SUNDAY 27th MAY 2012DUBLINHad a good sleep in and then had a beaut brekky at the hotel, so nice not to have to pack up and load the car!We caught the hop-on, hop-off bus tour of the city and spent a great hour and half taking in all the major attractions - we did a complete loop just to get some orientation of the place - sitting in the open top deck in glorious sunshine!The tour gave us a much better perspective of Dublin and softened our attitude quite a bit. I...

SATURDAY 26th MAY 2012ON TO DUBLINWe had hoped to drive the famous "Ring of Kerry" and see the much vaunted sights along this four hour drive, but we simply don't have time! b*****! Only got today and Sunday to get to Dublin and see the famous city and we are well over three hundred kilometres away - doesn't sound much, but the roads don't allow for averaging high speeds! We set out for Tralee, about thirty kilometres away, and then deviated a bit to ...

FRIDAY 25th MAY 2012TOURING IN IRELANDAfter a good nights sleep we had some breakfast, loaded up the car and set off to have a very brief look at Ireland! Our first stop was Hook Head, where the oldest operating lighthouse stands! It took an hour or so of driving the delightful little back roads to get there, through some of the most glorious scenery yo could imagine! We passed hundreds of beautiful neat little two story houses, with neat, tidy gardens - quite la...

THURSDAY 24th MAY 2012IRELANDHad a bit of a sleep in and after breakfast set out for the ferry port of Fishguard. The drive was only a couple of hours through magnificent dairy country, miles of lush pasture and crops! I'm not sure what I expected to see here in Wales but so far the bit we have seen has been most impressive! It all seems to be quite prosperous, mostly agricultural with some industry but no real signs of the financial problems that we hear abo...