Fred’n’Sue’s Peregrinations

Last night’s email said that Isle of Staffa excursion was cancelled (Thursday) and Friday expecting 5m swells. Ferry from Fionnphort to Iona also on alert due to 50km/h southerly buster – ah well (sigh). So, for entertainment we drove to Duart Castle – up and back on this road – not one on which you…

After standing in the check in queue at Dublin Airport yesterday, compensated by a lovely chat in the whiskey duty free with the Bushmills rep who convinced us that the 18yo is a cut above the 15yo 🤣 – of course he did. The rental car check in at Glasgow was a dream – overnight…

The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley (thanks Rabbie) Wet and dreary this morning – not whether it is going to rain, just how much it is going to rain. So SWMBO decided that a tour of Waterford Crystal sounded interesting 😊 and dry… Such a pity that it was wet…

Today was a day breathing in the mountain air – some say the Gap of Dunloe features some of the most breath taking landscapes in all of Ireland . . . Picked up by another friendly Irish bus driver to meet up with the rest of the tour group . . After we walked most…

Mostly sunny today – can’t last, can it? Mossie (yesterday) thought we were brave taking on the Caha Pass en route Killarney to Glengarriff. The route was very busy in both directions and the bonus was some spectacualr views which a photo is never going to capture, but this sample goes some way to showing…

The moral is never trust the weather forecast in Ireland – the forecast was for showers clearing – WRONG!!! First strop Tralee for a . . And then via the shores of the Bay of Tralee to the scenic Conor Pass The scenic views on Conor Pass . . . Dingle would have been a…

So I posted from the Bogside – following are a few pics from inside the walls – don’t tell, but these are iPhone photos . . . Walls and gates dating from the 17thC St Columba’s Cathedral

A landscape like no other – shaped by moving landmasses, glaciers, human influence and time . . . 11 September . . . . . So we dawdled on down to . . . Along with one or two other people . . . We were told by one of the rangers that the sea…

The causeway itself was a little underwhelming, but the coastline was spectacular . . . Our journey took us up Bishop’s Road (Bishop Hervey – more about him later) through – well sort of – Binevenagh Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, stopping along the way, and almost being blown off the Gortmore Viewpoint. There we…

You cannot visit Derry without walking the streets of Bogside – outside the city walls, where the flag of Éire flies proudly . . . . The murals tells their own stories . . . An uneasy peace prevails . . . Or does it?