Peninsulas

Up at 7, away by 9. Sexton is old fashioned, including cash only to keep the 80yo owners happy, but perfectly fine.

Skibereen for provisions and elevenses, very lovely town, terrible roads. V helpful Tourist Office man cos the Wild Atlantic Way is quite hard to follow on the little maps we had. Got better ones, and advice on scenic route to Mizen Head.

Mizen is our first peninsula and it's certainly scenic. The roads are generally good and not too narrow. Had to wait for a film crew to clear the road. Some of the beaches we passed were beautiful and empty, but no time for swimming today.

Suddenly realised that lighthouse on a rock off the coast is the Fastnet. Spectacular walk from Visitor Centre to Mizen Head Signal Station where a lot of the exhibits were about the Fastnet, and the others about Marconi and the first radio signals.

Departed 1400 heading for Dursey at the end of the Beara peninsula, skipping the Sheep's Head peninsula cos we can't do them all. Googlemaps says 2 hrs then warns the Cable Car will close soon after we arrive. That's a new feature! That plus v slow lorry that we couldn't pass made us think again. Stopped at Adrigole and made new plans. Went straight to Creveen campsite that we'd booked, by driving over Healey's Pass which was spectacular hairpins, v steep and narrow - reminiscent of the Lakes.

Creveen is even more old fashioned, but all facilities are here inc good wifi. We have taken to showering in the evening because there's no-one around and we tend to feel less like it in the morning. We extended to two days, and messaged the next site to move booking back by a day. The rain came in heavy this evening but the forecast is good for tomorrow.