OO Cup Day 1

Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Because we all had very late starts we used the opportunity to drive the famous Ring of Kerry. We could have used 3 days on this but we only really had half a day so we had to skip a lot of stops near the end to make our starts. 

A historically significant pre AD fort 

lovely Irish beaches 

lovely landscapes 

Cliffs of Kerry 

Cute towns 

ruined castles 

The orienteering was on a windfarm outside of Kilarney. It was a fairly arduous 8k dirt road drive into the venue behind a lot of drivers who clarly weren't used to driving on dirt roads.  The arena itself was pretty unique looking:

The terrain was really fun.  Very grassy with lots of rocky outcrops and marshes.

We all had a fun time and made mistakes except Jon who once again had a really good run.