Travel day Dingle to Galway

Alan Barnes picked us up at 8am for our very packed day. He went over our day with us as we left Dingle. The weather report the night before said terrible, terrible rain for our drive. Alan had even sent me an email the evening before saying he hoped he would be able to see the roads!
Well, it was 58 degrees and a bit overcast, the ground was wet, but not horrible.
As we drove, the skies slowly cleared. We had absolutely perfect weather. The best weather day so far! 70 degrees!
Alan told us about his life in Ireland. His mom was Irish, but he was born in England. They moved back to Ireland in 1964. At that time, the country was very poor. They lived with his grandma and had no electricity, no running water and no flush toilets. Every Friday we would get water bucket by bucket from the village well and walk back to take to fill their water tank. He hated Fridays.
He had many stories to share, explained history of the area, and was a pure joy to be with.Read more