Category Archives: RV
Giant’s Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
And yet another great day!! Our first stop was the Giant’s Causeway which is up between Portrush and Bushmill here in Northern Ireland…we had breakfast then headed out on a beautiful sunny day (I gotta tell ya…Ireland has probably used … Continue reading
Visit to Glenveagh National Park and Travel to Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
Another excellent day overall…we’re sitting here in our turret based sitting room at the Troy Hall B&B in Derry…it’s full formal name is Londonderry but it’s just Derry for short…this is a pretty swanky place…pictures and description of it later … Continue reading
Day Trip to Ben Bulben and Environs
Today we went to Mass at 0930 then headed of on a 100 or so mile sightseeing trip around the Sligo and immediate north of Sligo area. Our first stop was the Carrowmore Megalithic Tomb Site. This is the site … Continue reading
Day Trip to Ballycroy National Park
Today was a pretty easy day…after Connie’s tummy issues yesterday she felt better but not great so after a bit of breakfast we dropped off some laundry at the local cleaners (10 Euros for 4 Kilos…which turned out to be … Continue reading
Transit to Sligo and Connie Not Feeling Well
Connie had a terrible day today…woke up with stomach issues and was able to only choke down some tea and toast for breakfast. She managed to keep things under control until we got to our afternoon destination at the Sligo … Continue reading
Connemara National Park, Kylemore Abbey and Two Hard Finds
Today was a great day…even though by 1300 it was raining pretty steadily and we had to accomplish a lot of today’s goals in the rain. No matter…we had rain gear so all was good. After breakfast we headed out … Continue reading
Transit to Ballynahinch
Today we had breakfast then said our goodbyes to Trish and headed off on our trip to the Connemara Peninsula. It was about a 100 mile drive but since the roads were your typical narrow curvy Irish roads…combined with a … Continue reading
Cliffs of Moher and Travel to Bunratty
After breakfast this morning we finished packing up and headed off from the Carriglea B&B about 0900. We had a 2:45 trip over to the pier at Doolin where we caught the boat out to the Cliffs of Moher…which start … Continue reading
Skellig Michael Boat Trip and Gap of Dunloe Antique Bus/Boat/Buggy Trip Part II
Moving on into part II of the past two day’s post. Today we visited the Gap of Dunloe…this is a cleft through the coastal mountains that even at the top of the pass is 1500 or so feet high with … Continue reading
Skellig Michael Boat Trip and Gap of Dunloe Antique Bus/Boat/Buggy Trip Part 1
Well, it’s a twofer today…Neil was just too tuckered out last night after the Skellig Michael boat trip to work on the photos so I didn’t get to do the blog post either. Today was a lot easier day and … Continue reading