Monthly Archives: August 2019

It was another good day to travel with intermittent rain all day, sometimes very heavy, but only for short periods. We really enjoyed our farm stay, Eddie was a great host and it was great to relax for a full … Continue reading →

We had a great morning with Eddie Doonie as he showed us around his farm and introduced us to some West Ireland farming/living experiences. We started off looking at Eddie’s vegetable garden. Everything seemed to be jumping out of the … Continue reading →

We left The Lough Eske Castle and drove to Donegal for a look around. Donegal township has a unique town square, it is Triangular! It looks strange but works. We had a drive by look at the castle, again like … Continue reading →

We started our day at 9am with a visit to the St George’s Market. A smallish market with good produce, fruit & vegetables, meat and seafood, plus other miscellaneous stores. We love visiting other cities markets, it’s a great way … Continue reading →

We were picked up by our cabbie Tom, from Belfast Mural Experience, at 9:30am and we began what was a really interesting day. We spent the morning criss-crossing the “Peace wall”, a barrier that started life as a wire mesh … Continue reading →

And so it begins, our road tour of The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Martin from Little Gems picked us up and we were on our way at 9:30am. We headed north, with our first planned stop being the … Continue reading →

We woke to beautiful blue skies and a big day in front of us. We were picked up at 9am by Julian from Little Gem Tours and set off on our Dublin exploration. Our first stop was Trinity College old … Continue reading →

We said farewell to Scotland and mainland UK today, perhaps the last time for the UK as we know it, and flew to Dublin to commence the last stage of our epic holiday, Ireland – that’s both Northern Ireland and … Continue reading →

I have really enjoyed our 18 days in Scotland.   When booking the holiday we didn’t have much of an idea of where to go, but knew we wanted to see as much as possible, so we chose to do a … Continue reading →

Our last self drive travel day, ? and our last full day in Scotland ? It’s about 70 miles to drive today, but first we started with a drive around the Glasgow University end of town, we hadn’t seen any … Continue reading →