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The Long way around Walk Around Ireland is our adventures . Such journeys keep your mind and body healthy

Kevin and Sue Kelly from Carlow walking around Ireland, Europe and other parts of the world visiting as many beaches as possible. Kevin and Sue stress the importance of "Leaving no trace" but your footsteps and where you can pick up some of the rubbish on the beach
Kevin and Sue Kelly have been doing a lot of traveling over the past few years, most of it forgotten now. It won`t be forgotten anymo

re they will travel much more over the next few years, documenting where is the best and safest places to wild camp with a tent or small camper. They always say the most important thing is not even the birds should know you are there and "leave no trace"

12/04/2025

Thursday we set out from Carlow on our Sheelin rowing boat , this time for 2 days . Our first camp out was just after the Railway bridge in Bagenalstown. It was getting dark on us and had to set up camp and make food in the dark, a cold night and the Dew was heavy making everything wet and cold .
In the morning we woke up to a field of cows and a bull.
There was a mist on the river but warmed up soon enough . I lost count of all the locks I think twenty. Even so we rowed around 42km until we got Graiguenamanagh where Tom picked us up.
Thanks to Billy from Irish waterways for helping us with the first few locks . This was our first real bit of training and Sue and myself handled it well.
So onwards and upwards

11/04/2025

Two days out on the Barrow , we started in Carlow yesterday now at Ballytigea lock a miles from Borris, blessed with the weather
Onwards and upwards

03/03/2024

Time to start walking again , out for a bit of practice in the woods around Portlaw. Last year with bad weather ☁️ and increased workload, we did nothing, can't let that happen this year. So our plan this year is a few tracks like the Wicklow way.
Onwards and upwards

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