Now the Coastal Beauty begins
After a terrific breakfast and a fond farewell to mine host Moira we set of 9am for our next scheduled stop over and went along the very rocky,cliff dominated coast to Dungarvin/Tramore and staying at Castlemartyr going alongside breathtaking scenery,old buildings and beautiful,clean villages
We stopped of at miniature Blackpool looking town that had all the rides that make up a fun fair called
and met a bloke who had been living in Perth (Subiaco) a few years back and he made me the BEST Lime Icecream I have never tasted in the lovely Tramore From there we had a photo shoot at Annestown (yeah right) and what a beautiful spot.Now in residence (after a frantic time finding this place,that is situated mid country down a very,very narrow lane) the Landlady Mary is a National treasure and the house is top class.With it being well hidden in the countryside we decided to give the pub a miss tonight !!The trip is getting more exciting now that we are away from the BIG citys and getting to meet the people is a memory we will treasure for ever
Dublin to Rosslare & Ladys Island
After checking out of the Metro Hotel Dublin ( worth a visit) we collected our hire car and took off to our first overnight stay at Rosslare .Takning the motorway was the quickest and had to pass thru a toll road (we decided NOT to take the coastal road as it wasn,t very scenic) On arrival the B&B was deserted (the lady (Moira) was at the hospital enjoying the birth of her new grandaughter Kate) She made us a lovely cuppa and met her other “inmates” who were holidaying there and we had a good laugh! We venture out and paid a visit to Ladys Island a gathering place for pilgrims from around the world to celebrate their religion Catholicism,after inspecting all the religious artefacts,icon,buildings and sadly very neglected graveyard (I was never once struck by lightening!) we headed back to our digs Night time and we visited the First Pub on Irish Soil namely The Kilrane Inn) and met some great characters in there.Annie had her usual feed of chicken ,service was really good too The landylady of the B&B was great and made us feel very welcome finishing our stint here by making us a brilliant Irish cooked breakfast.Tomorrow we start the scenic West Coast Route
Rosslare is a Ferry based village and has ships going to Cherbourg and Wales and will transport vehicles.On the travel here it was very noticeable on the large number of road side sales for Strawberries!!.Not far from Ladys Island on the coast is a concrete pier that we attempted to walk along,the tide was out,there wasTONS of seaweed rotting and the sum was drying it out BUT the obnoxious smell (not pollution) was too much for me !! Annie has not got a sense of smell so she was saved from this foul smelling natural event !!!
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Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 