A Lady in a Van

Saturday 12th May

Lorne and a carnival. We are leaving Belfast today and so must pop in and visit Guiding Lorne before we move on round Lough Neagh and the North coast. Lorne was busing with happy people as you would expect on a lovely sunny weekend. There was a traditional camp in

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

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

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

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

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