Bray Head

Today we kept to ourselves and took a walk from the town of Bray where we are staying around Bray Head towards Greystones where Gerry and Kathleen live - it was a beautiful walk and a very relaxing and peaceful day full of natural beauty...

We started with a coffee at Maloy´s - a local coffee shop that we had stopped at before Heading to Galway. Very friendly people and a nice start to the day. We walked down to the seaside and followed that along beach-combing for a while. Anyone who enjoys skipping stones would have been in heaven - this beach must have the largest collection of ideal skipping stones that I have ever seen! We also met a dog that followed us along for a while on the beach - he lost interest though when it became apparent that we didn´t have any food to share.

Continuing South along the beach we met up with the path again that follows along Bray Head - the Head is a rocky outcropping that separates the seaside towns of Bray and Greystones and rises About 200m (best guess) at it´s summit. The Dart (local train) runs along it´s base by the sea and the walking path follows along just above that. We hiked along this stunning bit of country for About an hour and a half - just drinking it in and watching the light surf and all manner of birds and flowers. It hinted at raining several times - but never really got us wet - it was About as ideal as one could hope for.

Our initial plan had been to walk all the way to Greystones and take the Dary Back but after a point we came to a sign that stated the path was closed due to land slippage so we turned aside (we found out later that everyone ignores this) Instead we followed a small track and ended up along a road that led us Back to the main road that connects Greystones and Bray and walked Back to Bray this way. We found a pub (based on a local´s recommendation) and after a fantastic lunch headed Back to the hotel for a bath and to Ease our feet after About three hours of walking.

The day ended with a dinner that was included with our Stay in the hotel - very good, but far too much food!

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