Jim Edwards Kinsale

... there having circumnavigated the world by April 2011. My plan is to sail from St Lucia through Panama Canal, down to Equator and on to the Galapagos Islands which will take up the the end of February, I am hopeful that I will be able to continue to the Marquesa Islands and on to Tahiti which would bring me to the end of April - then home.<br><br>My skipper Stephen has his own blog http://blog.mailasail.com/alady

... are what one would imagine when thinking of Ireland. Kissing the Blarney Stone was a strange experience. As most of you know, you bend over backwards and kiss this stone. What I didn't know is that you are practically doing a back bend and could possibly fall down backwards. Luckily, there was a spotter there who was listening to a soccer game and took away from the ancient castle like feeling. <br><br>The previous two nights held a lot ...

... touristy, it definitely maintains its' quaintness and it is a real treat to spend three days here. We didn't realize how tired we were until we settled into the "Old Presby" (our lovely bed and breakfast) so we have definitely taken it easier here. Having someone make my breakfast and having to get up early to actually eat it is wearing a little thin, so we arrive for the morning meal at the last possible minute. Then we ...

... et je lui ai montré l'offre d'emploi. En bref, elle m'a dit que c'était à moi de demander à Stephene de confirmer mon salaire horaire et qu'il n'y a pas d'erreur en tant que tel dans l'offre d'emploi parce que c'est le salaire d'un adulte à temps plein et elle m'a dit que les "student wage", c'était fréquent en Irlande et que c'était normal, les gens qui travaillent à temps plein et ne font que ça ont ...

This town is magnificent! It has rolling hills in the country side, water, sea breeze, quaint towns with friendly english speaking locals. As soon as we got here, we got a park on the outside of our little 'B&B', aka tabo the pub! Haha. We went inside the Armada, and were shown our rooms. Now, none of the stairs or sloping levels would have been acceptable in Australian standards, but We're in old Ireland now, the buildings when they were built did not ...

... finalement eu ma pause à 2h30, Mike était en pause lui aussi. Épuisée, j'ai demandé à Aleana où je pouvais aller m'étendre et me reposer parce que je me sentais vraiment mal. J'ai fini par me coucher dans l'infirmerie. J'ai dû enlever mon gilet de sauveteur et me le fouttre sur les yeux parce que c'était trop lumineux. J'avais une pause de 30 minutes, mais on s'entend qu'après 30 minutes, je ne me suis pas levée pour retourner travailler. Vers 3h10-3h15, Mike est venu ...

So there we were, a couple of months after a trip to Rome that we "couldn't afford". I've lived and worked on three continents, and thought maybe I'll settle down a bit now. But back on the fringe of Europe, in a country with which I'm all too familiar, the bug has started to bite again. Since my first venture overseas, in 1988, the world has changed. Lord knows, the internet, like any technology, can be wonderful or ...

... heavy and the weather was changing. It got a bit rough and wet and there was a 3 meter swell. We made good progress during the day. We had our best daily run also covering 180 nm, noon to noon. Yvonne and myself were back on watch again at 1900-2300hrs. There was a brilliant orange sunset and I was lucky enough to get a lovely photo which I will use as a screen saver. The night was starry again and the moon was in its quarter phase. We had a quite night again and there ...

... Lissyclearig turned out to be &#8211; whitewashed stone with a thatched roof on the outside, timber furniture on the inside, all built from scratch by the owners Carmel and Davey and now the domain of their English sheepdog. After staying in perfect little places like this I don&#8217;t know how I&#8217;ll ever manage going back to characterless and charmless hostels, and was clearly deserving of our silver medal of favourite B&amp;Bs.<br>

... just beyond us sat the Rock of Cashel, and after eating we forced Nanna to struggle up the short but still fairly steep path to its entrance only to decide that we really didn&#8217;t want to go and have a look inside the twelfth century fortress, chapel, cathedral and tower after all. <br><br>The only disadvantage of not having any real itinerary or accommodation booked for this whole trip meant that once the weekend rolled around it was always going ...