Jane Austen Centre
2024年8月10日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
I know, I know. I’m in Bath! I should be looking at all that beautiful architecture. However I love Jane Austen too much and this was a fantastic opportunity. I got a guided tour from Anne Elliotもっと詳しく
Bath
2024年8月10日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
There is a lot of lovely architecture in Bath, including the Abbey. I saw a bit as I was dashing to and from the Jane Austen Centre
Tŷ (That’s pronounced “tea”)
2024年8月10日〜11日, ウェールズ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Tonight’s hotel is brand new! It’s even got the new carpet smell going on. It’s very Welsh and I love it! The dragon is fantastic. I also love the fact that I get to learn a bit of languageもっと詳しく
Welsh Evening
2024年8月10日, ウェールズ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
This evening I went to a lovely dinner and show “A Taste of Wales” held at The Cornerstone in Cardiff.
It was a fabulous evening with excellent food and music. The performers were very friendlyもっと詳しく
Front of the bus!
2024年8月11日, ウェールズ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
I’m at the front of the bus today, so here are some random shots of the motorway, Welsh scenery and bilingual street signs.
Tenby
2024年8月11日, ウェールズ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
This is the best bonus stop ever! Our scheduled ferry to Ireland has broken down, so we have to catch one with a different company which is much later. Our tour director then organised a stop here inもっと詳しく
Boarding the ferry
2024年8月11日, ウェールズ ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
Dum da dah dum. Random Customs checks! Very glad I wasn’t picked on, but there was plenty of ribbing of the six people that did get checked.
Cruising through Milford Haven
2024年8月11日, ウェールズ ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
According to our Tour Director, we sail through the “original” Milford Sound, but according to Google Maps, it’s Milford Haven. The scenery is lovely, including Stock Rock Fort and Thorne Island.
A hundred million welcomes
2024年8月11日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Here we are arriving in Ireland!
More signs and countryside
2024年8月11日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Ireland decided to greet us with rain. However, here are a few more bilingual street signs, but in Irish this time!
We are also back in a land that uses kilometres as measurement. Hooray!
Granville Hotel - Waterford
2024年8月11日〜12日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
A very nice, very pretty hotel. Unfortunately because it is so old and pretty, sometimes there are issues with things like lifts, showers etc. The meal in the restaurant was excellent!
Waterford Crystal
2024年8月12日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We did a lovely tour of the Waterford Crystal factory. I had no idea that so much of it was done by hand!
You can see lots of craftsmen at work and some lovely examples of trophies, glassware, vases,もっと詳しく
Christchurch Cathedral
2024年8月12日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Across the road from Waterford Crystal is a lovely Cathedral and Bishop’s Palace. There are also some rather interesting statues.
We were a little bit delayed due to our tour director having aもっと詳しく
More countryside and villages
2024年8月12日, アイルランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
While I’m freezing my backside off in this well air conditioned bus, the countryside and villages roll past my window. It’s all so very picturesque.
Our tour director, Peter, is keeping us wellもっと詳しく
The gift of the gab
2024年8月12日, アイルランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
My mum would argue that I don’t need any help in this regard, but with a visit to Blarney Castle meant that I simply HAD to try to kiss the stone.
Ultimately, it was a little bit too tricky, butもっと詳しく
Trident Hotel - Kinsale
2024年8月12日〜13日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
This hotel has a bit of a nautical theme. Everything in red white and blue. I have a decent view, but the car park was as absolute nightmare for our driver, Lamar. He really is a champion.
A walk through Kinsale
2024年8月12日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
This is a nice little seaside town. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but lots of brightly painted shops.
Irish green
2024年8月13日, アイルランド ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
This is what I’m talking about! Lovely green rolling fields, wooded lanes and streams. Just look at all that green! Lovely, damp, living green, not the dry, burnt green of Australia. This is what Iもっと詳しく
The Kerry Bog Village
2024年8月13日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
This was a lovely stop as we started the Ring of Kerry. Lots of information on how people lived in Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries.
While I have managed to dodge the seagulls at the beach,もっと詳しく
View over Dingle Bay
2024年8月13日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
A quick stop for a few photos. There is also lots of lovely flowers and berry brambles along the road.
More scenery on the Ring of Kerry
2024年8月13日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
This really is a lovely scenic drive.
Waterville
2024年8月13日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Another lovely little stop on our tour. Complete with rocky beach. I love how in lush green lawns you can get beautiful little wild daisies here. Also there is a statue of Charlie Chaplin, who spentもっと詳しく
Views from the Com an Chiste Pass
2024年8月13日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Absolutely stunning views. However I felt like I was going to be blown down a ravine! What a day to choose to wear shorts.
Sneem
2024年8月13日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Quite a nice little town that the tour director picked for us to have a late lunch in. Unfortunately, about 20 other buses had the same idea and more are arriving. We’re double parked somewhere withもっと詳しく
Ladies view
2024年8月13日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
“This is the finest view in all my Empire” declared Queen Victoria when brought to this spot. I’m not quite sure that I agree, but it is charming.