A Seafari Boat Trip, Kenmare, Kerry, Ireland - 3rd August 2017

After a bit of a wander around Kenmare (Ceann Mara), it's time for a boat trip as we head out to sea on the "Seafari" cruise to see wildlife, in particular a seal colony. The boat leaves from Kenmare harbour, where there's an anxious wait for the rest of the group to variously appear before the boat sets sail, and turns out to be good fun, surviving the inevitable longeurs largely thanks to the chatty and fact-packed Cap'n Birdseye at the helm. After the trip to Kenmare, we return to The Sneem for a bit, with a visit to Davida's mum - the Sneem artist Rosemary.

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Harry and Isobel on the streets of Kenmare

Harry and Isobel on the streets of Kenmare

A derelict school in Kenmare

A derelict factory building

Harry climbs a wooden ladder

Fred hangs out in front of SuperValu

A Kenmare Ice-cream cow

Kenmare high street

Nosher finds a prize: a derelict petrol station

The derelict Kenmare petrol station

Aiieeeee!

Funky cast sculpture

Kenmare harbour in the mist

Isobel waits

Fred in his over-sized new jacket

Fern walks up the pier

The others join up just in time

Fred and the others explore an old rope

Fred looks fed up

On the boat

Nico and Fred exchange secret looks

Looking up Kenmare Bay

James and Philly look out to sea

Harry's got ear-muffs on

A gannet bobs about

The gannet takes off

Bird in flight

Fred shows how to act around seal pups

Seals loll about

A seal has a stretch

Close-up claws and whiskers

A boat full of passengers

Lonely pine trees on the beach

James with binoculars

The cap'n blows bubbles at the children

Lua, Fern and Fred

The captain waves us off

There's a key balanced on a post

The boys interact with some sculpture

A nice old Land Rover

Another Land Rover, in olive drab

Kenmare again

The Kenmare ice-cream cow looks up the High Street

Harry and Isobel, walking back to the car

New York Street

The Sneem Motor Workshop

Christian's Mace food shop

Fred and the gang watch TV on a laptop

Isobel passes some food around

Isobel and Louise have a chat

Davida watches a cat

The raging rapids of the Sneem river

Isobel outside O'Shea's

An old-school Access 'closed' sign

O'Sullivan's food shop in Sneem

One of Rosemary's paintings

Rosemary's studio

Funky tiles on a flight of steps

Rosemary sits down as we chat in the kitchen

Kayoss, a wrecked wall and an old light switch