Saturday May 26

No bike ride scheduled today, so a more leisurely start as everyone figures out what the weather is doing and what their bodies and minds are up for.  We’re staying about 4 km from the nearest grocery (and beer/liquor) store, so feeding 7 hungry cyclists takes some effort. Most of us live on our own so we’re a bit shocked by how much food we go through. Three of the ladies decide to have a true, and well-deserved rest day at home. Four of us head out on our bikes. We had heard that one of the grocery chains delivers. After a couple of false starts we discover that only works if you order online. Oops....

So - we head off to do some sightseeing. We go south, into Killarney National Park, to Muckross House.

It’s a beautiful mansion built around 1840. Ironically, it was built just about the same time as the Famine Cottages that we had toured yesterday. We took an hour-long guided tour, after which the boys, unencumbered by slower riders, rode down to Moll’s Gap and back home. Nada and I walked around the Muckross Gardens,

Rode up to the Muckross Abbey,

And then to Ross Castle. We didn’t have time to go in but stopped long enough to take a picture.

We did a big grocery shop on the way home and sent it home by taxi while we rode our bikes. The butter chicken was almost ready by the time we got home. Yum....

The weather today started out cool and overcast, but turned sunny by the end of the day.

Bike stats for the day:
31.83 km
909 feet climbed