BERE ISLAND

As you can see from the map below, Bere Island is quite a small island: roughly 8 km long and less than 4 km wide. We never reached what appeared from the map to be the most populated part, the bay on the northeast side. Instead, we followed a path from the northwest ferry crossing point, along the main road to the east, turning to back the west at the junction between the central and eastern peaks. We followed this road up to the top of the central and highest peak, and then returned to the ferry crossing point on the road between the central and western peaks.

While the island offered wonderful views, even on such an overcast day, back to the mainland and there are many monuments on the island itself, the island itself looks to be locked in a poor economic condition. We were disturbed by number of abandoned and rusting vehicles strewn around the island. I would guess that we saw roughly 15 different vehicles lying in random fields on the 10 km or so route we walked.

Map of Bere Island	The hills of Bere Island, including an ancient standing stone in the foreground and a Martello Tower in the background.
A view back to the mainland including a recent wreck in the water at left.	Fishing boats in the harbour at Castletown Bere, where we caught the ferry to the island.