Raining this morning and 21 miles to go today, can't complain as it's been good weather for hiking so far. Guess we were in for some wet weather at some point.
Cahersiveen to Waterville. 20 miles.
Due to the weather and the warning that today was a long climbing hike across the mountain peaks, very boggy terrain, and little in the way of a rest stop , we decided to send our bags ahead by taxi to the night stop..We also cut out a few miles that would have been a back track from yesterday, didn't make sense in this weather to walk the same section again.
 Very glad we did as the rain and wind persisted for a few hours until we were long across the first mountain of Knockavahaun which climbs to about 400 meters.

winds of about 70 miles an hour at the top

 We climbed for a solid 2 hours before the peak leveled out somewhat.
 I found I was sweating a lot inside my rain suit, and the cold wind was cooling the sweat to the point I was freezing, with my hands out in the wind I started to get concerned as my core temperature was getting very low, and I was shivering. When that happens, your body burns up any stored energy you have a lot faster,and I got concerned, cause I was worrying about the distance to help if things went pear shaped.
The finger I amputated in this winter is still healing and the cold made if very painful.

 The girls were having it easier than me, and didn't seems to be as cold as I was. Never the less, they were not enjoying the climb.

The view was grand when we could look at it, but the wind kept whipping away at our faces when we looked up.
Going over a stile, I waited for the girls as I could see them having a jolly time, I wondered what they were so happy about. They walked up smiling and laughing like they were going to announce the birth of a new child, turns out they just figured out how to trail poop and not get any of it on themselves.
At last, we had a down hike into the valley and found a soft rock to sit on and grab some lunch before the next climb.

Feeling happier now, I was warming up and eating something

Round two was just as windy but the trail wasn't so boggy and full of mud holes.
Kerry decided to tell jokes to pass the time and get her mind off the trail, Kerry tells bad jokes badly, Gigo where are you when I need you.
 The last few miles, windy as they were, were a pleasure though. Looking over the town of
Waterville and the Bay of  Ballinskelligs, plus the Lough Currane, was really pretty.
 The sun was trying to peek out as we walked into town.

The general consensus was a hot whiskey to warm up would be first on the list, which we immediately took care of. Then the hunt for our accommodations which we couldn't find, Kerry said" with a name like Clifford's Ocean View Band B, it's most probably near the water" , I though to myself, nothing gets by that girl.

Seems Charlie Chaplin came here a lot in his day, and they have a statue and film festival once a year,and a  theater honoring him, .

         My kind of lobster, drinks guiness

 According to the GPS, we climbed 192 stories today, that's enough for one day, especially with 70 mile and hour wind gusts, rain, and mud holes everywhere again, that took me more than once , to almost shin deep
Tomorrow is short, so no hurry to get up and out too early