{"id":210,"date":"2017-09-19T15:54:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travels.x10.bz\/wp\/?p=210"},"modified":"2022-07-08T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T21:00:28","slug":"drive-to-mizen-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/19\/drive-to-mizen-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive to Mizen Head!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had beautiful weather for our journey to the most southwesterly point in Ireland. &nbsp;Here, the landscape is wilder and more rugged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1082.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1082-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1082-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1082-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1082-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1082-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAlong the way, we stopped to see an Altar Wedge Tomb where people have been worshipping for over 4000 years. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1084.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1084.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1084-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1084-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1084-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1084-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1084-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe drive is dramatic as the roads are narrow and winding. &nbsp;Larry is a fearless and has had little difficulty driving on the opposite side of the road!<\/p>\n<p>Once at the Mizen Head Signal Station, paved pathways take us to the edges of the cliffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1090-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1090-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1090-1.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1090-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1090-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1090-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1090-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1090-1-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe views are spectacular!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1094.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1094.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1094.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1094-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1094-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1094-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1094-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1094-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBack in the car and it&#8217;s time for lunch. We stopped at the small harbor village of Crookhaven. &nbsp;Our seafood chowder arrived with a basket of brown Irish bread!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1100.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1100-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1100-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1100-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_1100-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBon appetit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had beautiful weather for our journey to the most southwesterly point in Ireland. &nbsp;Here, the landscape is wilder and more rugged. Along the way, we stopped to see an Altar Wedge Tomb where people have been worshipping for over 4000 years. &nbsp; The drive is dramatic as the roads are narrow and winding. &nbsp;Larry &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/19\/drive-to-mizen-head\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Drive to Mizen Head!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/2591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}