Saturday dawned bright and clear, a perfect day for a walk along the harbour from Kinsale out to Charles Fort at the mouth of the harbour. The fort was constructed in the 1670s and decommisioned only in 1922 when the British Army left Ireland. It was a “new” style star fort, harder to attack than the traditional, and along with the old fort, James Fort on the other side of the mouth of the harbour, it was meant to protect the significant port.
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| Scilly walk, along the harbour. |
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| Rosa was glad to get out and get some exercise |
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| A couple of views of the harbour |
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| Some views of the fort, which resembles nothing so much as an abandoned village, which in some ways it is. |
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| Those of you who have followed her travels know of Rosa's love of ordinance |
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| Two views of the harbour, at high and low tide, a difference of about three and a half meters. |
After walking almost six miles we were ready for a rest and dinner. We ended the day with another excellent meal, at Finns’ Table. Sharon’s monkfish was not quite as much to my liking as the same dish that I had the night before at Fishy Fishy. But my cassoulet was superb as were the mussels as starters. Good thing we walked six miles.
Sunday we are off to Unionhall, a small fishing village on Glendore harbour.
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