A Lady in a Van

Monday 21st May

Rain and sun. Last night was quite late even though the was no music at the pub, but we have ideas of places to visit as we are staying longer in the area. Then rain continued overnight, so we drive to Carrick-on-Shannon to wonder round the shops near Tesco's. Nothing

Sunday 20th May

Six Counties. When we were in Belfast I had a brilliant idea. Why don't we try to visit every county. We have a map I can colour in as we visit. Nice idea, but we've already just missed a couple. So today we go a slightly roundabout route to take

Saturday 19th May

Sheep and peat We are now in Donegal town and the campsite has poor internet, so just putting up photos whilst in the pub. More explanation tomorrow. The scenery is spectacular, and there are lots of different sheep! Ok, it's Sunday morning so some explanation of the photos. The 15

Friday 18th May

Shipping Forecast. Those who like me, were brought up with the shipping forecast on the radio, you will understand why we just had to visit Malin Head. It's the most northerly part of Ireland and has also had a listening post for shipping and signals during WW2. Younger readers may

Thursday 17th May

Derry/Londonderry day two. We take the highly recommended Martin McCrossan walking tour of the walls of Derry. Well that was is original name until the mid 1600's. It was a very good tour, warts and all explanation of the city by a wonderful guide called John, who could walk

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