Highs & Lows while Brompton Touring the Ring of Kerry - 185km (3 nights camping)

[@jorgeantonioruizvargas7573]

Hello ( hola ) Miriam! Beautiful ( hermoso) video. From ( desde ) Cucuta city ( Ciudad de Cúcuta ) Colombia 🇨🇴 South America ( Sur América )

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you Jorge! Delighted to hear you enjoyed this video all the way over in Colombia 🤗

[@jorgeantonioruizvargas7573]

@MiriamKennedy ok 👍 beautiful Miriam

[@susannathornton]

Hello Miriam! Aw so lovely to see you out enjoying everything esp the highs! the quiet and the solitude and the shore and great camp spots and quiet lanes... When you said you are in your element hunting for your first camp spot, ah so nice you look so happy... That tap haha!! glad that it isnt just me who does things like that haha. You were hard as nails getting up so early in the dark! it's summer, must have been super duper early!! Yeah the ring of kerry, took me back a bit... seems like that loop was THE thing to do wanst it, back in the day - I've met loads of old-school cycle touring people my (our!) age who did it... I think there must have been articles about it in the CTC magazine or something, and back then that was kind of all we knew... It was my first foreign cycling trip I ever did, I came on the ferry from liverpool and rode it with a school friend when we were 17 or something in the 1980s, super excited, with our green Karrimore panniers, I loved those panniers actually haha!! and karrimats and nylon sleeping bags that you were supposed to use in caravans. Happy days! Thank you for the great film!

[@MiriamKennedy]

Super Susanna!! What an adventure to do at 17 - not many parents would allow their daughter to set off for a trip like that now with a pal at 17 I’d imagine 😉 That must have been such a life opening experience for you both to do - no wonder your big trips became what they did!! Strange how some ‘tourist locations’ are more frequented by international visitors than by the natives - I’m glad I eventually got to see the place anyway 🤩 That sleeping bag you used wouldn’t have the qualities we’ve become accustomed to now…so great to hear you and your pal did it all those years ago!! Fab 😎

[@tonypaddler]

Another great video Miriam, and as you're a young fiftyone year-old then this Ring of Kerry trip is still early on in your cycling life 🙂 Cheers 🚲⛺👍

[@MiriamKennedy]

I’m a toddler in the cycling world! 🤗 Cheers Tony! Hope yourself and Mrs Paddler are keeping well 😎

[@tonypaddler]

@@MiriamKennedy Haha, yes, us cyclists are often younger than our age 😁 We are recently back from a fortnight of walking around the hills near Salzburg, so still have those happy thoughts in our minds 🏞️ , thanks for asking 🙂 Cheers 👍

[@MiriamKennedy]

Sounds great!! 🙂

[@tonypaddler]

@@MiriamKennedy Yes, picture postcard scenery and great weather, I didn't want to leave! Landed back in NE England to gloomy weather. Oh well...🤷‍♂️🙂

[@MiriamKennedy]

@tonypaddler ggggrrrrrr!! Sounds like a lovely trip - a tough land for you I’m sure being back!! 🤦‍♀️

[@andrewpickering7248]

Hi there I'm cancer servivor in my 50s and been a cyclists from a teen so your videos make me so happy to see, thank you for what you do

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks so much Andrew for watching the video and your message! 🙏 Sorry to hear you’ve had your own journey with cancer - I hope you’re doing well! Thanks again 😊

[@j.m.3143]

Memory back to my bicycle tour in summer 1977 on the Ring of Kerry. Thanks!

[@MiriamKennedy]

Wow Juergen!! Fair play to you for doing this journey back then...that's very cool to hear!!

[@BrianthatiscalledBrian]

If you didn't know it, you're good at this film-making stuff. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures. 🤩

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ahh thanks Brian!! I'm just a chancer 🤩 Cheers for watching it!! 🤗

[@billdunham4446]

So great to see you back and looking well Miriam. Your stories and those of Susanna are inspirational, so thank you.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Bill! Really nice to do this trip - just watched the video again with my pal on the tv just now, really nice memories!! 😊

[@nigelmccomb8106]

Loved the video, thank you,very informative.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Nigel 😊

[@RamblingOn]

That is one of the biggest things holding me back from giving bikepacking a go, the cars speeding past as I struggle along 😂 very impressed with your three speed Brompton, fair play 🙌 legs of steel. Really loved the video, the tent looked class and I noticed the strawberries too... very nice 🍓

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheerd Jason! Ahh there's plenty of quiet roads for us to explore - speeding cars can still come along I suppose! 🙃 The Brompton did very well, it dragged me around the peninsula with ease. Yes, I finally did some fruit, I had a mix of strawberries and raspberries and they certainly make the porridge very sweet. I used to bring honey along for my porridge also, but no need with the dehydrated fruit! The tent has found a good home in my wardrobe and will be brought out to play often 🤞😇

[@johnweightman2002]

A Miriam Kennedy film again! So pleased you’re out and about. Blessings

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you John!! Wishing you well also 😍

[@johnweightman2002]

@@MiriamKennedy unfortunately I have had both flu and Covid this year - the latter quite badly with secondary infections and an ulcer on my voice box (as a singer this is a trial) - so my 2024 cycling only began last month. At my vintage - 75 week after next - getting going again is hard work, although I doubt anything like the mountain you have climbed, initially figuratively but now, glad to see, literally! Take care.

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@johnweightman2002 sorry to hear of your challenges from this year John...damn! I hope the coming months bring more easing back into the saddle at whatever pace your body allows. I hope your voice box is on the mend also...you've had a tough year! Take good care and I hope you lots of easy rides ahead of you 🤞

[@cbenn93308]

Hi Miriam! Greetings again from sunny California. I just wanted to say how great it is to see you doing so well after your recent treatments. Your tenacious spirit is an inspiration to me as I continue my chemo treatments (since March '24). I'm not able to get on my Brompton at this point, so watching your videos is a vicarious pleasure! All of us wish you continued good health!

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@cbenn93308 Hi Chris! Sorry to hear you’re still undergoing chemo treatment - I hope there is an end to the treatment in sight with some more gentle healing ahead! 🤞 Just today I remembered there was a trip I was all packed to do 3 months ago (this was 3 months post chemo) but I was unable to do it and I realised that with a heavy heart and unpacked my gear again. It is now a further 3 months later (so I’m 6 months post chemo) and I do feel able to do it now. It’s just a particular hike that I’d like to do with one overnight camp along the way…now I feel able to do it though. I wish you those moments again where you can get on your Brompton and do things that you’re unable to do right now. Thanks for your lovely message - I wish you well ❤️

[@robanderson9272]

Your adventures are always a treat.

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@robanderson9272Thanks Rob!!

[@ianmedium]

Hello Miriam. what a beautiful place this is and the music, as usual with you is magical. I hope you are doing much better health wise. Love and blessing winging there way to you from Austria. Ian

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Ian! I'm feeling pretty good thanks and definitely appreciating that! 😊 Very glad you enjoyed the music too, that's great to hear!! 😎 Hope all is well with you!

[@moniqueviau2702]

You are a wonderful human Myriam. Thank you for sharing with us. Long life to you and your 3 speed brommie (it gives me a good lesson) ❤

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you very much for watching Monique! The 3 speed brommie keeps on going 😉 Hope all is well with you as autumn begins in Canada!

[@Gettinglostwithlea]

Miriam you are such an inspiration ❤ lovey to see you out again, love you new tent and wow such a beautiful trip ❤ x

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you Lea!! Really nice to be out and about again - very glad to hear you enjoyed the video ❤️ Thanks!!

[@joebeatty4405]

Thanks Miriam for another lovely video to sit and enjoy after work.Thanks to you I took the plunge and bought myself a bicycle for touring and had my first trip last week along the western greenway to Achill Island and on to Clare Island.Great adventure despite the constant looking over the shoulder at rain clouds looming.Your videos were the kick up the backside I needed thanks so much.Great to see you looking so well. Btw Im 53 and havent done the ring of Kerry yet!🤭

[@MiriamKennedy]

Wahooooo!! That's fab Joe - sounds great and I hope those rain clouds behaved themselves more often than not!! 🤞🤩 Glad to hear you are also a ROK virgin 🙃 We're so lucky that we've so many great places to explore and entertain us!! 😎

[@barbaraschirripa6360]

Hi Miriam, I was surfing on web and I bumped on your adventure, spectacular! I have 3 gear brompton too but I m a city slow cycling😂 your jorney is amazing! Maybe one day I'll try to going there, thanks for inspiration! Ciao!

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Barbara! Nice to hear from you 🤗 I just used my Brompton for city commuting for years before bringing it further afield…it’s great fun, I hope you try it. Thanks for your message 😍

[@andrewsmith6674]

Lovely video. Thank you for sharing.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much for watching the video Andrew!! 😊

[@Zen_Not_Zen]

Hooray! You're back Miriam . Glad to know you're fit and well and out and about again. Looked a little grey and over cast but no rain until the end ? Wow! You put in some Kms ! Last time I was in Kerry just coming out of Killarney I saw some goats up a tree:) I was just over for the hurling semi ,stayed with my pals in KK . I didn't bring the Brompton . All blessings to ye 🙏

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Jim! It was pretty overcast but I still felt very lucky...so good not to be soaked and to be able to move along freely 🤗 Acrobatic goats...holy good god!! Poor aul KK had a shock this year in the hurling. I hope your trip went well! Cheers for watching this one 🙏

[@philmorrow2446]

Great to see you back on the trail!!! The all locks are curling nicely!!! Keep it up and mind the horses!!😆

[@MiriamKennedy]

The aul chemo curls...I had my first hair cut a few days before this trip and it got rid of a lot of the curls but they're still making a push to survive a bit longer 🤩 Cheers Phil!! I will watch out for those horses - I have Dublin horses in the estates around me to keep me on my toes!!

[@philmorrow2446]

@@MiriamKennedy That’s what you get for eating g too many crusts as a kid!! Curly hair!! Flaunt it!!!😂

[@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz]

Officer Tent Police here. We have reason to believe that you are practically glamping now with that enormous luxury new tent. Very nice. I think that little beach in Kells was where 30 odd years ago some locals and a Dubliner took me out in their boat along the coast pulling up lobster pots and catching a lot of mackerel and I met them all again that night in the local pub while staying in a B&B across the road and they wouldn't let me buy a round. Amazing day and one of my fondest memories ever and the sun was beating down on the beach and bay all day. I always meant to go back there again. If I recall correctly and surprisingly I'm pretty sure I do, the guys names were Humphrey O'Connor (he gave me a sheep dog rounding up demo with his dogs which was brilliant) and Con Murphy. I met Humphrey when I stopped at a dead end after leaving the beach intending to drive on around the coast. It took me about eight back and forth turns to get the small car turned around on the tiny road which was when I met Humphrey (who had a hangover) out looking for his horses and I gave him a beer and he invited me fishing which was absolutely brilliant. They even let me try driving the boat and the folks at the B&B cooked up some of the Mackerel for me. Special days.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Some lovely memories you have from your time there 🤗 Amazing that you remember their names - obviously a very special memory! Bring on the glamping I say - luxury and comfort is where it’s at (at the right price and weight of course!) 😎 Thanks for sharing your trip down memory lane!!

[@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz]

@@MiriamKennedy and I'm usually crap with names but not everyone you want to remember. I think that trip was a bit to busy and touristy for you compared to some of your other trips with much more seclusion where you could really get away from it all more so but I'm sure you'll get back on track with your future picks. It was nice for me to have a chance to go back to that memory of that place. I have often wondered driving around Ireland, what is down all those little lanes and if you put them all end to end, how many times would that be around the world. Ok I think some weird stuff sometimes, ok often, lol but it's true!

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzit was nice to do it and see what is was all about anyway 😉

[@gerrymcveigh]

Miriam, a perfect age to be doing the Ring of Kerry for the first time😊 Lovely countryside to be feeling that burn🔥 That was cool camping advice for a lovely spot beside the coast👍 Loved that cyclists reaction to your bike and the super cool tractor run🚜😊 Camp spot 2 was even a notch higher👍 The quiet roads definitely won the day - the noise of cars can be absolutely deafening even when walking alongside a busy road. High standards are important👍 though as you say you sometimes just have to make your bed and lie in it. You truly do have power over the rain🌨🌨😊

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers Gerry! Super rain avoidance powers….except when they don’t work! 🤦‍♀️ I’ll be back to the quiet roads when out with the camera again, deafening noise is right - especially when the volume of traffic was high. Always a bit of excitement when on the hunt for a spot to camp and then a great relief to find somewhere to call home 🏕️😎 The conversation with the cyclist was a bit of golden dialogue that made me smile too - delighted the little camera picked it up! Cheers again!!

[@stiofandundealgan1280]

As a French fan of this island, I really love that County ; the 3 beautiful Peninsulas and the different B and B in or near Killarney, a lovely place with its lough and mountains ! I enjoyed so much ! Thanks a lot for that video which reminds me so many great souvenirs !

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks so much for your lovely message!! Very glad to hear you enjoyed it...Kerry really is one of our great treasures for sure!! 🤗 Wonderful to hear from a French fan of Ireland!!

[@luigilapenna8219]

CIAO MIRIAM. E UN PIACERE RIVEDERTI IN VIAGGIO. SEMPRE LUOGHI UNICI. E SEMPRE IN COMPAGNIA DELLA TUA BROMPTON. BUONA PROSSIMA TUA AVVENTURA

[@MiriamKennedy]

Grazie! Un altro posto davvero carino dove andare in bicicletta: grazie per esserti unito a me! 😎

[@krystalmcmanus4468]

Always so look forward to your adventures. They can't all be gems, but I loved this one anyway.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ah thank you Krystal! It’s pot luck when I bring the camera along as to how it’ll turn out 🤗 Delighted you enjoyed it!! Many thanks x

[@faulknertkd]

Miriam you're a legend! Deadly as usual, my favourite place in the world, I spent lots of time in the kingdom and love Dunquin and ventry, great to see you out and about and recovering well,god bless you! , thanks for sharing MOT

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers!! I agree - such a great county with so many highlights. Really nice to be there for a few days at least. Let’s hope the rest of the season changes from these first few performances 🤦‍♀️ MOT

[@dannykahan6332]

Lovely trip Miriam, after a temporary setback it came at the right time for me , helps the recovery ….the thrill of that sense of freedom , liberating. Thank you 🙏 Danny K

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Danny! Very sorry to hear of your setback - the temporary part of it is good to hear though. Yes, that liberating feeling - to be out with the bike, tent and nature really is very special....I feel very lucky to have it again!! 😊

[@CarolFox-ut2fg]

What a delight! You look fantastically well..bravo! C is such a struggle And you get my bravery and “Life be in it” award for squeezing the best out of your life. I sooooo enjoyed the beauty of this video and as I’ll probably never get to be physically in Ireland, so it was a real vicarious treat to travel with you on your 3 day adventure...and I appreciated your tired day honesty. I’d just come back from the Dr telling me my white cells are going in the wrong direction after 7 years of remission..early days yet....c’est la vie. ...so this was such a treat to “escape” into your adventure and positivity. Hi from the beautiful sub tropical north coast of Australia. I’m glad Susannah T comments so we know she is still okay in Sweden. Stay safe, keep dreaming of the next adventure...and (selfishly) filming it for us !! 🌈😘🌈

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Carol! Thanks for all your gorgeous, encouraging words 🤗 I’m so sorry to hear about your visit to the Doctor - I hope things continue to go ok for you as you learn a bit more. After 7 years of remission that must be a bit of a land (or not). You sound very upbeat and positive yourself and it sounds like you’re processing this latest development ok. I’m so thrilled to hear you enjoyed seeing some of the landscape in this part of the country - very different from the north coast of Australia for sure 😂 Wishing you very best wish today from a sofa in Dublin, Ireland ❤️

[@dubliner40]

Another great video of a great place Miriam. Very impressed with those shots of the pedals-have you trained the drone to follow your toes 😄. I have a great memory of Moll's Gap. I cycled up there after my Leaving Cert with a good pal of mine and we ran into Horslips (who? I hear you say) and we got tickets for the show in Killarney. Those days, there was a pub up in the hills near Moll's gap and we celebrated the ascent by downing 2 pints of Guinness before heading down the hill; serious overtime for the guardian angels! Great to see you out and about and great to have had your company a few weeks ago in Glendalough-looking forward to the next adventure!

[@MiriamKennedy]

I can't train the drone to do anything - I still haven't mastered the 'follow me' functionality...I need to spend an afternoon practicing before a trip to get a better handle on it. Each time I go out I think I know what I've to do but it never works for me and I can't spend the time or battery power on a trip trying to get it right! A job for me this week to get that sorted 😇 The leaving cert kids head to Ibiza these days, you did very well!! I'm glad you're still with us after those escapades!! 😂 Great to meet up with you in Glendalough - such a fab day!! 🤗

[@Infurnas]

Fair play going up Molls Gap from the Killarney side.That is tough going. I’ve only ever went down it😂

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you!! Ignorance is bliss 🙃 Very glad I made it though 😂

[@SiobhanNicConmara]

😂 Tent police, good one. I liked your reply to the guy saying he couldn’t cycle a Brompton ‘well I’m just taking it slow’. Life lesson in your reply. Heart warming to see you doing so well Miriam, thanks for the video it was great to watch 🙏💪👌

[@MiriamKennedy]

Awww thanks so much Siobhan!! 😍 That chance bit of dialogue with the guy worked out so well. Lovely to hear you enjoyed it, I hope all is well with you!! 🤗

[@peterobrien3713]

Well miriam kerry is beautiful but it doesn't hold a candel to you great to see you looking so fit & healty your an amazing lady & an inspiration to all of us keep smiling & stay safe regards peter

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ahhh cheers Peter!! 😂 I felt really good on this trip and the fresh air and challenge spurred me on some more 🤩

[@FergalKeogh-qw2gh]

Great to see you out and about Miriam, great video as usual. Inspirational 👍

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Fergal 🙏 That’s lovely to hear!!

[@cliveelsmore]

See, I knew it would be a "decent watch" 😊 Just watched it through a second time (hope the YT algorithms are doing their thing) and enjoyed it just as much. Some emotional highs and lows. I'm wondering if you felt you got enough time to savour all the little things or all the beauty? Perhaps the race to beat the rain, the blessed cars, or all the tourists, kept a pressure on? But you've done it now (at the ever-so great age of 51 😄) , let's see what comes next...

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ah you’re biased, but I’ll take it!! 😂 The camera always takes a bit from it for me as my head stays very active..I get the pay off of the memory record though! Definitely a slower pace would allow more time to savour the place. My next trip will need to be to quieter pastures again where I can dial down the pace 😉

[@donnavansenior]

Another great watch Miriam, and beautifully edited as always. Your Drone footage is a joy to watch - and I bet your heart was in your mouth when it went down in that field! It's great to see how happy you are when you're out, full of smiles, and I was laughing at the tent police comment - the X-Mid 2 looks a great tent, I much prefer the look of it as compared to the X-Mid 1...I may have to investigate further online, but I really don't need another tent 🙄😂 All the villages looked so vibrant and colourful, perfect for a stop and snack and I liked all 3 of your pitches - I haven't done much cycle touring, but the hardest part must be finding suitable camp spots when you're travelling mostly on roads. What good fortune to pop in that pub for water and to be pointed in the right direction that first night. I even liked the picnic bench pitch on the last night, sometimes it's the places you're not very happy or comfortable with that you remember the longest. Loved the noisy tractors as well. Well done on putting that many miles in, really enjoyed this one 🚴🏼‍♀✨

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Donna! You're probably right about the pitches that remain in the memory!! 😂 The picnic bench was a great feature to have - not something we find too often on the top of mountains!! 🙃 Cheers for watching this one!

[@mirela2360]

You look amazing with short hair 😍. The video is so inspiring and well done👌congratulations for the new achievements💪💪💪

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@mirela2360 Ah thank you so much!! 😊 It was great to do…roll on the next adventure! I hope you’re keeping well 🤗

[@mirela2360]

@@MiriamKennedy I hope to join you in one of your adventure 😍

[@VISTATREKKER]

All such familiar ground to me. Beautiful as ever. Glad you had such welcome camping advice along the road, Ireland being Ireland, one of them was my wife’s cousin of course. The weather has been such a drag this year, it just has not lined up with leave for me. Hopefully a good bit of this run will be greenway before long. Good not to sugar coat these things, there has to be hard parts in good things, but also good to see the biblical rain turned in the end to a biblical miracle in so far as you beat it, well …..nearly. Lovely trip. Thanks for sharing.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Robin - oh my God, your wifes cousin!! How funny...was it the guy from Ballinskelligs?? Yep the hard parts had their place - unwelcome guests at the time but I warmed to them a little more with time 😉 Still can't believe my luck that I almost made a great escape!! Very unfamiliar territory to me but I certainly got more acquainted on this trip!! 🤗 Hope you get some aligned weather in the down days soon 🤞

[@VISTATREKKER]

@@MiriamKennedy the Spillane’s are cousins to her👍 ya fingers crossed for the rest of the season.

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@VISTATREKKERHa!! 😂 Pat was so warm and friendly - an absolute thrill to meet him!!

[@VISTATREKKER]

@@MiriamKennedy legendary 👍

[@johnbayley1109]

Wonderful video, as ever, Miriam. Lovely to see you looking so well and inspiring us Bromptoneers to be a bit more adventurous. If the Irish Tourist Board doesn’t snap you up, they’re mad!

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ha, ah thanks John! 🤩 Hope you’re enjoying your Brompton. I’m looking forward to weighing mine down again for another spin somewhere 😂

[@ODOB]

"I have made my bed, and I am gonna lie on it" - M.Kennedy. I know the feeling! Good one Miriam!

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks!! 😂 Good to have a comfy bed of course 😎

[@pootlingalong8928]

Lovely film Miriam, good to see you looking good and strong out on another tour. Kerry looking gorgeous, even in the drizzle. I felt for you when you experienced that dip in mood on your last evening’s camp, it does happen and hopefully always short-lived, we are complicated beings 🙂 Your films are so soothing to watch, thank you so much for the work filming and for sharing with us 🤗

[@MiriamKennedy]

That’s certainly true about the complicated beings! 😉 I’m very grateful you took the time to watch the video…I was very aware in this one of recording this footage for myself and felt a lot more relaxed with the camera - except when flying the drone which was a nightmare with traffic 🫣 Thanks for your kindness!!

[@johncarnahan4067]

Hi Miriam so happy to see you out on your beautiful adventures and very well done for doing the ring of Kerry and thank you for sharing your fantastic video such a beautiful location and scenery absolutely enjoyed watching

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks John! That’s lovely to hear 😊 I had a great sense of achievement in making it around this one - the dry weather certainly helped, I loved it 🤩

[@pauljenkins2501]

Lovely video, thank you. It brought back many happy memories of a family holiday spent in that part of the world about 20 years ago.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers Paul! That's lovely to hear 😊

[@jonnyshearer3456]

Brilliant Miriam, The 'Coomloughra horseshoe Loop' takes in the 3 tallest mountains in Ireland in 1 hike right there in Kerry its what made me fall in love with county kerry hope u can tackle it sumtime. Because me and my family love your videos. All the best and thanks again from your mates in belfast.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Jonny! So much more for me to explore in Kerry - I've only scratched the surface...its definitely going to be my go to location in the coming months to do some more hiking!! Thanks for your lovely support - so much appreciated!! ❤️

[@timporter8886]

Hiya Miriam, I don't know how this little gem slipped past me. Your wonderful horse shoe walk appeared in my feed, and Ive just enjoyed watching it. Only after watching that, did this post pop up in my feed..what are you playing at KZbin!?!? It seems more bizarre because Ive been looking at lots of bikepacking posts lately, seeing as I have been trying my own bicycle adventures. When you were filming this I had not long since returned from a bikepacking trip in the Scottish Highlands. Anyway, back to your wonderful post. Ireland looks so very beautiful, and despite not having visited the emerald isle since the mid nineties, both yours and Jason's posts keep subliminally influencing my longing to return in the near future. Thoroughly enjoyed this little cycling/camping adventure and i hope you do some more. I have fond memories of several trips to Donegal, and one to the stunning Dingle peninsula. Have you cycled/walked in these areas? And if you had to, where would you personally recommend visiting to really encapsulate the best flavour of Ireland? Great to see you out and about filming your adventures. Thanks Miriam, you take care!😊

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks Tim! Great to hear you’ve had a bikepacking adventure in the Scottish Highlands! 🤩 That must have been such an adventure. Yes - I’ve done a few trips and some videos for Donegal (just Tory Island and the Derryveagh Mountains), nothing for Dingle. If I was to pick one spot to encapsulate Ireland - for me it’s the Aran islands (there are 3, any or all of them are worth a visit)..such a great place to cycle, really quiet and for me it makes me feel like it’s the real Ireland that I know! Mayo and Connemara have been my favourite places to cycle to date and the mountains are fantastic for hiking. I hope that helps and if you do make it over, do let me know!! 😊

[@TOMHEANEY100]

Hi Miriam, its really fantastic to see you out once more on this 3 day adventure.. You take some time to film this so very well and it shows in this video...Great to pick up some local knowledge on where to camp as I would not fancy looking for spots the way you do.... A new tent too (very nice) so I wish you the very best with it...Campsite no 3 no thanks... or the 4.45am start...

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers Tom!! You would have hated camp spot 3 😂 My stealth standards certainly dropped in proportion with my tiredness 😎 The early start settled my rain nerves - truly worth it I promise 😉

[@trichdeme]

Hi Miriam great to see you look so happy and well. A wonderful Video thanks for sharing

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Patricia for watching the video and for your message!! 🙏🤩

[@georgealty]

Really enjoy you videos, been watching for a while. Ireland looks beautiful, the tourist board should sign you up! I will ( I will), get my Dahon out of the shed next year and I'd love to tour my local area and beyond. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ha!! Thank you 🤗 I hope you do get your Dahon out of the shed and have some lovely adventures 🤞 Thanks so much for letting me know you’ve enjoyed the videos, what a lovely message to read! You’ve inspired me today now too…have a nice day today. Ireland is being battered by Storm Bert today so I’m laying low 😉

[@georgealty]

@@MiriamKennedy Nice to hear from you Miriam. Coincidentally, I was close to being battered in the pub car park last night. Bert arrived a few hours later. Been watching some more this morning. Please keep well. And best wishes.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Glad you survived your pub car park near miss!! 🙃 Thanks for watching some videos - nice to hear!! Take care today yourself 🤩

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi - I came on to respond to your comment and I seem to have somehow deleted your message 🫣 It’s the second time I’ve done that this week…not sure what I did! Anyway - great to hear about your work on the bike and I hope you enjoy taking it for a spin this week (when the weather allows). I was out last night in the tent before the next bout of strong winds arrives - it was still strong and I had to jump up at 7am to get the tent packed up before I took off!! Take good care 😉

[@georgealty]

@MiriamKennedy Unfortunately on the basis of the forecast I've elected not to bring it up - just arrived and it's blowing.hard already. Nevermind, I'll get the chance soon.

[@flowerconstancy1580]

Awesome. Super impressed and a wonderful video essay about your adventure.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you very much ❤️

[@JimShiel-px5dn]

It's just fantastic to see you. Well done girl

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers Jim 😎 Fab to do!!

[@frozenmist-w4k]

4 days in Killarney without being rained out, I normally manage 4 hrs. What a great trip ,highlighting some lovely spots, you done well to skirt around Kenmare , as beautiful as it is, its a tourist logjam and probably would have added a couple points to your BP !! Youre looking great Miriam and managed that circuit like a champ !!

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers Colin!! I felt very lucky....4 hours 😂😂 Me and the bike were a great team for this one!! So nice to feel the elation of being able to complete the little challenge I'd set for myself...I still can't believe how lucky I was with the rain!! 😇 Hope you'll be heading down that direction shortly 😉

[@davidhale1568]

Hi Miriam good to see your latest video you did well to stay almost dry! Been a long time since I cycled the ring of Kerry in fact you were probably still at school 😊. The route was very quiet back then. The valuable lesson that I learnt and stays with me is that when you see a big black cloud rolling in from the Atlantic run!! 😅

[@billabongoneill]

Always a pleasure to get a notification that there’s a video of yours to watch, great to see you again and looking so well, hopefully next year it will stop bloody raining lol!

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ahh that's lovely to hear!! 🤗 Surely we will be given a break next year 😇 I felt very good on this trip thankfullly!

[@Andrew.........]

Hi Miriam. An epic adventure !! Riding a Brompton, dodging traffic and flying a drone all at the one time, its no wonder you were tired near the end. You had no shortage of advisors when it came to finding a camp spot 😂. A really nice multi day trip and so lucky with the weather. Excellent video of your Kerry trip. Best of luck with the new tent. All the best👍

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers Andrew! The helpful men were in abundance 😂 Drone flying on this trip was definitely a challenge as I'm sure you can imagine 🤭 No one was harmed....my drone was nearly harmed at least twice! My weather luck played a blinder for sure on this one!! Cheers for your message! Catch you soon for a camp!!

[@columjevens4612]

Congrats Miriam , great cycle trip , lovely scenery. That’s a good bit of cycling, glad you escaped heavy rain . Those roads do look busy . And to top it all meeting P Spillane 👍. I Like the new tent . Enjoyed the great scenery. Great you are back on the Brompton , x Pat and Colum

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hey Pat and Colum!! It was great fun to do - a highlight of Day 1 was definitely meeting Pat S, I accosted him for a selfie as he was walking up the road 😇 Great to see what the route was like and experience it for myself…I loved it!!

[@janvandenberg3504]

Good to see you back again. God's blessing on you.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you so much Jan! Wishing you the very best too 😍

[@TheWanderingIrishman]

Ya jammy git, how did you manage to do all that and it didn't rain? Someone is looking down on you. Epic journey and great to see the hair coming back. Hoping for lots more adventures from yourself in the future!

[@MiriamKennedy]

My luck was certainly in for this one!! 😇 Couldn’t believe it…I’ll be soaked again before long no doubt! 🫣 Cheers for your message - hope all is good with you!!

[@TheWanderingIrishman]

@@MiriamKennedy Ah sure, plodding along as we do. Great to see you so happy, long may it last!

[@richardrambles6259]

Well done Miriam... That's a long route! County Kerry is beautiful but the volume of cars is a curse... Thanks for sharing your adventure. Take care, Richard

[@MiriamKennedy]

A curse is right Richard 🤭 To be fair it only had some black spots...and I did it over a weekend in August so you'd imagine it's one of its busiest times. I hope I don't put anyone off giving the route a go 😂 Thank you!!

[@GreenGibbon]

As a fellow touring cyclist, I do so enjoy the quiet pace of your videos, Miriam. Greetings from Melbourne, Australia! 🙂

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@GreenGibbon thanks very much Felix, that’s lovely to hear 😉 Wishing you well from Dublin over in Melbourne! 🤩

[@BorderRambler]

Wonderful to see you back on the Brompton Miriam , you looked in your happy place out in the lovely countryside. Sometimes we have to mix with unruly traffic which is never pleasant but you soldiered on. I can relate to the rain thing always playing with your mind as no one enjoys cycling in that. But it looks like you got it right at the end so happy days in my book. Take care atb Dave 🚲👍

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers Dave!! Nice to be able to narrow the focus of the day to just 'dodging rain' 😊 Even better as it worked out 😂 I thoroughly enjoyed it and had a great sense of achievement and satisfaction at the end which was nice!! Here this evening and I've just done a tent DIY job that you would have been proud of. I replaced the shockcord in my beloved Hubba Hubba pole for the first time. It took me 2 hours, but its given a new lease of life to the tent as it had lost its stretchiness in places! 🤩

[@BorderRambler]

@@MiriamKennedy ahh yes the pole shock cord replacement, glad you made the repair and the tent has new lease of life. I had to do a similar job on my Akto poles a few year back 👍

[@aideeno1609]

Another terrific video Miriam, thank you. Loved your honest commentary and of course the scenery. Great production.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Awww thanks Aideen! Nice to be able to do it 😍 Cheers for your message!!

[@aedamhaeng]

Thanks for another Ireland bike tourist movie 😍 So lovely up there

[@MiriamKennedy]

It certainly is a beautiful place! Thanks for watching the video, I really appreciate it! 🤗

[@alafenetre81]

Thank you for the ride, Miriam! I love those landscapes, those greens patches mixed with the rocks. I agree about the cars, the noise is unbearable after a time.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you!! 🙏 The noise certainly seemed to creep up on me and wear me down that day 🫣 Great to be there cycling through the landscape - I loved it!!

[@rollieman]

Great to see you out on the road to adventure again. It's a joy to follow you, and also Susan Thornton. The both of you are looking well, and good to see you looking so happy. Hope you can keep peddling your way to happiness for years to come! Take care (from an old dude in Indiana (USA). Cheers!

[@MiriamKennedy]

@rollieman thank you rollieman, all the way over in Indiana!! Great to hear from you 😊 That’s a wonderful vision to have - to keep peddling to happiness for years to come!! Wishing you well over there and many thanks for your message!! 🙏

[@Alansub10]

Thank god the drone is ok 🙏 I’m hooked on your travel videos now look like an experience

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers Alan!! You know that horrible sicky feeling when you think it’s a gonner 🫣 When I eventually climbed into the field I had to use the beeping alert to try locate it..I had recorded that bit but bloody deleted it by accident 🤦‍♀️

[@BirgitKlein-oo6bi]

What a wonderful journey you took us with you again Miriam! Beautiful covering of your tour, how good your drone survived! As a person who also does camping bike tours with a Brompton I can so much relate to your decision of an early start in the morning - nothing worse than to pack up a wet tent 😅 But I most loved your suggestion for the video title „Irish person afraid of rain“ . That made me laugh out loud! Thank you so much and keep on riding! ❤

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ha! Thank you Birgit!! 😂 I became so obsessed with hoping to dodge that rain...I'm glad it worked out as it did anyway 😊 Losing or breaking the drone would have been a tough pill to swallow that day also! 😮

[@patrickobrien8902]

A brilliant video, fair play for taking the time and effort to record and share not to mention the cycle itself. The early start on the last day was worthwhile.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Patrick! The early start certainly worked in my favour 😊 I had a train booked for 1:40pm but I had a flexible ticket and I was able to catch the 9:40am train….brilliant!! 😎

[@melissacurran-moore8919]

So great to see you out on another adventure and you don't need me to say that it's okay to be downcast at times. I also have a low tolerance for cycling in really busy traffic - very energy-sapping. Glad you found peace among the highs/lows/challenges and that the rain on the last day held off as long as it did :). Peace to you.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you Melissa for your lovely message! A trip filled with many experiences, that's for sure 🤗 Wishing you the very best too!!

[@bromptinowner763]

Hi girls wondering what outer rain jackets you wear when out on the bikes, are they any good. ? Big Thanks x

[@MiriamKennedy]

I’m a Rab girl…I tend to buy my stuff on SportPursuit at half the price. I have a few different Rab rain jackets that I use for hiking and cycling. I don’t tend to scrimp on my rain jackets but at least the SportPursuit website will have them heavily discounted. For this trip I also brought a Trekmates Tour Poncho - the poncho was cheap enough and the ends of my arms did get wet but I’d definitely use it again. I decided to keep my jacket dry for when I was back at the train station and for my cycle home 😊 Hope that helps!! x

[@bromptinowner763]

@MiriamKennedy Big help Miriam Thanks, will pop over to their website

[@bromptinowner763]

@MiriamKennedy Good to know Thanks Miriam, Rab stuff is top notch

[@CMZPICTURES]

I live in Wales and I too, am afraid of the rain! Lovely video, makes me want to hop on the ferry to Rosslare... when the rain stops.

[@MiriamKennedy]

🤣🤣 kindred spirits!! I hope you catch that ferry sometime 🤞 Always the risk when setting a date for any trip as to what weather will show up! 🙃

[@jenniferbailey44]

This was an absolute pleasure to watch. Such a beautifully made video. I imagine there is a lot of work behind the scenes. Gorgeous views. Sorry to hear about the traffic. Good to see you looking fit and enjoying yourself. 👍☺️💕

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you Jennifer! 😍 All went well on the trip and I felt strong and energetic!! The editing takes a bit of time but its enjoyable - because I don't do it very often I forget how to do basic things every time...during the editing and afterwards it gives me another chance to live the trip again (and again!) 🤩

[@SeamusDaly-oc3yw]

Thank you Miriam , awesome video yet again

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@SeamusDaly-oc3yw thank you Seamus - you’re very kind!!

[@Bokooda]

Beautiful part of the world. Was there 20 years ago and it rained, and it rained and it rained... Not just normal rain mind you, but huge off the North Atlantic Southern Ireland type of gobules of rain. I'm sure I cycled past some bloke and his family guiding a load of animals in pairs onto a wooden boat the day before we left. 🙏

[@MiriamKennedy]

😂😂😂 ah lord, that's dreadful you had that experience - one of those days is hitting us here today again! I hope you never meet such a bloke again, what a scary affair!! 😮

[@vintagerazorsinc.7797]

Finally a new video 😍 Was waiting eagerly and as usual I got something great! Thank you so much for a superb tour, I want to do this some day. Also, appreciate your honesty about being tired - and for admitting what all we tent people know - on departure day we sleep more poorly and have our eyes locked in on the skies to spot for rain 😂 Thanks Miriam and greetings from Denmark

[@MiriamKennedy]

So its a universal condition - thanks for letting me know 😂 I hope you get to do this cycle some time, that would be so great! Autumn must be settling in for you in Denmark - it's certainly making itself known here. Thanks for your lovely message 🤩

[@vintagerazorsinc.7797]

🙏 🙏 🙏 I am just still wondering about that Brompton 😂 Love the idea of it but I do love my 15 gear MTB 😄

[@liamahern8527]

Just came across your video Miriam. Beautifully done, love the music. You made Molls gap look easy, it’s a nice climb. Well done 👍

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks Liam! I thought I’d be strolling up Molls Gap with the bike for large chunks - there was certainly some puffing though! 😂 Lovely to hear you enjoyed the video and music - thanks!!

[@davidharris4062]

What you do on that 3 speed Brompton is amazing, the breakfast and fish and chips looked good 👍

[@MiriamKennedy]

Cheers David! Its a great little machine and always fun to cycle, even when its carrying a load 🤗 I definitely enjoy being able to get some nice food when on the bike...no options on tops of mountains when hiking!! 🙃

[@georgesloane4094]

Hi Miriam, Once again very inspirational ! Been waiting for this post.. Since your last I have with a friend built a carry case for my Dahon and camping gear. Really looking forward to some overseas adventures..First stop Australia to visit my 17month old grandson... So glad you are well and loving the craft....Stay blessed..George from Brier Island, Nova Scotia...

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you George! I just watched some footage that you uploaded of Nova Scotia - it seems such similar landscape to the West of Ireland! 😮 Well done on your carry case construction, that will open many possibilities for you no doubt 🤗 Happy planning for the trip to visit your grandson...what a journey that will be! Thanks so much 🙏

[@alexanderson1604]

So nice to see you out and about and not an easy few days, chapeau to you!! As always an excellent video and your smile brightens up my day.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you Alex! 😊 Not always easy but definitely worth it to see what this route was like…some lovely spots and also some noisy traffic to contend with along the way! 😎 Wishing you well!!

[@jackyhaddon6036]

Lovely to see you again Miriam. Such a beaming smile full of the joy of being out and free. So glad you are able to explore those beautiful places and find some peace and quiet. Thank you for filming it for our benefit. Almost as good as being there!

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Jacky! So glad you joined me by watching the video 🤩 It was a great boost to be out and free as you said and to live a very simple life for a few days...always does wonders for me! 😎 Wishing you well x

[@seamusdelaney9133]

Hi. If only we could all learn to moan with such a cheerful smile. Great job. Great video.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Ha!! 😂 You caught me on my best behaviour 🤭 Thank you so much!!

[@bromptinowner763]

Yet again Miriam you knocked it out of the park ! Your looking really well and long may it continue x

[@MiriamKennedy]

Arah thanks!! 🤩 I was feeling good on this trip - definitely coming back to myself more and more!! Hope you're keeping well 😍

[@ervinslens]

Absolutely gorgeous episode, glad to know you are fit and ready for new episodes! 🥾🥾

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Ervin! Great to be out and about again - such a nice area to cycle 🤗

[@GregAdventure]

Good going. I would never take my bike along that main road😅. Happy to drive and stop off at kee places to explore. Biked to Molls Gap then turned back on Blackvalley once & the Gap. Impressed 😉 You still find good camping spots.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Greg! Such a shame when you have noisy cars next to you...not ideal to fly a drone in those conditions either 🤭 I survived to tell a tale thankfully anyway 😉 The aul coastline is such a treasure for camping spots..love it!!

[@EventyrsorenDenmark]

What a great bike tour. You get through so many beautiful landscapes and also nice spots to camp 😊😊😊

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks Sôren!! It was great to have mountains and the coastline on this trip - so nice to cycle in that landscape 🤗

[@colinwellman9480]

It was hilarious when the guy asked was it electric? Even funnier when hearing your answer he said ' God Bless You'! If ever there was proof needed that you see more on a bike the Ring Of Kerry your video provides it. If the car drivers were also doing the trip I wonder how much they actually saw. Hope the last few miles weren't too wet. Thanks for the video, enjoyable as ever.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks Colin! That was just golden dialogue wasn't it 😂 I was in the national park again for the last few miles and I actually got some decent coverage from the trees for some of the time. I had to change my light top when I got to the train station and got all snug and smug again 😄 It was a great little adventure!! You're right about card versus bike - I did think of my car on the climbs at some points I must admit!!

[@Andy_ATB]

As a recent subscriber to your channel, I've watched so many of your fabulous films - which capture the scenery of Ireland so well. As a cyclist myself, I'm already deciding which Brompton to purchase in the near future.

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@Andy_ATB awww thanks Andy!! 🤩 Uh oh - you’ve been bitten by the Brompton bug 🤭 I hope you get lots of pleasure from your purchase if you follow through with it 🤞😎 I think they’re great fun to cycle anyway, thanks again!

[@ianmcleod4]

Lovely places wee see on your travels Miriam , many thanks 🍀🫶

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Ian!! 🤩

[@kpj5]

Great that Brompton is getting about 😂 Did they think typical Dubliner on their commuter foldy thing. Anyways great u out adventuring again! Lots of love n wishes from us in the Wisht ❤

[@MiriamKennedy]

😂😂 the posh commuter bike!! The aul workhorse with little wheels. I had a guy gasp in shock when he spotted me on the other side of the road with his traditional sized wheels and he hollered ‘holy god such little wheels’….he was on his way up and I was on my way down! I just screeched in excitement as my response!! 🤩 Thanks for the good wishes!! Wishing you well also - missing the Wisht again!! 😎

[@kpj5]

@@MiriamKennedy❤ loving the two person Durston too 😂.. one person one looked very cramped!

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@kpj5it really is cramped!!

[@nuabruno]

Great viewing as always. Adorable

[@MiriamKennedy]

Awww thank you 🙏

[@Hikingjoe383]

Hello Miriam great video as usual thank you.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Joe! Thanks very much - I really enjoyed it 😊

[@walker1879]

I really enjoyed that. A great video as usual. I have great memories of when I did it in 2017, although I did it in the other direction and part of a much longer trip from Tralee to Mizen along the coast. I was cheating and staying in hostels! I did it in October and seen very few cars, but I think all the coastal routes have become much busier now, in Donegal at least. I look at coast roads I used to cycle regularly and they are too busy in the summer months for my tastes. If in that part of the world, I would also recommend a visit to Valentia Island, a truly lovely place.

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@walker1879 Hi! Thank you! Sounds like a great trip you did 😊 I notice a big difference in the coastal roads once the Summer busyness has passed also - I knew what I was likely getting myself into but I wanted to experience the madness at least one time anyway 😉 I’ve visited Valentia in the past also - so many great places to visit along our coastline aren’t there!! Thanks for watching this one and your message 🤗

[@walker1879]

@@MiriamKennedy There definitely are so many great places to visit on our coastline. I think a lot of Irish people don't appreciate the beauty of it all, but definitely more pleasant cycling off season. I really must get down the southwest again at some point. I'd love to cycle the Beara peninsula again as well.

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@walker1879 so few Irish people that I know explore the Irish landscape at all!! I’ve lost interest in foreign travel as I’m so bewitched by our own country! 😊

[@walker1879]

@@MiriamKennedy That's true actually. I'm happy just to explore Ireland. I must admit I love Scotland too. Living in Donegal, it is quicker for me to go to Scotland than it is to go to Cork or Kerry!

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@walker1879 holy good god!! 😂

[@kevinmcquade2154]

You're in good form judging from what I see here. And shame on you never been on The Ring!, Delighted to see you looking so well and upbeat.

[@MiriamKennedy]

At least I’ve done it now! 😇 Tourist attraction ticked off - give me the roads less travelled any day! All good and this trip has fuelled me up for the next challenges of returning to the work world again soon 😉

[@kevinmcquade2154]

@@MiriamKennedy Return to Work. I hope you have now 'crossed the Rubicon' and started work again. You will be naturally proud of the achievements along the route and I'm delighted for you. I look forward to many more "Bromptons" showing the roads less travelled around our beautiful island. Best wishes.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks Kevin! I’ve another 4 weeks before hitting the workforce again. Making the most off the downtime while I can 😉 Thanks for your lovely support!!

[@kevintipper9267]

Great to see back Miriam. Love your content! Fit & healthy you're looking. Hope your on the mend 🙏

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks Kevin! I felt really good on this trip..definitely on the mend!! 😉

[@RaimoLehtinen]

Hi Miriam🙋🏼, nice and beautiful place...it looks good ..like you🙂. You got your drone back...what, did I miss something...😄

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you Raimo!! Yes, thankfully it was in view and I just had to climb a ditch to get at it. I actually had some footage of me setting off the alarm to locate the drone but I deleted it by mistake!! 🤭

[@RaimoLehtinen]

@@MiriamKennedy Ok.. great that you found it😄👍

[@managherroad]

Long time no see! Great to see you happy and healthy.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Hi Chris - lovely to hear from you! All feeling pretty good on this side of the fence thanks - I hope you're keeping well and getting out on the water a bit 🤗

[@schudi5755]

So nice to see you on the road again and being able to do this kind of multi day trip. Your smile and your positive attitude made my day - once again. I hope that I can spent next summer with cycling on your beautiful island. Not a big fan of rain though..

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you!! 🙏 I hope you do get to visit Ireland with your bike and I especially hope that the rain stays away for you! 🤞 The weather really does impact the enjoyment levels I know. Thanks again!!

[@carrigman]

Excellent video, Miriam. That was a heart-stopping moment when the drone went AWOL but thankfully you were able to retrieve it. Looking forward to your next adventure.

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@carrigman thanks John 🤗 Oh stop…thank god it resurrected itself!! I had another near miss with it too on this trip 🤦‍♀️ The joys!!

[@char5477]

Great video! My first bike tour overseas was the Ring of Kerry, and area and I enjoyed it. You got to see a lot that I didn't. Glad the rain held off to the end! :)

[@MiriamKennedy]

Brilliant, that’s great to hear! The Ring certainly has some form in attracting international visitors 🤗 Really nice to hear you made the trip over and travelled some of those roads. I was so thrilled about the rain - I sat in the train station looking smugly at the downpour 😎

[@niallharran]

Brilliant Miriam, some luck there missing all that crappy weather 🍀👌 Amazing the difference adding on the extra night made but I think it was the right decision anyway to take the pressure off each day 👍 Also brilliant to see you looking so happy and healthy 😊😍

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks very much Niall - I had a big debate regarding the last night as to whether I should cram everything into the third day, in the end I'm glad I stuck with the original loose plan. So nice to be out and about for the few days!! 😊 Luck was certainly on my side with the weather 😎

[@bumbleo8993]

Beautiful area Miriam. As always much more enjoyable if you can avoid the traffic. Thank you for sharing and hope everything’s dry now.

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thank you!! Yep - the traffic can certainly be avoided especially if you can give it more time and stay on the quieter roads. The drying was all done on the afternoon I returned - thankfully it was dry in Dublin 😉

[@tullycottage367]

Rain dodger! 😂 You escaped it well, great wee trip.

[@MiriamKennedy]

A new skill I've been developing in recent months 🤩 I'm diversifying into offering consultancy on rain dodging...plans are afoot!!

[@tullycottage367]

@@MiriamKennedy*Precipitation and Cloudburst Condensation Avoidance Consultant

[@MiriamKennedy]

🤥 at your service!!

[@walkwatchers]

Miriam! You look so content. This was a brilliant video. Stunning countryside, a great story, great commentary, beautifully shot and edited, wonderful insights and a great wet twist at the end. Loved this. Thank you for sharing the journey

[@MiriamKennedy]

Thanks Alyn!! You make it sound like a thrilling 'who dunnit' 😂 Thanks so much for watching it and your message 😊 Hope you're keeping well - I must give you a call for an aul catch up 😎

[@ShadowWilliams1265]

It’s so wonderful to see you again. You seem light and in good spirits! Thanks for sharing your 4 day tour. Looking forward to more adventures! 😊

[@MiriamKennedy]

Lovely to hear from you Denice! Thanks very much for sharing in this little trip 🙏 I definitely enjoyed it!!