Episode 5 A brilliant sunny day and here was me thinking the Irish were a pretty hardy bunch, but I seem to have misjudged them, they just can't hack it when the sun comes out. All day the sun shone and it was pleasantly warm and we merely encountered 4 cyclists, 2 joggers, and 4 walkers, only one of them with a dog and 75% were oldies who are certainly a more hardy bunch than these youngsters. We called at the beach at Ballyheige, admittedly it was in the ear...

Episode 4 Still wet and windy, and the wind seems to be getting colder. It is very spongy and wet underfoot so that any walks really require fur lined Wellies which we don't have. The boots my humans have just are not water proof enough and L says there is nothing worse than trying to hike with cold, wet feet sloshing along in boots. So although we did see some small walks to stone tombs and circles we didn’t take a close look at them. It’s not that ...

Episode 3 It was another very damp morning when we visited Cork and I was commanded to wait in the car. I am not at my best when soggy and I was threatened with being 'binned' if I got in such a state. So off my humans went. We had parked in a Park and Ride, very good idea these are, except of course if you are the stuffed toy left in the hot car all day. So off into town on the bus went D and L. They say they walked miles around the town and got quite wet each ...