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Great stay in strandhill
Hi Just spending two weeks in Ireland having a great time; started out in Dublin and went to the North-West to Sligo. Staying in a lovely seaside village called Strandhill – stayed three nights in the Strandhill Lodge and Suites; the best hotel ive stayed in.... fabulous place great rooms... went surfing a few times the last couple of days and also tried the Seaweed baths – really relaxing break.
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Nutty roads & BUSY day but we DID it!
... in the UK) and roads were not as good, storm was looking ugly ahead....what to do. Bit the bullet with R driving (no shoulders on these wee roads - very disconcerting sitting on the left - I swore we were heading for the field of sheep several times but in my normal quiet mode of course, didn't say a word to Rich....like '"HOLY Cr..... Richard!!! You're heading for the ditch!!" um - that was the polite version. His sense of humour is improving - "No I'm ...
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 ...
Day 8 - Galway, Connemara national park and Sligo
... above the cake shop and office and written on the window the offices name "weight watchers". Absolute gold! Anyway from Galway and on our way to Connemara national park we stopped at another crystal place but this time this one is famous for its colored crystal - the owner was colored herself, well almost she was very eclectic but loved her work. We didn't buy anything as was very expensive. Connemara national park ...
Donegal
We stopped for lunch in Donegal and ate at the Castle Bar. I finally got my fish and chips that I have been wanting since we got here! Donegal was such a cute town and after lunch we had just enough time to walk around a bit and explore before getting back on the bus and heading to the ...