• Lucy Wignall
  • Chris Brace
  • Lucy Wignall
  • Chris Brace

UK Van Trip - 2022

A 63-day adventure by Lucy & Chris Read more
  • Walking Tour of Dublin

    May 27, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Nice tour round Dublin, wasn't the most interesting tour ever, but perhaps the most surprising fact...
    Before the potato famine, the population was 8 million, now today it's only 5 million, so the effects are still very noticeable due to so many deaths and migration, even after all these years of population increase.Read more

  • Bray

    May 28, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Nice little stopover at a busy swan sanctuary. Hundreds of walkers, dogs, kayakers, pigeons, seagulls and swans.

    As Lennon becomes more inventive at moving around the van, diving off the bed, chasing and grabbing the dog, and just generally being a maniac... I am having to also become more inventive at stopping him 😄Read more

  • Wicklow Mountains

    May 28, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    One of the best views from the van we've ever had 😍 this is one of those times the pictures really don't do it justice too. The lake is huge, surrounded by beaches and a long river running to it. A mansion is near it, the whole valley is private and just empty and silent and beautiful. In comparison to reality the photos make it look like a small pond. Nicknamed Guinness Lake, due to dark water and white beaches.

    The sound at the end of the video is Lennon blowing raspberries on me 😂 not farting
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  • Wicklow

    May 29, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Came back down to the town to find a pub showing the football.

    Lennon worked out how to ping off his seat tray, so he has been demoted to dog and eats on the floor, until we can find an IKEA with the highchair we need in stock 🤣Read more

  • Play Off Final at The Brass Fox

    May 29, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Huddersfield Town still in Championship.
    Tried my first Guinness.
    Lennon loves Lemons.
    Lennon is taking his new role as 'dog' pretty seriously and has now taken a shine to the dog bed.

  • Kilmacthomas Greenway

    June 1, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Lovely village, another accident as we were delayed by roadworks after swimming yesterday, so we ended up stopping here for the night. The buildings are all painted bright colours, there is a shop called Lennons, and we are parked between an abandoned mill and a community orchard, at the start of a huge greenway carrying on until the next city.

    Seems most of Ireland is beautiful, so some of our nicest spots are totally unplanned as it's just too easy to end up somewhere gorgeous. People seem friendly everywhere you go. So far so good for the whole country 👌🏼🇮🇪🥰

    Oh and we finally found a toothbrush for Lennon 🙈 his poor little rotten, month old teeth are finally clean 😆
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  • Cork

    June 1, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Traditional Irish theme for today, so I made
    Soda Bread
    Coddled Pork
    Irish Tea Cake
    Our spot was within hearing distance of Corks stadium so we heard a free Simply Red concert 🤣

  • Marina Market

    June 2, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Had a mix of Indonesian, Moroccan and Mexican for lunch at a cool street food market. Lennon loved it, even with "blow your head off" level hot sauce 😆

  • Kinsale

    June 3, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Me and Lennon took a walk down the river into the village of Kinsale while Brace was working. Known for being the most beautiful, colourful, and traditionally Irish village in the country. Apparently it's so beautiful, people who visit never leave... (a lady I met backs this up, she came to visit her sister for 2 weeks over 30 years ago 🤣) So if you don't see us again you'll know where to come looking!Read more

  • Muckross Small Traditional Farm

    June 5, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    The 'small' farm was 20,000 acres, Lennon met his first piglets and chickens... I can't help but wonder if he thinks all animals are strange dogs... Given he hasn't met any or watched TV or anything 🤣 poor hippy weird kid 😆

    He loved it here because he got tonnes of attention from the women working here as guides/farm keepers
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  • Muckross Petting Farm

    June 5, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Lennon LOVED the animals
    We had an amazing experience really, there was a goat in labour, even the farmer was surprised, he thought she was just fat not pregnant 🤣
    We could have stayed to watch her have the baby but it felt horrible watching 😂 very special though.
    We also saw another farmer training a stray dog on the fence boundary. There was an Irish Wolf Hound, who's brother recently passed, leaving the girl heartbroken. They found a stray dog in the local park and have taken it in to be the remaining sisters new friend 😍
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  • Muckross Large Traditional Farm

    June 5, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    We met a lovely Man in the school, he told us loads of info about the school in the 30s then he suddenly sang a traditional irish song to Lennon so I danced (with Lennon in his sling) and Lennon laughed 🤣

    Such an amazing place, really gave you a good idea of what life would have been like working/living there in the 30s ☺️
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  • Wild Atlantic Way

    June 6, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    The most beautiful route in Ireland... But we took no photos yesterday and today the view was gone 🤣 hidden by fog and rain.
    Still quite nice to be honest even with extremely low visibility

  • Kerry Cliffs

    June 6, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    After a morning of driving the most scenic 3 hour route in Ireland, in total fog and rain 🤣 the skies finally cleared and gave us a gorgeous 2 hours bang on cue for our venture up to see the Kerry Cliffs. The rain returned as soon as we'd finished lunch and set of driving again 🙃
    We saw lots of the various birds you are supposed to look for here... But sadly no puffins today
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  • Laharn Viewpoint

    June 6, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    Went to camp in the clouds, apparently there's usually an amazing view 😁

    Early start for a swim this morning (not in a small way for the nice indoor warm showers 🙃) Lennon loves swimming now after taking a few months to suss it out with a permanent confused look, never crying never smiling... He's finally a little waterbaby 🤗 and now we are headed for a ferry to our last section of the Southern Irish CoastRead more