Killarney to Ennis and the cliffs of Moher

Another beautiful day in Ireland as we begin the next leg of this fantastic journey through this beautiful country . The cliffs of Moher have been on my must visit wish list for quite some time and now is the time, we push north west for a couple of hours on up to County Clare to where these cliffs are situated. To our Suprise many thousands of other people had the same idea this is renta crowd at it's best, on arrival at the entrance there is a sorry car park full sign to greet us . With 12000 miles behind us we are not missing out on this famous Irish attraction , an hour or so later we manage to make our way into the car park. Wow what a sight this rugged section of coastline did not disappoint us, along with the thousands of other we looked out over the Cliffs of Moher with sheer amazement. Our journey to the cliffs complete we head back to the town of Ennis some 40ks away , I start to wind up my day with a few quite ciders and as evening falls my lights start to dim. Due to poor internet service I am posting this blog much later, actually it's 630am on Sunday morning and Wadda is not quite at full speed yet, so I'll say goodbye.........WADDA

The Ring of Kerry and return ops also Dingle

Our day today is pretty full on so its up early for the big Irish Breakfast and on the road by 8.30 ,for our journey around the Ring of Kerry. This world renowned tourist destination can be a nightmare to drive because of all the buses making the same trip. With our on time departure on time we begin this epic journey, alas all is not ok Miss Denny asks what time will we be in Dingle. As team leader i inform her that Dingle is not on our itinerary today maybe next time, i stand firm for maybe 10sec before relenting . The drive to Dingle and back to Tralee was just awesome this is a very beautiful part of Ireland, with that problem solved we tackle the Ring of Kerry. This stunning coastal route is more than we ever thought possible , with very narrow roads a tight bends the challenge is ours. In places the road is very steep as it climbs along the coast. You have to see Ireland for yourself just to believe how beautiful it is,we also visited  Muckross castle on the way home. Killarney is a very busy place at this time of year all the tourists are chasing the same beauty we discovered on our journey today .Tomorrow we head for Ennis and the cliffs of Mohar.....goodnight WADDA

Dublin to Midleton and Killarney

Yesterday we left Dublin in our hire car and headed south to Kildare to visit the Irish national horse stud ,it's pissin rain looking very dull as we head off down the motorway. As we arrive at the fun farm for stallions the rain stops and the weather clears, so we are ready to tour the fun farm . When the tour finishes we check out the gardens , no more to see so we hit the road again with no route planned to get to Midleton. Some 200 odd ks to the south lies our next stop over so we head off on the non motorway version of touring, while we travel through the back country of this lovely country to places we haven't even heard of it's just beautiful. Our arrival in Midleton some 4 hrs later to find the only 2 single rooms booked, good on ya Bookings .Com , the very helpful staff soon fix the problem. After more cider WADDA needs a early night because tomorrow its off to Blarney, first chore of the new day is attend to the washing. Blarney here we come so you better scrub the most slagged on rock  in the world cos we want to kiss this mythical peace of rock ourselves, I'll say it again this country is just so beautiful as we make our way to Blarney Castle ,people power drive this hocus pocus myth and I'm just lovin it. Wadda takes his turn at kissing this slimy old rock and loved every minute of this experience, we continue on toward Kilarnery sticking to the back roads. The weather today is just nice about 23 c this is what they call an Irish summers day, Kilarney might look like a dot on our map but let me tell you it's a busy busy place but beautiful. Tomorrow it's the Ring Of Kerry some 180 ks taking approximately 6 to 8 hrs should be spectacular, see ya then.........WADDA

Buggered

No blog today.......WADDA

A day in Dublin

With a big day planned for our day in this lovely city we hit the streets early, but first we need a big Irish breakfast. We find a cosy cafe and proceed with our mission, job done and we move on to the circle the city on a bus trip. Bottom deck full so we go topside into the cool Irish air this turns out to be a poor decision, it's freezing as Fangio the bus driver puts the bus through its paces. We bailed off and  find a coffee shop this is much more to our liking, and couldn't resist the beautiful cream cakes. While walking off a few calories we came across the Arlington hotel down by the river Liffy ,and they host Irish music dancing and food . We booked in for the evening session starting at 1830 should be ok, a visit to the Dublin castle is next on the to do list ,a couple of hours learning some of Ireland's history we make tracks for Leo Burdocks the famous fish shop. This world famous shop opened for business in 1913 and had every famous person through its doors,now it's had WADDA. Poor old Leo didn't recognise me so not to make a fuss I said nothing. Moving on to my next important place to visit i arrive at the Hairy Lemon pub to do a cider test, this is one of the places the cabbie warned me about on my arrival in this lovely city. I held my nerve as they knew I was an Aussie, if you ever go across the seas to Ireland visit Leo Burdocks fish&chip shop and the Hairy Lemon pub . Just home from a great night out at the Arlington hotel where we saw Irish singing & dancing also checked out their cider supply, met some very nice people from Israel they loved the Aussie. I'm out of here.....WADDA

Holyhead to Dublin

We have parked our wheels for a short time and head to Ireland via  a 3hr ferry ride ,this service is very smooth and pretty fast . As I sit hear waiting for this journey to end I think of the next part of this great overseas experience. Whilst checking out the boat I come across a Danish women and her young child playing a harp and singing Danish folk songs, breathtakingly unbelievable and also fantastic. About 1hr out of Dublin I am getting a bit toey to see some land, my time on the high seas is nearly over . Our arrival was an eye opener the moment we started to disembark because all people on level 7 had to proceed to level 5 now that you have reached level 5 please return to level 7 welcome  to Ireland .
Grab a cab and head to our hotel, the cabbie was great source of information about wandering around at night and with whom to socialise with, with his advice duly noted we bid him farewell. We wander the streets for a few hours of therapy shopping, tomorrow will be an all new experience in the Irish way of life. As evening settles it's out for dinner and sip some cider ,at 930pm the sun has just set and so has mine .............WADDA

Down Inn to Holyhead

Today's journey to Holyhead is around 180 ks and should take about 2.30hr if you follow the Tom Tom , we have no intentions of listening to a machine all day long we are going to wing it. As we trundle out of England and enter North Wales I begin to feel something special is about to happen,as the country side changes our arrival into the beautiful but brutal rugged Snowdonia national park . To my Welsh mate back in Melbourne why didn't you tell me how beautiful your country is,the Snowdonia region has just staggered me. We move on to Port Merion, just unbelievable,how glad I am that I discovered these beautiful places that are now etched deeply into my brain ...I will never forget the beauty.Our time in Holyhead will be short as we sail to the Emerald Isle tomorrow, I'll try the photo attachment plan again I might get lucky who knows.........WADDA