Day 2 on the WAW

Accommodation in Bantry was fantastic, fair doo’s Edwards you have made up for all your past accommodation booking fopa’s. We stayed in Theresa and Victors beautiful home. Victor ran us down to the town so we could have a drink and the breakfast in the morning was amazing.






Edwards loses things all the time, and it’s not hard to see why. We had just left the digs in Bantry, and his electrical bag, full of wires, came bouncing down the road towards Williams. The picture below shows Edwards’s ‘footing’ his bike glove, which he had placed on the seat of his bike by Dursey Island car park in force 9 winds before it shot off towards the sea. 




The route today took in on the Ring of Beara which and on to Dursey Island. You reach the island which is the most South Westerly inhabited island via cable car but it was closed due to high winds. We were game to have a go if they were but apparently it was ‘DANGEROUS’. What ever.








A quick coffee stop in a virtually abandoned cafe that rapidly became overrun at church kicking out time. A couple of old dears sat next to Williams on a bench in the cafe, slowly shuffling over until he was knocked of the end and admitted defeat. Bless them.




We stopped at a roadside inn near Doire Fhionain, where Williams once again demonstrated his ability to be taken advantage of by people. He was convinced to buy them both a slice of cake for just €15! 


The weather was mixed today, shower and sun. Williams had invested in some magic waterproof trousers. Off the bike he looks like an 8 year old nearing his dad’s trousers, on the bike it looked like he had invested in some waterproof shorts. By the end of the journey they had magically disappeared completely only to turn up later in the crack of his arse.



We did a ferry crossing from Velencia harbour which looked fine when we set off but became so rough that the ferry captain had to abandon docking on the other side for 5 minutes to allow the swell to drop. It was very scary and we suspect Williams may have soiled himself at one point.












Apparently this place is a bit famous.


















What a bike! And what a minter! 


Williams was later followed by the police suspecting ‘improper behaviour with a bronze dolphin called Fungi



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