Botanical Meanderings And Seated Climbs

Today dawned very bright with the promise of even more sunshine to come so it was decided that a visit to the nearby botanical gardens was in order. Miche and Ms V were taking a diversion via the local charity shop to check out some more cheap reading material so they left before the male [...]

Busking With Bruce

Today was a day of consolidation, washing was done, supplies were bought at our local ScotMid before we finally ventured into town late in the afternoon. During the latter part of the Ireland leg Mr P had been noticing that his previously very efficient Skeeches shoes had somehow managed to begin to allow water to [...]

Running Low On Fuel

With parting pleasantries out of the way it was on to Galway however as we needed to be in Dublin on the other side of the country by 6pm we knew we had little time to spare for this one of the more famous bays in Ireland. Our timetable was further put out by the [...]

Passing Sharp Rocks

Breakfast in Dingle was different, no bacon, beans or bangers here, instead we were presented with a Continental spread including a range of cold meats, cheeses and pastries alongside the usual fruit, cereal and yoghurt which actually made a pleasant change. Having checked that the car which had spent the night on the street [...]

Ring-A-Ring Of Kerry

Having finished another hearty Irish Breakfast, (very similar to the English and Scottish), we packed and went to settle the account with our host to be told the credit card machine was down and could we pay in cash. After a quick whip around we found ourselves short so Mr P set off up the [...]

Ups And Downs From Bays To Falls

The next day dawned to the sound of heavy rain falling on the roof. The mood of the day went further downhill when we tuned into the Geelong vs St Kilda game via the internet. We listened as Geelong finally drew level late into the last quarter only for the line to drop out for [...]

Of Strawberries, Monasteries and Fisheries

Firstly apologies for the delay in keeping up with the trip details but the Internet access has been a bit flaky as we have gone along. However fear not dear readers as I hope to add quite a few posts today .
After a hearty breakfast it was time to bid farewell to DCU once [...]

Was It The Guinness Or The Grid?

Unlike the day before, today dawned dry though a little cloudy as we navigated our way into central Dublin and across the Liffey in order to get to the Guinness Storehouse. Miche had read in a brochure that as it was the Guinness 250 celebration year, at 11am each day there was a special tour [...]

Getting To Grips With Dublin

Up bright and early (5:15am), we had breakfast and stowed our gear in the car before heading for the airport. Heading up the hill into town it was realised that we had left the Edinburgh map at the flat and as a consequence were flying blind. Because of roadworks associated with the new tramway we [...]

Becoming Literate In Tropical Edinburgh

As we were heading to Ireland the next day, much of this day was taken up with re-packing and organising for this part of the tip. One of these tasks was to print out the boarding passes for our Ryanair flight. Miche was elected to complete this task however somewhere in the processing MS V’s [...]