Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 163 Enniscorthy Friday 22nd August Once again I’ve allowed myself to lapse a little with keeping the daily journal up to date. We left Leigh-on-Sea several days ago and took Ree-Ree and Shalina to Heathrow airport. We enjoyed their company immensely and Ree-Ree’s predictable […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 164 Kilkenny Saturday 23rd August Having crammed quite a lot in today, we have already lost sight of the fact that we only just arrived in Ireland the other day. It was not a particularly restful night in Enniscorthy. As the kids slowly but […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 165 Cahir Sunday 24th August We weren’t nearly as rushed this morning as yesterday. Well rested and refreshed, we awoke and started the day with the now usual routine of making breakfast, clearing up and opening up the curtains. We took full advantage of […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 166 Cork Monday 25th August Today ended up being somewhat of a rest day. Our isolated car park in the middle of the wood provided us with enough seclusion to afford us the confidence to simply lay in for the better part of the […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 167 Cork Tuesday 26th August Ireland is a very green country. I’ve heard this many a time before and never really gave it much thought. Green is all around us for miles around. In every direction that you look, deep green fields segregated by […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 168 Kinsale Wednesday 27th August Let’s see, where did we start today? Oh yes, I remember now. The weather this morning was a marked improvement over yesterday with the sun shining brightly once again. We left the camp-site shortly after breakfast and securing the […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 169 Kenmare Thursday 28th August This will be a short entry as we did very little today other than a lot of driving. We started off in a camp-site somewhere just South of Kinsale. With very few places of interest to draw us in, […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 171 Cahersiveen Saturday 30th August (log entry for day 170). I was too tired to write my log entry last night after coming back from the pub so I’m going to do it this morning. The camp-site that we stayed in last night was […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 171 Cahersiveen Saturday 30th August Since we’ve been on the road almost without pause for the past couple of weeks, a little rest didn’t seem like such a bad idea and so we stayed here an extra day to just relax and unwind a […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 172 Newcastle West Sunday 31st August Still a little tired from yesterday evening’s pub-crawling, we got up slowly this morning to another one of our now characteristic pancake breakfasts. I anticipated this last night and pre-made the pancake mix, ready for this morning. Actually, […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 173 Bunratty Monday 1st September Not too long after finishing last night’s log entry, I was almost fast asleep when the sound of a car pulled up not too far from us in the public library car park. After a couple of minutes, I […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 174 Bunratty Tuesday 2nd September Another welcome slow day greeted us this morning with nothing on the agenda until this evening. Accordingly, we lounged around in the brick for most of the day and even found the time to take an afternoon nap. Other […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 175 Doolin Wednesday 3rd September When we awoke this morning, we noticed that another van that was parked not too far from us the evening before was still there. The four occupants of the van were now sitting outside eating breakfast. Clearly we weren’t […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 176 Athenry Thursday 4th September I had originally thought that we would stay a second night in Doolin but the weather was once again overcast and drab and we didn’t feel much like spending the entire day just sitting in the brick, slowly getting […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 177 Celbridge Friday 5th September The cross-country journey to Dublin was never going to be easy. Sandy hates driving long distances and there was going to be little to break up the journey for us today. I was not looking forward to it. Since […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 178 Roundwood Saturday 6th September As it turned out, the night passed without incident or disturbance and we both slept relatively well. It has to be said that the majority of places we’ve found to park the brick overnight have been pretty good ones. […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 179 Near Dublin Sunday 7th September There’s something about sleeping on a cambered surface that is quite frustrating. All around us, we see other, newer, camper-vans that employ various devices for compensating for an uneven footing such as ramps under the wheels, supports that […]
Republic of Ireland – Round The World Tour 2 2003 Day 180 Kingscourt Monday 8th September As has been the case for the past few nights, it was cold enough last night to warrant putting the gas heating on a couple of times during the night. The unit only has two settings, on or off, […]