After a fantastic night's sleep in Dun Ard (apparently it is only one of a handful of b and bs that have 5* rating) and a good hearty bowl of porridge started the day's walk out of Dungarvan on the N25. This proved to be a really hard walk. Traffic very heavy with seemingly all of Waterford leaving to go to Cork where the quarter final of the hurling match was taking part against Tipperary.
The road was all uphill for about 5 miles and at one point I thought it was raining but it wasn't it was sweat!! Felt like I was on a stepping machine at the gym on a very hard programme (mind you long time since I wss on one of them). Still survived it and as Sam says "embrace the challenge".
Made our way along N25, however as we got nearer Cork it felt more like the M25 and I really didn't feel happy walking along it any more so we made the decision to come off the planned route and I walked into Youghal. Had a walk around and tried to do a bit of collecting but very quiet (everyone presumably watching the hurling). decided to have a sit down and have a coffee.
Made our way to Ballycotton where we are staying at Sunville, a really welcoming b and b in a fantastic spot (thank you Anna for your wonderful hospitality and generous sponsorship). Since we were 4 miles short of our target decided to walk along the beautiful cliffs to make up the deficit and this proved to be a perfect end to the walk. Stunning scenery......and back to Sunville where it was even more perfect when we were given tea and scones in the conservatory.
Headed back out into Ballycotton in the evening for a very nice fish meal and now blogging in the conservatory!
Jane
ps Tipperary beat Waterford 7-19 0-19 (is that clear!) -go Tipp!!
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