The Black Valley
Last week a friend and I took ourselves off down to the Black Valley in Co. Kerry. The Black Valley has the distinction of being the last part of Ireland to be connected to the national electricity grid. Indeed it is still something of a black spot for telecommunications. As recently as last week a farmer living there was quoted €29,000 to have a fixed telephone line installed.
Having spent the night camped near a river we decided to set off and drive the Ring of Kerry. Some spectacular scenery around there. I have tons of photos which I have to sort through but for the moment here are some photos of the Black Valley:
And finally here is a panoramic photo: Click for full size
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Nice photos Robert!
Now I want to go to Kerry.
nice one, i love remote places like that. must go there someday, should i bring the thuraya? don’t like the populated city humdrum much at all.
any of these places where nobody can hear you scream are freaking awsoem. nice camp fire too, did ya cut up any lions whileyou were there?
@Grannymar, it’s a gorgeous part of the country. Hard to belive that just a few miles outside Killarney is the isolation of the Valley.
@Dan – All that was there was sheep and deer. I’m dead proud of my campfire because I lit it when it was raining! You would need your sat phone alright because there is no signal where our campsite was. Mind you it wasn’t too tranquil though. There was a near constant sound of the trans-atlantic passenger jets overhead as they passed on their way to and from Europe.