Our next stop was Dun Chaoin, unofficially anglicized to Dunquin. This is a "Gaeltacht" area, meaning it is primarily Gaelic speaking. You can expect to hear people speaking Gaelic, and for there not to be any English interpretations on the signage. Dunquin Pier is a very unique (and gorgeous pier), these cliffs have an unprotected edge (no fences), and it overlooks the Blasket Islands.
The whole unprotected edge thing is mind blowing to me. It's so freaking dangerous. And scary
In this pic you can see that downward sloping straight line/path on the Right - look for it below...
In the "I'm not even looking" video where I say I can't look at what I'm filming because I don't want to fall off the edge...well - the pathway to the other side leads you around the curve of the top edge there...about 24inches or less from the actual CLIFF EDGE, as seen in that video.
See that same downward sloping path/line again? Well, when we got over to that side, Brian decided to DESCEND THE CLIFF and go down there. I stayed on solid ground (see video content), but he was gone for a long time. So long in fact that I started to low key panic and think through what one might be expected to do if their husband disappeared off a cliff into the Atlantic. When he finally made it back, he declared that next time he needed to bring real hiking boots. Mental note: next time, HIDE ALL THE HIKING BOOTS. It looks reasonable from these angles, so you think I'm being dramatic. The angle is very very steep. Walking the pier, it was the kind of steep where you could slip, and it hurts your knees to hold your body at such an upright angle for so long.
Billy goat Brian
Looking across to other tourists, honestly that is about as close as you want to get to that unprotected edge. It's windy!
The colour combo of brown/grey, green and teal is etched in my soul. A forever fave.
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