Ireland2018 Friday 11th May A soft windy day. When we came to Ireland 20 years ago, a local referred to a wet day as 'soft' so it was today, although it was very windy. So we went to the indoor market which only opens at the weekend. It was full of a nice mix
Ireland2018 Thursday 10th May Titanic and the troubles. RMS Titanic was built by Harland and Wolf in Belfast and now there is a tourist attraction explain the building, the town and of course the disaster. We had to visit to see if we could maybe find anyone information about Brian's great grandfather who was
Ireland2018 Wednesday 9th May Belfast We knew it would be raining in Ireland, so it's good to be in a city with a tour bus. The bus on from the campsite is £4 each for all day travel, and when we alight in the city we are accosted by people from the two city
Ireland2018 Tuesday 8th May Back to UK in the rain. Not much to say today, or many photos as it's rained all morning. I'll start with a photo I took last night of the small waterfall near the marina. We left Carlingford in the rain having completed a tricky re-assembly of one of the
Ireland2018 Monday 7th May Neolithic Art. The stop at Sally Garden pub last night was wonderful. We stayed parked in the carpark, left the pub at about midnight and the pub was still buzzing with locals chatting. I heard one car go about 2.45 but not any of the others and when we
Ireland2018 Sunday 6th May Athlone to Slade. And no internet at our overnight stop. A chance conversation with some fellow campers in the pub last night directed us to Trim. The castle was used in the film Brave heart and as it's managed by the Office of Public Works we can use our English
Ireland2018 Saturday 5th May Athlone. We decided to walk into Athlone from the campsite this afternoon, about 3 miles. We started along the quieter road from the campsite up hill then back down, but with some nice wildlife Athlone is another town with major road works but we found a lovely coffee shop before
Ireland2018 Friday 4th May Athlone via a bog. Well last night we didn't need our extra blankets, so perhaps the weatherman is going to get the bank holiday weather right! Today we are going to a site near Athlone via the Bog of Allen Nature Centre. The Bog of Allen is a raised bog,
Ireland2018 Thursday 3rd May Another free museum. Also some people will have noticed you can now leave comments about these posts. I did take Brian a while, but he managed his usual computer wizardry and added the comment facility. I might regret it! So we were a little late getting out to start at
Ireland2018 Wednesday 2nd May Our third jail. Having visited Reading and Shelton Mallet jails during the last few years we felt we had to visit Kilmainham jail here in Dublin. As it is a national monument, we had free access with our English Heritage membership, but had to book a slot on a tour.
Ireland2018 Tuesday 1st May A cold and windy May day. After yesterday's sunshine today feels very cold. We set off to catch the bus into town. It only runs once an hour. The plus side the driver wasn't schooled on the Scottish style, so was very helpful. On the negative side, it was late.
Ireland2018 Monday 30th April Glendalough Monastic centre and Wicklow Mountains National Park. Courtesy of English Heritage we can visit the informative visitor centre for free, and then walk through the national park following some well signed footpaths. The weather was still a little chilly, but the sun did shine quite a bit, so here
Ireland2018 Sunday 29th April. The sun is shining and we had hail. We are traveling today slightly North East. The campsite we have been at, Tree Grove, just outside Kilkenny, had almost every hard standing pitch full last night. The sun and weekend has brought people out. We drive to Dolman, one of the
Ireland2018 Saturday 28th April So the sun does shine in Ireland. A pleasant 30 min walk along the river in the sunshine to Kilkenny castle. This was owned by the Butler family for 550 years, but it became too expensive to run. So some years after selling off the furniture it was sold to
Ireland2018 Friday 27th April A soft start to the day in Kilkenny. Soft is the Irish description for light rain. So we waited a little while before we started the 25 min walk into town. On the way we passed this boundary plaque erected by the mayor who was the owner of the town
Ireland2018 Thursday 26th April Across the sea to Ireland. A slight detour through the quaint town centre of Fishguard and onto the ferry port. Nothing remarkable, except shoe horning us onto the freight deck - read Brian's blog. At least Brian can relax with his new Inkle loom. Our first stop is Kilkenny, and
Ireland2018 Wednesday 25th April The journey begins! This is the first post to check that it all works still! A long journey along the M4 to Wales. A nice meal at the Fox and Hounds, and a parking space in their car park over night. Off to the a ferry from Fishguard tomorrow.
Kingsbury meet This is really test to make sure everything works before we go away next month. So, we are at Kingsbury Water Park with friends from Small Motorhome forum. Is quite cold but dry. Maybe a photo of tonight's meal!
This blog has moved Typically this site has performed flawlessly for 2 months. We go away and within 2 days the router hangs. It's been (manually) rebooted so all should be well but we won't take the risk Blogs have been moved to a hosted service so should be OK. See: twodriftersbrian.wordpress.com
Sunday 6th August The day started with a trip to Tesco's to use their facilities and buy some bread for lunch. Next task to fill the LPG tank and get some fuel for the van. We should have done the fuel at Tesco's, but they didn't do LPG. But fuel was £1.33
Saturday 5th August So the journey starts! Eventually we have the van packed and travel the back roads to near Ashford, Kent, to the Plough Inn. Lovely field to camp in, lovely food and very friendly staff. Only 30 min drive to the ferry tomorrow.
Thursday 27th July 2017 Lundy Island A team organised by Itchen Valley ARC are operating from Lundy in the Bristol channel for IOTA - Islands on the Air. We sailed from Bideford just after 9am this morning on the MS Oldenburg with 250 passengers, bottled water, luggage in crates and 6 x 9 gallon
Wednesday 31st May Although the seem to be lots to do in Bury, including it's 'famous' market, we have arranged to meet a friend in Manchester at lunchtime. So we it for the tram even though I have to pay as fares are not covered by a Hampshire bus pass. Mind you no
Tuesday 30th May At last phone and internet access! We are now in Bury, north of Manchester for a couple of days. Had a nice walk from the campsite through a country park to the town centre. Amongst the various shops are numerous pubs and eateries. We were recommended the Automatic and it
Friday 26th May Lucy's birthday. Trip for to Chester so posting in Weatherspoons no more until Tuesday.
