A little Irish reflection...

We've just swapped and I'm catching up on here now Andy is driving. What a couple of weeks it's been! I have no idea where the time has gone, this holiday has gone faster than any I've ever known!!

The scenery has been absolutely beautiful! The little people have been awesome and we've watched them really unwind after the school year and take in the experiences we've offered them. They both look windswept, tanned and tired in a good way and seem genuinely at ease ❤️

We've had our own little journeys as well. Both needing to unwind and recalibrate after the intensity of the last 4 years of me studying. Both considering the next few months where we'll settle into a new normal... with two wages again (phew!).

We've had van trouble, which thanks to the GC group on FB got solved relatively quickly thank goodness. And we've figured out some subtle changes to the way we do things to allow us to be off grid MUCH more than on.

Some learnings:
1. Better Ecoflow charging when driving.
2. More meal variation needed.
3. Instant coffee does NOT cut it!
4. Don't forget Eric's harness 🤣
5. We underestimated the WAW.

Finally, if it even crosses your mind that you might need your walking boots on... You probably do! 🤣

We definitely but off more than we could chew... And as the map shows, we fell behind early on and tried to correct by missing out a peninsula (really plays with my OCD having missed that one out!! 🤣). But pretty quickly realised that was probably a mistake as we were likely to fall behind regardless, and actually it was the quality of the trip that mattered. Which is when we decided to just follow the signs and enjoy it, which is what we did after that.

The result is we didn't quite make Sligo, and today's drive was a functional long drive across Ireland to the ferry so that we didn't miss it.

So Ireland, we'll be back! We need to do the Beara peninsula and finish the WAW from the point we had to stop!Read more