28^th May

We met a single handed sailor called John Wright yacht 'Anna Marie' from Torquay, who is sailing to Scotland. He mostly anchors his yacht to save having to pay exhorbitant marina fees.

We invited him to have a meal with us last night. It is interesting to meet other sailors travelling.

We had a really nice evening, and he contributed with some lovely cheese from a local cheese shop and fresh pineapple, and wine. We had chicken brests with cheese and wrapped in parma ham. (I was the Master Chef)

We couldn't bother to rush about this morning, as weather report still not good.

Today nothing moved out of the harbour.

Dingle has a lot of visiting coaches with tourists, so it is quite busy. There are quite a lot of Americans who fly into Shannon to visit the Ring of Kerry.

Vanessa and L iz had to visit the tourist office, as we are not sure where we are going to be

for Friday. We could still be here. It was a case of finding out alternative means of travel.

They are flying from Dublin on Saturday. There is a flight from Kerry (Nr Tralee) to Dublin, so that is a possibility.

After the Tourist Office, we all visited Pauldies, The Dingle Bay Hotel, for Irish Coffees. We can also connect to the internet, and look at more weather sites.

We listened to the weather all day, willing it to improve. - with no luck. It is just not improving.

We all went for a small walk up to the top of Dingle. We have seen all of Dingle three times over, its time to move on. We want to go!!!

We purchased some local fish and had a really nice evening of fresh fish. Mmmmm lovely

We played cards before going to bed.

John on the yacht 'Anna Marie', has decided to venture out and round the corner to a bay called

Ventry Bay to anchor for the night. He had to wait for a lull in the weather which was continally gusting 7's. As well as a strong wind, there is a big Atlantic Swell. - Oh Hell!

I doubt whether we will meet up with him, as his sailing plan is to just anchor in small bays. He has a sea kayak that he used as a tender to explore the islands and inlets. This sounds lovely if the weather is nice. Unfortunately it is still very cold.

We have decided to get a bus to Tralee tomorrow, and stop obsessing about the weather/

We just hope it gets better Thursday so we can get through the Blasket Sound, which is very difficult, and can only be navigated at a certain time.

This is the most Western Edge of Europe. No wonder we are having trouble to get round the next headland.

Because we are not sailing, we are doing quite a bit of reading, and have found out that at Dursey Sound (the headland at Bantry Bay) There is a cable car to move cattle and sheep across to the Islands. How bizarre (Only in Ireland)