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The Serpentine Healy Pass


Dingle Peninsula views from the top of Healy Pass in County Kerry.

Back in April we went for a spin to the Healy Pass in the Beara Peninsula. The R574 is one of the most spectacular roads I've ever been on. The views of Bantry Bay are breathtaking and the road winds up through the Caha Mountain range.

That day, after doing over 200 km on some pretty challenging roads, I ended up dropping my bike on gravel 100 m from home. I didn't let one mishap like that ruin the entire trip though. The bike is bulletproof and luckily I have plenty spare brake levers in my back box.

Bantry Bay seen from the N71 on the way to Glengariff from Bantry.

At the top of Healy Pass, the R574 from Adrigole in Co.Cork to Lauragh in Co.Kerry.

At the top of Healy Pass in the Caha mountain range in the Beara peninsula.

A red Honda CB500 pictured under a rocky and mossy mountain on the Healy Pass in Ireland.

A glacial valley pictured in the Caha Mountain range on the Healy Pass in Co.Kerry.

A grass patch in sunlight in a glacial valley pictured on the Healy Pass in County Kerry.

A rugged mountain landscape of the Caha Mountain range on the Healy Pass.

A view of the serpentine road called the Healy Pass in the Caha Mountain range.

Border of Cork and Kerry on the spectacular Healy Pass with stunning mountain views.

A view of the winding Healy Pass in the Caha Mountain range pictured at the border of Cork and Kerry.

Glamore Lake in its mountain landscape in Co.Kerry pictured on the R574.
  
A freshwater lake in the southwest of Ireland, located on the Beara Peninsula in County Kerry.

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