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Our big night in an Irish castle
This was the day we met up with old friends of H - Rosanna and Joe. We arranged to meet at a hotel in Enniscrone and navigated ourselves there without problems. It was so wonderful to catch up after many years and we sat and chatted till the late afternoon before taking Rowan [their dog] for a walk along the beach. Joe then guided us to our castle …
Wild, Wild West - MAYO
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On the whole Mayo is a ruggedly beautiful county with great opportunities for outdoor activities like horseback riding, surfing, and hillwalking alongside historical trails through pre-historic tombs intermixed with excellent accommodations and restaurants. As we traveled back to the land of Seamus Heaney, I felt I understood a bit better his poems of the 'Bogland', and at the least was quite inspired to write a few lines on my wonderful time in the bogland ...
Croagh Patrick
On Monday, we climbed a mountain. Yeah, we climbed Croagh Patrick, a site for pigrimages, located out West near the town of Westport. At first, when we heard we were climbing a mountain, I thought, oh it can't be like a really hard climb or anything, they wouldn't really try to make us do anything like that. Well, actually, the ...
Report back Day 18 Galway to Sligo
... reasonable price. We parked the car and hit a market. we come across some of Moose and Squirrel's colleagues serving coffee. we did not know so we grabbed some of the coffee and it was the worst ever. We binned it and grabbed a better cup. We checked into a lovely Bed and Breakfast with an amazing backdrop. The owner gave us a full on history lesson of the area. The Irish do not like the English. I would say that they dislike them more than ...
The Shrine of Knock
Yes we are now in Knock. No particular reason , it is half way to our next destination and seemed like a good place to park for the night. Once again lots of nice country side which made it a pleasure to look at. Good roads and mostly empty, helped as well. Arrived at the township of Knock just after 1pm and started looking for our caravan park. We drove through the township , seemed very busy to us, but said " oh well it is Sunday after all and people are coming out ...