Valencia

Bicycle trip in the South West of Ireland 1996

We were looking for the small ferry to Valencia Island, and one small boy assured us that it was there and operating. No signs pointed the way, though, and only an inquiry at the inn on the waterfront in Reenard Point divulged that we just had to stand on the dilapidated pier with its big signs of no access and wait, and the skipper of the small ferry boat would spy us and come over from Knightstown on Valencia and fetch us. Which he did, bikes and all. In Knightstown we took a turn around the place to look for B&B places, and deciding that we wanted something a little more cosy than the very new and immaculate houses that offered, we decided on an older house in a beautiful row of houses facing the sea. We had a big, very nice room looking out to the sea, and felt like guests in a private home which is really what you are looking for in a B&B place. The bathroom not being 'en suite', the price was very reasonable at 13,50 pounds.