A rest day in Westport today. We climb up a long large hill and then down it to get there. Should have taken the bikes. I’ve yet to have my coffee and the one waiting […]
Category: Ireland
2014 – Day Twenty Six
We have decided to pick up the pace a little – the endless driving has begun to get to us both. Our aim today is to get to Westport, just inside county Mayo. There is […]
2014 – Day Twenty Five
Back to driving north along the Wild Atlantic Way. Today we are making our way through the county of Galway…and oh my lord, is it rocky. This area of the coast is extraordinary convoluted, dipping […]
2014 – Day Eighteen
It’s the honey chil’s birthday. Sylvia’s 40th. As I write in her card, it really does only seem like yesterday that she was brought home to complete our family. It seems I am to be […]
2014 – Day Seventeen
Well. Our first day of rain. It seems, according the the locals and radio, that we have done quite well for ourselves having avoided it thus far. It’s only light and the weatherman promises that […]
2014 – Day Sixteen
Today we set off along the “the Wild Atlantic Way”, a network of roads that stretches for 2,500 km along Ireland’s west coast showcasing it as it’s most wild and beautiful. Our journey today is […]
2014 – Day Fifteen
Off to county Cork today. We have decide to stick along the coast where possible. The larger towns don’t really grab either of us, and the countryside is just beautiful. One thing I haven’t mentioned: […]
2014 – Day Fourteen
On the road again, along the Southern Irish coastline. We slow the pace down a little today and make it just a few villages out of Waterford, following the coast road to finally settle in […]
2014 – Day Thirteen
Morning wasted on the eternal quest for connectivity. We may have a solution – we’ve given up on a phone sim solution as the data limits are low and instead bought a mobile wifi device […]
2014 – Day Twelve
We are on the move again today. We have decided to navigate Ireland in a clockwise direction and commence our journey west. Our first stop is a little fishing village of Kilmore Quay, very pretty […]