Exploring The Guinness Lake, County Wicklow
A colleague of mine recently told me about The Guinness Lake, a valley that hides in the Wicklow Mountains and looks just like a pint of the black stuff! I’m not one to turn my nose up on a trek up a mountain so off we went exploring.
The Guinness Lake, or Lough Tay as Google Maps refers to it, is easy to get to by car. It is just a short drive from Dublin City Centre (1 hour or so) and I’m pretty sure some tours venture up.
Once we made it up to the top of the mountain, we took a wrong turn. Instead of walking towards The Guinness Lake, we started making our way to Lough Dan instead!
While it was really beautiful, we were not dressed for this sort of walk. Once we realised our mistake, the climb back uphill was intense! At the top, we hopped back in the car and drove a little bit further up the hill. We spotted the actual Guinness Lake viewpoint, and just wow. It was worth every minute. The view was incredible.
On the way down, we passed by the two young boys who made the news recently with their unique business proposition – a photo with a lamb! This time they had goats and I can safely say that they are just as cute.
If you’ve never been, plan that trip immediately. You will thank me after.
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