The Kerry Way 👣 Three Minute Trails
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- The Kerry Way blog post: toughsoles.ie/blog/the-kerry-...
The Kerry Way video: • The Kerry Way (Part 1)...
Hello!
Hope you enjoyed our short summary of the Kerry Way. Here’s some more information about it, and links to everything else we’ve made about this trail:
○ TRAIL DESCRIPTION ○
● County: Kerry
● Official length: 214km
● What we walked: 200km
● Start/end points: Looped trail that we started in Killarney
● Number of days: 8 (no rest days)
● Trail difficulty: 4/5
● Trail Quality: 4/5
● Views/area: 5/5
● Day 1: Killarney - Black Valley Hostel (24km)
● Day 2: Black Valley Hostel - Glencar (20km)
● Day 3: Glencar - Mountain outside of Glenbeigh (23km)
● Day 4: Mountainside - Cahersiveen (21km)
● Day 5: Cahersiveen - Waterville (33km)
● Day 6: Waterville - Sneem (31km)
● Day 7: Sneem - Kenmare (31km)
● Day 8: Kenmare - Killarney split (17km)
○ Camping/Accommodation ○
In general, Co. Kerry is one of the easiest places to find accommodation that can cater to walking in Ireland, as Kerry is so famous. This does mean that it can be expensive, and can require booking ahead. But there are multiple options to fit most budgets.
● On this trail the only official campsite we stayed in was in Killarney town itself, which has several.
● There are hostels in Killarney town, Black Valley Hostel, Glencar Hostel, Cahersiveen, and Kenmare.
Kerry Way Video Part 1: • The Kerry Way (Part 1)...
Kerry Way Video Part 2: • The Kerry Way (Part 2)...
Kerry Way Video Part 3: • The Kerry Way (Part 3)...
Kerry Way Blog Part 1:toughsoles.ie/blog/the-kerry-...
Kerry Way Blog Part 2: toughsoles.ie/blog/2018/the-k...
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● Here’s a 1 minute video I made talking about the small things we should think about before leaving the house for a day out: • Love This Place - Leav...
● If you’re looking for more information on Wild Camping in Ireland, check out our blog post about it: toughsoles.ie/blog/the-unwrit...
● If you want to know more about Leave No Trace and the outdoor ethics that they stand for, click here: toughsoles.ie/blog/2018/leave...
● Leave No Trace Ireland now have a youtube channel: / @leavenotraceireland
● Leave No Trace Ireland Website: leavenotraceireland.org
○ Public transport ○
Killarney is the largest town in the area, and is the place it will usually be easiest to get public transport to from other places in Ireland. There are a number of towns along this route with limited public transport, such as Cahersiveen, Waterville, Glenbeigh, Caherdaniel, and Kenmare.
The local link bus time table for the Iveragh Peninsula: www.locallinkkerry.ie/wp-cont...
Always inquire into tourist offices / information centres for local buses that might not have online schedules!
○ Maps ○
We’ve made our own Tough Soles maps! These maps are free to use, remix, and redistribute under CC-BY 4.0. toughsoles.ie/maps
Finally, here’s a link to all our other 3 minute trail videos:
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I don't think I'll ever get tired of surprise waterfalls 😍
I don't think anyone can get tired of surprise waterfalls! I cannot wait to stumble upon some more 🥰
Looks fabulous
Loved the Kerry Way 🙌
Us too! A trail with really really great work put into it! And it's just such a stunning area. Can't wait to get back to that area again 😄
Love your videos guys, I'm going to do the coast to coast starting from Dublin as soon as the travel restriction off and then on up the wild atlantic way. Anyway, keep em coming ✌️
That sounds great! Are you planning on doing the E8? We've done basically all of it (in parts) and put together a short explainer video about it - ua-cam.com/video/M-engHovmus/v-deo.html - and a playlist of videos of all the different parts! ua-cam.com/video/M-engHovmus/v-deo.html&list=PLXZ2XoQbpHBgiQ3KYHfyoYOLDspRRlYF9 Maybe they'll be helpful to you :) We're thinking about the Wild Atlantic Way as well - maybe we'll cycle it, who knows!
Nice overview, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Excellent description in concise way.
Thanks so much! 😄
Thanks for your lovely videos, so helpful to know what the trails will be like. I'm looking for an 8 day trail that will get me away from the sounds of traffic-- I live in the city and really need a break from traffic noise. I know that the Kerry Way shadows the N70, but in your video it looks quite remote. I'm fine with coming across the road here and there, but I'm just wondering if you would say that the Kerry Way is insulated from the road and it's noise most of the time?
Brilliant video. Thank you so much for posting. How have you guys managed the past 12 months here in Ireland with all this Craziness?
Honestly I think the project really prepared us! I think we have a really strong "one step at a time" persistence that grew from the walks. And we are obviously very used to being in each others' company all the time as well. But it's been really hard not being able to get out of Dublin for most of the year. When we moved in, we'd intended it to be a "base" for lots of hiking, but we ended up spending _way_ more time there than we ever expected! We've actually just moved out to the countryside after a lot of back-and-forth about it, and I think we're both feeling a lot better for it. Ellie and I both can't wait to get back out on the hills as soon as it's a safe thing to do. How have you been doing?
cool, new subscriber here
Ah thank you!! Hope you like our future videos! 😃
what month did you complete the hike in? Wondering how different weather conditions would be to June. Thanks
Hi, we did it in August - June should be pretty okay, hard to predict these things tho!
- ellie ☺️
I love your posts... but just an fyi Iveragh is pronounced EE Ver AAH from the Irish Uibh Rathach ... RTE cant get it right either. Thx for featuring the KW 💚
Oh no!! I think we get this right in other videos but we script the three minute trail ones, and it's sometimes different to read off the script... Sorry about that and thanks for letting us know!
At this point mispronouncing things when we definitely know better is a bit of a signature move... 😅
You mentioned there are few official campgrounds. How is stealth camping in Ireland?
Stealth or wild camping in Ireland is something you can do! It just depends on a couple of things - the vast majority of land in Ireland is privately owned, so whether people are welcome to camping is often one of the big things. In areas like Kerry it can be hard to find places to camp just because it is one of the most popular places in the country and therefore often busy. But you might find that because people do walk the trail and ask about camping, there might be a pub that if you ask lets you camp out the back. The Leave No Trace Principles are the guidelines for outdoor recreation here too, so just making sure to follow those when out! 😊
@@ToughSoles That's exactly the info I was looking for! Thanks. Hiking for the next 6-7 months on the CDT and then Ireland is my next planned hike. (Hopefully the Covid thing will have died down by next year.) Stay safe and love your videos!
@@toocleanpappas5397 Ellie actually wrote a blog post about Wild Camping in Ireland in case it's helpful to you! toughsoles.ie/blog/the-unwritten-rules-of-wild-camping-in-ireland
6-7 months of hiking sounds like just the thing right now...
@@ToughSoles Awesome! Thanks, I'll give it a read.
Wow, this is such an interesting blog. Hiking in the US is so very different. (Which makes me glad you recommended the blog!)
On the Appalachian Trail you can camp pretty much anywhere (other than a few areas where there are fragile environments) along the 2200 mile hike.
On the PCT there are places in the Sierra and in WA State where you will be a hundred or more miles from the nearest road. To hear you are likely within 4ish miles from a road in Ireland most of the time seems strange.
Still looking forward to coming over and hiking in Ireland though! Just gotta get the CDT done first so only about 3000 miles to do first. haha
Thanks again!