Aug 9
Ostinato was released from O'Donavan's boat yard in time to catch the rising tide early Thursday morning. I waved a fond fair well to the happy Irish cows and down the river we motored. Deciding that Baltimore was not the healthiest place for Ostinato, we chose to move east to Castle Haven, a
quick 3 hr hop. We arrived just in time to grab fish & chips for dinner and attend a cello and piano concert performed in a 200 year old church. The music was beautiful and King nodded off within minutes. The saving grace was he didn't snore. The next morning we pulled anchor and moved to Glandore, a whopping 4 miles east. Glandore is a summer tourist spot with a big sailing community and, as was the case in Baltimore, races went on rain or shine.
Aug 11
Today King and I decided to go off in search of the Dromberg Stone circle. The "you are here" map located on the side of the road left something to be desired in the way of explicit directions but feeling a bit adventurous we did not let the lack of not having a clue where we were going hold us back. After 1 1/2 hours of dodging cars on narrow winding roads that were all straight up hill, there was still no sign of the stones. We finally passed a house that was named Drombeg House. I took that to be a good sign that we were at least in the right County. Finally we came upon a nice lady walking up the rode. When we told her what we were looking for she responded with an "oh my". Hmmm "Just how lost are we", I asked. At first she was just going to take us back to the top of the hill that we had just come down to point the way. However, once there she decided she needed to take us a bit further until somehow we ended up following her through a cow pasture, jumping electric fences and climbing a gate to reach our destination. We seem to have this cow thing going on. Anyway, about halfway across she tells us we need to keep a good lookout for bulls. The video of Running With The Bulls fast forwarded into my brain. Oh hell. "Oh and by the way watch out for that fence it may live. Let's give a quick touch. Oh good, it's not on." There was of course no graceful exit of the pasture. The 5 ft tall gate was locked and an audience had gathered just in time. The standing stone circle was pretty cool.
We leave tomorrow morning for Kinsale which is about 30 miles east. The wind has been blowing from the SE for the last two days. Hoping for some SW winds in the morning.
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| Southern coast of Ireland around Glandore |
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| Enjoying a bit of sun in Glandore |
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| Castle Haven Harbour |
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| Glandore Anchorage |
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| Southern coast of Ireland |
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| Dromberg Stone Circle in Glandore Ireland |
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| Southern coast of Ireland |
Today King and I decided to go off in search of the Dromberg Stone circle. The "you are here" map located on the side of the road left something to be desired in the way of explicit directions but feeling a bit adventurous we did not let the lack of not having a clue where we were going hold us back. After 1 1/2 hours of dodging cars on narrow winding roads that were all straight up hill, there was still no sign of the stones. We finally passed a house that was named Drombeg House. I took that to be a good sign that we were at least in the right County. Finally we came upon a nice lady walking up the rode. When we told her what we were looking for she responded with an "oh my". Hmmm "Just how lost are we", I asked. At first she was just going to take us back to the top of the hill that we had just come down to point the way. However, once there she decided she needed to take us a bit further until somehow we ended up following her through a cow pasture, jumping electric fences and climbing a gate to reach our destination. We seem to have this cow thing going on. Anyway, about halfway across she tells us we need to keep a good lookout for bulls. The video of Running With The Bulls fast forwarded into my brain. Oh hell. "Oh and by the way watch out for that fence it may live. Let's give a quick touch. Oh good, it's not on." There was of course no graceful exit of the pasture. The 5 ft tall gate was locked and an audience had gathered just in time. The standing stone circle was pretty cool. 
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