Rovering along with Irish Rover!

Now this morning was fantastic as it was the beginning of my 6 day Irish Rover tour that covered basically all of the Republic of Ireland (didn't have time to get to the north). So to start we headed out to the Dublin Mountains and into County Wicklow, where the road is narrow and winding. We stopped at Loch Dan, where the owner of Guinness used to live, made obvious by the imported white sand from Florida that was dumped at the edge of the loch to make the loch look like a pint of Guinness! We then ventured into Glendalough to see the round tower and went on a lovely forest walk to a small waterfall. It was a nice walk, but very very windy, so all the pictures came out blurry! Continuing on, we went to a town where the show Ballykissangel was filmed and had a pint in the central pub. Not quite Coronation Street, but a good fill in until I can get to Manchester! We also viewed an ancient pagan dolman, where the Pagan's cremated and buried their people. Legend has it, that if you walk in one side of the stone and out the other, that it signifies a new beginning and fresh start, so of course I had to try it out, I will let you all know how my fresh start it! That night we spent in Kilkenny, a lovely little hostel, complete with a big warm meal, a pint of Kilkenny (or Smithwicks as the Irish call it) and live Celtic music!

Ancient Pagan Dolman of fresh beginnings!