I have only 2 sections to walk and I will have walked all 40. kilometres . Stretching from Listowel in north Kerry to Rathkeale in County Limerick.
We walked just 4 KM from Ardagh to Newcastle West in total. Which is two and a bit miles in old slot electric meters.
Here are some photos 📸 for your perusal:
Ardagh is famous for the Ardagh Holy Communion wine chalice.
It was found by two brothers under a stone. When digging up potatoes 🥔. Their mother sold it to a Bishop and it now lives in a museum. I managed to mention potatoes in a blog post again.😊
The GAA Sam Maguire Trophy was modelled on the chalice.
J was waiting for us in the carpark. She'd been in Tesco's buying tins of Ravioli and a bread mix and some beer and wine.
Hope you enjoyed our saunter on the Limerick Greenway?
Good old Saxon and Yorkshire's finest. I was lucky to see them once at a Rock festival in England 🏴.
A pretty place to walk...and no traffic!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely JayCee. Why can't they make them everywhere and make places for cyclists, runners, walkers and dogs and their owners a safe place to walk and free from traffic? I have stopped walking on the roads where I live because it's too dangerous to walk on them.
ReplyDeleteBronte enjoyed the walk and we said: " Good morning" to a lot of very nice and amiable people.
It's sad the trains are no more after all the navvies hard work building the railway lines. At least they are being repurposed and used for leisure like the inland waterways in England.
The trouble with train tracks is that they tend to be linear but you got that problem sorted by having your chauffeuse collect you and Bronte further along the line. I wish my "howdy partner" would do that for me.
ReplyDeleteIt is a problem YP. J likes shopping and not so keen on walking. So it suits us fine.
ReplyDeletePerfect place for a stroll, I love the water station.
ReplyDeleteIt is perfect Marlene. Nice and flat not hilly like where we live in the countryside next to the sea.
ReplyDeleteIt really is the perfect place for you and Bronte to walk. Flat and green, no traffic.
ReplyDeleteJust over 24 miles of flat tarmac and no cars Linda. They're making new Greenways through out Ireland.
ReplyDeleteIf they are going to call them "Greenways" they should use green tarmac.
DeleteGood idea. They could also sow grass and mow them with a ride on mower. Greenways are off road repurposed railways or canals and used for recreation and leisure.
DeleteWow. I’m lucky to walk from here to our workplace which is like two house blocks away lol
ReplyDeleteHi Angela. I love walking. Especially on flat and smooth surfaces like tarmac. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreat story about the chalice - imagine finding something like that in your spud patch. Beats the hell out of the old pump pliers I found in mine. Smashing photos of your walk.
ReplyDeleteThanks TM. I have never dug up anything so nice. The Greenways are a great way of repurposed old derelict and neglected railway lines. Leisure without traffic is excellent.
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