Warm and sunny
Today was supposed to be a 17 mile day, but we are following Justin’s advice and splitting it in two, ending at Boherboy (pronounced Boor BUOY, which means yellow road). Because we got off the trail to get to last night’s B&B, we have a long walk back on a paved road this morning.
This is a mixed blessing – we are staying on level ground, but the road is hard on the feet an it’s not much fun to walk with cars whizzing by in both direction on a very narrow road, with the traffic coming from the wrong direction (for us Americanos)! 
By midmorning we had walked down to the beach and got to admire some lovely views over the sand dunes at Chogher (the G is silent – pronounced Clo HAIR).
We stopped at the studio of Louis Mulcahy – beautiful pottery and woolen scarves. Too bad we backpackers don’t want to add any extra weight to our packs!
This is the road to the Mulcahy Studio.
Our afternoon was a long walk on the beach all around Smerwick Harbour, watching the birds, the tourists with babies and dogs, and one brave swimmer.
Even though it was very sunny, it was still breezy and too cool for swimming as far as this Southern Belle was concerned. This was the second day in a row we stopped to put on sunscreen, and I was very glad for my little orange cap.
Leaving the harbour, we got back onto a paved road where a construction crew was laying new asphalt, so our footprints are enshrined in Ireland forever…
We were looking for the Tigan Phoist Hostel at Boherboy, between Murreagh and Feonaugh, which eventually came into view over my apprehensions (whenever we leave the trail now, I feel insecure if I don’t see the Dingle Man).
The hostel was clean, although there was only one bathroom / shower for 8 bedrooms. Luckily, only one other room was occupied, so sharing was not an issue. There was a convenience store adjoining the hostel, so we purchased microwave dinners, in addition to tomorrow’s breakfast and lunch. We had the kitchen and dining room to ourselves, and really enjoyed a hot shower (this hostel provided soap and a towel!) One learns to be thankful for simple things…
