alan, and he will be able to go touring around on Monday as well as on the weekend.
I’m in a bit of a rush, so no descriptions for the pictures.
You have a family historian? That’s really rather very cool.
I am sorry to hear that the other tourists weren’t very considerate about the fact that you were taking pictures though. That’s totally not cool of them. :( Still, the one photo you’ve got of the stone photo there is pretty darn cool. :)