Skellig Michael

The Lone Ranger wrote:

Perfectspecimen wrote:So nobody knows what free woman is.

Mary!

Nah, Far from it i think, Big jessie

You lot are asking for it. How can you say I am a free woman when Dermot is the one on all fours.

I go away for a few days and look what happens! How did I end up being a "kept" woman on all fours? Someone is going to pay!!!

Where the feck have you been? We've been worried sick about you! Right that's it, you're grounded for a month!

I've been in Dublin and Kerry. Am knackered so the month's grounding is very welcome!

Thought you were going in April to Kerry? Or am I thinking about something else?

Am going to Kerry then as well! My dad has a house down there so we travel there quite a bit.

3rdforum wrote:Am going to Kerry then as well! My dad has a house down there so we travel there quite a bit.

Does he do B&B? I fancy going to Skellig Michael next year.

Give me a shout. The more the merrier!

Well, Im diabetic as you well know, So it would be dangerous for me to atempt it, Also i dont do boats, not them little one anyway, Did you see the way they was up and down in the swell, Otherwise i would love to join you,

I'm going to do it. Really. My only concern is the feckin' weather you get down there, you could pay a fortune getting there and not be able to see in front of your nose.

Still done it havent you, see or not, Must be some sort of plaque or memorial up there, ?

It was made a UNESCO world heritage site in the 90s. I just want to be able to see everything from the pier up to the monks "clochans" on the very top.Them steps are going to be awesome, they reckon the monastic settlement was founded in the 7th Century. Just the thought of walking up something that people made 1300 years ago!

Yeh, They made a good job of them, Like Kirkstall Abbey near me, No scaffold, no work boots, no electric lights, Wearing big skirts, got to be a bit chilly round the neather regions,
Why ?

We went to York last year and had a look in the Minster. How they got them vaulted arches built that hold the roof up in them days I'll never know. Proper stonemasons then.

It was cold in york Cam, i remember, Do it again on the train, great place, Plenty to see, i recon you need 4 or 5 days there,

Yeah, it was in February I think and we stayed 2 nights B&B just outside the walls. 5 min walk to the centre, had a good time there.

Looks like my Skellig Michael trip is in doubt. Brother in law only staying in Kerry for the weekend, so it will be very dependant on the weather ( plus I'm too much of a coward to do it on my own!)

thats a shame D

3rdforum wrote:Looks like my Skellig Michael trip is in doubt. Brother in law only staying in Kerry for the weekend, so it will be very dependent on the weather ( plus I'm too much of a coward to do it on my own!)

That's a shame Dermo. How much is the boat trip over, do you know? Is Valentia Island the best place to go from? I'm doing this fecker sometime!

The trip is 50 euro a head. They go from 3 different places, Dingle, Valentia and Caherciveen. The one I want goes from Dun Chaoin pier about 8 miles outside Dingle. THe photo below is the walkway down to it.

3rdforum wrote:The trip is 50 euro a head. They go from 3 different places, Dingle, Valentia and Caherciveen. The one I want goes from Dun Chaoin pier about 8 miles outside Dingle. THe photo below is the walkway down to it.

They look great!

If you look closely at the bottom one Cam, you'll see 5/6 currachs lying upside down

It looks lovely, I could do the going down but can´t see a hoist for getting back up.

Gypsy wrote:It looks lovely, I could do the going down but can´t see a hoist for getting back up.

I could do the going down. , I'm off