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  • Cliffs of Moher

    July 24, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    These sea Cliffs, located on the south western edge of the Burren region in County Clare, run for 14 kilometres. At the south end they rise 129 meters above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head and eight kilometres to the north they reach their maximum height of 214 meters. Their formation is believed to have take place between 313 to 326 million years ago. Today the Cliffs are subject to erosion by wave action. There are also estimated to be some 30,000 pairs of birds living on the Cliffs, including Atlantic puffins. Although we didn't see any we saw a picture telling us about them. This picturesque landscape was made complete by the abundance of native flowers, including wild poppies that adorned the area.Read more

  • Thatched roof cottages and gardens

    July 25, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Adare is a lovely Irish village, with its main street lined with thatched roof cottages, each boasting colourful gardens.

  • Ireland Tour day 5

    July 25, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Today our early morning start took us to the quaint thatched roofed cottages at Adare. Then it was on to view all the breathtaking scenery the Dingle Peninsula has to offer. The 51 kilometer Slea Head drive affords magnificent vista's of the Atlantic Ocean. We viewed the Blasket Islands and their unique literary traits of being Gaelic speaking. Our evening began with a 3 Course meal at Tralea near Killarney where we attended a performance at the Siamsa Tire National Folk Theatre where the legendary heritage of Ireland is reenacted in compelling songs and dance. This truly wonderful performance all in Gaelic, brought Irish history, culture, myth and legend to life with haunting songs from the women, men folk and children at play, and musical rhythms, both lively and sombre, and with wonderful tap dance routines.Read more

  • Beehive huts Dingle

    July 25, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    The most common surviving house on the Dingle Pensinsula was the clochan, a round house built using local stone, and roofed in either stone or thatch. The bee hive like structures date back to the 6th to 10th centuries AD and are the houses where the people lived. We called into the site of several of these homes, now semi set up for the tourist. Photo opportunities were presented including the opportunity for photos in a small farm yard, farmhouse, with the dogs,the friendly seagulls or adorable baby lambs. As usual all at a cost of a few euros!!Read more

  • Ireland Day 6

    July 26, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    Today took us on the 100 mile coastal panoramic drive of the Ring of Kerry and featured sparkling seascapes, mountains, bright farmhouses and town shops, and a local or two entertaining the tourists with some Irish ways - like Tim with his donkey Paddy and Colleen, his little dog, perched on Paddy's back. We also saw some stacks of peat blocks on the roads edge.Read more

  • Day 7 Ireland Tour

    July 27, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Once again today was spent enjoying more splendid scenery. We drove over the Kerry Mountains into County Cork. We made a stop at Blarney, and the large seaside city of Cork, the countrys second largest city. We visited Waterford and took a tour through the famous Waterford Crystal House. Our night was spent in the beautiful seaside town of Tramore. We took a highlights tour of the town, complete with a cruise liner berthed in Port, watched birds nesting in the cliff face, viewed a number of well kept traditional thatched roof houses, prior to our visit to an Irish pub, complete with thatched roof, plenty of guiness, and Irish pub songs - such a fantastic night.Read more

  • Waterford Crystal

    July 27, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    We were taken on a guided tour of the Waterford Crystal factory. We were able to see the painstaking process taken to create each piece, some makings made by machines but most individually hand crafted. A favourite was a replica of the Ashes cricket trophy, and even though a smaller replica of the super bowl trophy, Duncan was able to practice his drop punt moves.!Read more

  • Avoca Woolen Mills

    July 28, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    With our Ireland tour coming to a close we had a plesent stop at Ireland's oldest handweaving mills at Avoca. Together with the mill there was an amazing cafe filled with delicious freshly backed produce and a stunning garden. There was a huge variety of colours and designs of weaved products available - though we still think nothing beats wool from the Australian Merino. We then travelled to Dublin where we had a farewell night with other trip travellers.Read more

  • Farewell to Ireland

    August 1, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    We have spent the past few days tracing Angela's past generations. Initially the area of her mother's family in the Sligo / Drumcliff region, followed by the Ryan history mainly around the County of Tipperary. Ange made her Ryan heretige complete by kitting herself out in the County Tipperary colours, a County cap and shirt, yellow and blue.
    We have loved Ireland so much and as our time in Ireland comes to a close our thoughts are of Ireland's beauty. The 50 shades of green wherever you look, the well cared for, tidy homes, mostly large in size. The homes, as well as being tidy are mostly surrounded by manicured lawns and colourful gardens and town streets that are awash with colour of the ever present window boxes and hanging baskets We were also a little taken by the fact the Ireland has fantastic highways with many roundabouts and flyovers, and country roads lined with narrow hedges or stone walls . The farm equipment always seemed to be the latest and best models. Farm animals were in top condition and grazed on lush green pastures. We loved the idea that although Ireland is a modern country they still have time to entertain the idea of fairies and wee folk living in secret places. We were told of the belief that if a Hawthorne tree out in the field grows alone from other Hawthorne trees than it is a home of the wee folk and should not be disturbed. You will see evidence of this in fields where a fence is placed around a lone Hawthorne tree to keep it safe. Apparently one of the new freeways had its course altered to go around a single Hawthorne tree when the initial plan was to pass straight through the area.
    We were keen to check out a game of Hurling, an Irish sport but only managed to watch the Kilmallock men's team train.
    Little 12 week old black labrador puppy, Lilly was delighted to say hello, a real treat since we had Lilly the black Lab.
    We took our little fellow companion Mawson to Ireland, took some keeping him out of the pubs though. As usual he loved having his photo taken, from sitting on a rock at the entrance to the Templemore Park to sitting on flowery cars.!
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  • Edinburgh

    August 4, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Our short trip to the Scottish hilly capital blessed us with fantastic weather. We spent the day viewing the city sites on the hop on hop off bus. The skyline is dominated by the impressive Edinburgh Castle which seems to loom over the city. Edinburgh is noted for its arts, music and culture, it's medieval to neo-classical town planning,and the cobble stones that line the Royal Mile.
    A must see is the statue of Bobby the little Skye Terrier who for 14 to years visited the grave site of his master who was buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard.
    A pleasant Scottish balmy summer evening was spent watching the annual Edinburgh Tattoo. A specular site with the castle backdrop to the performance.
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