• An unexpected treasure 🔦🏠

    August 3, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    The lady at the campsite was lovely and having let us purchase her services suggested we visit the Hook Lighthouse.

    We're a sucker for a recommendation... Even if it isn't on route and so headed on to find it.

    Boy were we pleased we had! We had some breakfast and then did the tour, which was amazing!

    It's the oldest intact operational lighthouse in the world and was purpose built 800 years ago by Knight William Marshal. As the tour guide told us the story of William (using Oscar as a prop 🤣) I was immediately reminded of the film 'A knights Tale'.

    All happy from the tour, we headed to the van and made lunch and played on the rocks before setting off on the next leg (half a day behind 😁).
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