We have covered a good part of
Southern Ireland over the first three days of the tour. From Dublin we
travelled over to the western coast, en route calling into the Ireland National
Horse Stud! Not our first choice of visit, but interesting nevertheless. Also
on the stud farm was a Japanese Garden to explore. A strange combination!
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| Japanese Gardens |
Our
lunch stop was Cashel, a delightful little town which we had fun exploring
before continuing on to Tipperary, Limerick and our destination for the night,
Ennis. Also an attractive town which we had fun looking around.
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| City Hall, Cashel |
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| Limerick with Bridge over Shannon River and King John's Castle in back |
The following day we went into
the area known as the “Wild Atlantic Way” and the Cliffs of Moher first and it
was wild. Gale force winds on top of the cliffs made it a rather dangerous
expedition, and there were times we could hardly stand up.
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| Cliffs of Moher |
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| Cliffs of Moher |
But survived the
experience to move on for a farm visit. A lesson in scone-making was on the
agenda! I now know how to bake a scone the Irish way apparently! Surprised at
the very low number of us who had ever made a scone!
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| Being taught how to make Irish scones! |
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| Galway Bay |
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| Harbour at Galway Bay |
Today we have been around the
Ring of Kerry, a picturesque part of Ireland and well worth the look.
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| On the Tarbert Ferry crossing the Shannon River |
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| Part of Ring of Kerry |
We are
now in Killarney for the night.
Barbara
I have been (quietly) going
through my repertoire of Irish songs – Molly Malone, It’s a long way to
Tipperary, Galway Bay …have yet to break out my Daniel O’Donnell renditions
much to Barbara’s relief!! I could have sung “a tumblin, a tumblin, a
tumblin down” at the Cliffs of Moher. We
must have looked quite comical being blown sideways, backwards, forwards, and
clutching onto any sturdy object. The
photos belie how rough it was. The weather today has been “changeable, moist” –
two of the most common words used by locals to describe the weather, but it has
not spoilt our trip around the Ring of Kerry and seeing the blue lakes of
Killarney.
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| Blue lakes of Killarney |
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| An Irish Jaunting Car ride through part of the Killarney National Forest |
We are spending most of our
time eating and drinking! Can’t be all bad.
Pam
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