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Day 31
... the word "Honeymoon" comes from. Well you are about to be enlightened. At the banquet the MC explained that newly married couples were encouraged to drink mead every day for 30 days after the wedding to increase fertility. So 30 days equals one moon period and the mead is made from honey, hence honey-moon!!! The other thing was that the O'Brien chief who ruled here was called the Earl Of Thomond! On the bus all the way to Galway there was nothing to see as the ...
Day 30
... on the International Rose Of Tralee that is held every year. The farmland here is Daiary so the countryside is in good nick, and the cattle are huge. We have to catch the Shannon ferry at Tarbert to Killimer. This saves a very long bus ride inland. It is only a 20 minute cruise. The mist has lifted and it is a nice day, cool a bit windy but no rain at this stage. We have now crossed into County Clair. This has historically been a depressed area of Ireland, as it has poor soils, so ...
Day Four – Castles and Tombs
... into the long hallway to get to the chamber at the back. The tour guide explained how the sun would shine into the chamber for a few days around the shortest day of the year. There is a lottery to get tickets to be in there during the sun rise. However, you are not guaranteed that the weather would cooperate. Since we were not going to get that chance, it was simulated with a 100 watt light bulb. I was scared that ...
Capetonian...Tarmonbarry to Leitrim.
Thursday.
We were a little late 0830 hrs getting underway this morning but this was our last leg.
We went through Lough Forbes,I had never heard of it before but I would say the fishing is good there.
Our first lock was at Rooskey and I had to smile as we were coming out of the lock there was boat tied at the waiting pontoon named " The Other Woman" and a woman was undoing ...
Capetonian...Shannon Bridgre to Tarmonbarry
... many years working in them in northern British Columbia and on Vancouver Island with Rio Tinto in Port Hardy.
That kind of work is ok for a while but it is not living out there in those remote places.
In Northern BC we were flown in by sea plane as there were no roads into the place and worked 7 days a week and as much overtime as we could handle.
I wouldn't wish that kind of life on anyone.
This time it was ...
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