Blarney Castle, the "stone" is up on ramparts Today is departure day from Ireland so I didn't really have much to do but to ensure that I arrived at Cork Airport by 1:30pm or so so I could return the car and check in for my flight back to England. It's about 2.5 hours driving … Continue reading Day 26: Ireland

Today's adventure was a boat trip to Inishmore, the largest and furthest out of the Aran Islands. There's a storm coming in tomorrow (the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene) so the forecast is for rolling seas and periods of clouds & rain but it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see where my favourite sweaters come from … Continue reading Day 25: Ireland – Aran Island

Drove the Burren today. It's a rocky geological area full of Neolithic sites and old stone forts. I got a map from the Visitor's Center from a highlighter- happy woman and had a great day exploring. My favorite castle was the medieval Leamaneh Castle, which was home to the infamous Maire Rua (murdering husbands and … Continue reading Day 24: Ireland – The Burren

After some sight/site intensive driving days I didn't really have much planned for today but to get from my last night's B&B to tonight's Guest House with just one stop in the middle. And that's how it started out... It was a terrible start to the morning, pouring with rain until 9am, leaving everything misty … Continue reading Day 23: Ireland – Cliffs of Moher

I was quite looking forward to today's drive as many tourists reported that the Dingle Peninsula was far prettier than the famous Ring of Kerry. The weather was iffy at the start but it turned out to be a glorious day. Lots of green farm lands to start, then bleaker scrub as I drove up … Continue reading Day 22: Ireland – Dingle Peninsula

lovely sunrise view from my bedroom window in Kenmare I ended up seeing most of the Ring of Kerry yesterday, so today's plan was just to meander through the Killarney National Park on my route northwest to my next accommodation in Tralee, north of the Dingle Peninsula. up and over this pass towards Killarney the … Continue reading Day 21: Ireland – Killarney

I'm off to the U.K. to finally take a trip that I had booked almost exactly a year ago but had to postpone because of my hip issue. On my bucket list of places to see in this world has for a long time been the Channel Islands. There's 5 of them: Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, … Continue reading Day 1: London!