Wicklow Day Five - Roundwood to Enniskerry

Scottish Blackface triplet lambs by the path.

We're well into the outskirts of Dublin. But, our path on the Wicklow Way is not easier. We're just more experienced on the upgrades and the downgrades so it seems easier.  

Or so Kevin, our guide, has assured us.

The hobnail trail took us from just above Roundwood to Enniskerry.

On the way we stopped by the Guinness Lake, properly called Lough Tay, which gets its name not from the fact that the water is dark brown and has a cream-coloured layer at one end, but from the Guinness family themselves, who once owned all this land. That's Kevin's hand there, pointing.

We went up and down twice today. The mist kept the hills in the distance dim.

Once in Enniskerry, we hopped in a van that took us to a bed and breakfast that was part of a working farm. There, Robert the sheep farmer showed how Rover the collie herded the sheep. Robert filled us in on all of the stupid things the government has been asking farmers to do lately and Rover first peed on Keira's foot and then, after he'd bossed the sheep around a bit, he peed on mine. 

This is our last night on the Wicklow Way tour. Our destination tomorrow is Marlay Park, a large public space in a south Dublin suburb, about 9 kilometres as the crow flies from central Dublin and about 18 kilometres from where we are now. Too easy.

Thanks for reading!

Karen