Saturday, June 22, 2013

Hanging out around Dingle

We are about half way through our trip so this is a down day. Just relaxing and nothing really planned.
Remember that picture of Fungie the Dolphin from the other day. Apparently, he hangs out near the mouth of the bay. So we decided to take a walk out there to see him. He is supposed to be near this lighthouse. Boat tours go out here to see him.

I know! There's Bob "hiking" again. We went all the way out there and did not see Fungie. We were told that if we see tourist boats, we would likely see Fungie. Well, there were no tourist boats when we got out to the point. I guess he was on his break - back in the cove chillin' with a cup of tea and a smoke. Oh, well!!
On the way back Little Red Dog explored this ruin site. Unfortunately, we could not find anything in our guide books and there was no plaque or marker at the site. So we are not sure of the significance.
On our way back into town we passed a bakery and thought we might stop for a cup of tea and a cupcake. Not until to late did we discover they were knitted!!
So we went back to our B&B to rest up for a full evening of pub crawling. I heard a noise out side so looked out and what did I see?
Some farmers sheering sheep in the field right across the road from our B&B. So we went over for a closer look. They had a gas generator to run the electric sheers. We were surprised at how docile the sheep were being thrown around like that. It only took this guy about 2 minutes to sheer 1 sheep. He said the wool used to be the most valuable part of the sheep. But now they don't even use wool in carpets much. So he told us to enjoy a meal of mutton to support the sheep industry.

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