The RAs decided to plan a hiking trip this Saturday where we would walk/hike along a cliff side between two coastal towns in Ireland. I’m not very big into hiking or outdoor activities in general but I decided to go just to get away from the city for a day and see the countryside. So twelve of us took a train out to Bray on Saturday morning and made our way along the five-mile path to the next town over, Greystones. Our group split up in the beginning and I ended up in a group of six. Right at the start of the trail there was a sign warning us that the path was closed ahead because of land slippage. Yet, the gate was open and people were going that way, so we decided to ignore the sign and keep going.
The views were beautiful and we could hear the lapping of the waves on the shore. Once we walked about two or three miles we get to another sign saying that the path is closed, but this one was blocked by a gate. So we took a skinny, overgrown path going straight up the mountain rather than along the side of it. It seemed to go up forever until we found a paved road with houses and cars. At this point we knew we were lost. Continuing down the road we could see off in the distance the town of Greystones and just headed in that direction.
I’m not sure how, but we ended up cutting across a farm, hopping over barbed wire fences, and seeing a flock of sheep laying in the sun. We probably walked a mile or two out of our way but the experience was definitely worth it. We celebrated once we finally found the walking path again and made it to Greystones before it got dark. The town of Greystones was so pretty and quaint. I wanted to just stay and live there and take the 30-minute train ride to school everyday. Once we met up with the rest of the group they told us we should have just gone past the closed walkway sign, but I’m really glad we didn’t, it made our story a lot more interesting.
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