Glenmalure to Laragh

 

Paul drives us back to where he picked us up yesterday to get us started back on our walk.  Again we nearly missed the start of the trail today.  This is getting to be a bad repeat every day!

Pub we were in last night in our hotel

Today we see some amazing heather.  We are walking through it in many places.  We see the group in front of us again today that we saw yesterday.  They have just started out as well.  We also see 2 guys from Holland that we keep bumping in to on the trail.  This part of the Wicklow Way is not very busy at all,  you can walk for hours without seeing anyone at all. 

Trailhead today

Depending which way you are coming from

Beautiful bridge at the start of the trail

Rocky uphill climbs today

A few climbs over gates today

More boardwalks today for walking on

Fields of heather

TOday there was also different colored markers to follow

Todays walk was beautiful and we will be in this area for the next 2 nights as well.  At the end of the walk today you end up in a park, then you have 2.5 km to walk to the B&B in Laragh. Decision as to whether to walk, find a taxi, or we saw some type of bus that seemed to be running into town.  Decided to push on and walk.  Arrive at our B&B after a very steep climb up their driveway, everyone there was commenting on the steep driveway walk!  Ran into the first Canadians, 2 sisters from Vancouver, lots of fun catching up with them.

A different urinal

Dinner tonight at a pub that was not far from the B&B.  We find out there is live music here tomorrow night, so will come back after our dinner reservation at another spot.  Worst thing about leaving the B&B is you have that hill to climb back up when you come back.