auntie | September 14, 2015
9.29 miles; ireland today brought more rain. in fact, the local weather service issued a flood warning for the area, so it’s not just me complaining. so i decided to cut this hike short and got a cab from blackwater bridge to my b&b. the trail was basically either a mud pit or a brook, […]
auntie | September 12, 2015
12.9 miles; ireland well this day went decidedly better than yesterday. the sun was (intermittently) shining, and there was (intermittently) no rain. that’s not to say there wasn’t a rain shower or three, but still, it beat the all day heavy rain of yesterday. my route took me right back by the blind piper. i’d […]
auntie | September 11, 2015
7.65 miles; ireland today’s hike started in the village of waterville, kerry. and that was an omen! it was raining to start, and never once let up, all day long. at times, the rain was wind-driven, fortunately at my back, but still, and the temps were in the 50’s. it was a most wet, cold, […]
auntie | September 10, 2015
10.49 miles; ireland first day on the trail, and i guess, technically, it should really be coars to mastergheey, because i caught a ride 4 1/2 miles in and then bailed about 5 1/2 miles from finishing. yeah, it was originally a more than 20-mile day. and it also included the highest point on the […]
auntie | September 9, 2015
i know i promised a real hiking post sometime today, but that was before u.s. airways stranded me in philadelphia for 24 hours. yup. because the first plane had “mechanical problems,” and the second plane first didn’t have a flight crew for an hour, and then no working lavatories, requiring, yes, more mechanics, my flight […]
auntie | September 6, 2015
interestingly, the day before i’m to leave on a big hiking vacation, i watched not one but two long-distance hiking movies: Wild and A Walk in the Woods. i‘ve read both books, and based on that, i assumed i would like A Walk in the Woods much more than Wild. guess that’s why you have to watch them, as my reaction […]
