Time for another history and ghost tour. I really get a kick out of looking into the history of the old places. There is so much history around here with Kings, wars, Vikings and such. Loftus Hall history goes back to the 1200s but the current house dates back 666 years. They are having a huge halloween this year because of the 666 anniversary. We did two tours, first was the pure history tour ( ignoring legends ) concentrating on the families and how they acquir...

Lazy day

Had a relatively quiet day. Went out to Kevin and Marie's for Ellie's first holy communion. They put on a meal and a few drinks, Marie did a fantastic job with the food. I was a sucker for the home made apple pies. Karen and I had a quiet night and wandered around checking out some pubs in Wexford before having an early night

A very quiet day. Drove Karen and her mum Eileen to Dublin for some shopping at Dundrum Shopping centre. I dropped them off and went and swapped my Hire car at Dublin airport. They had given me a very basic Opel Astra with no Bluetooth, cruise control etc. ok for running around town but no good when we start heading up the Atlantic Way. For an extra 12 Euro a day I got a Kia Sportage with all the trimmings. Much better. Picked Karen and Eileen up from shopping an...

Headed back out to Colin and Jacquies to pick up our car. Jacquie made us a great Irish breakfast including black pudding. We then took a drive out to Kilcotty then in to Blackwater and the beach at Curracloe. This is where Saving Private Ryan beach landings were filmed. It is hard to get used to the time it takes to get short distances over here due to the roads. Unless you are on the major highways the roads can be narrow, full of curves, small villages and far...