On the coach at 9.30am for city tour with Tricia then to the 'Book of Kells'. This was an ancient book of bible written (in latin) around 500-500AD very intricate and neat with lots of pictures very well preserved. Then had a walk around on our own and found a pub for lunch then went to the university museum very interesting, time just disappears when you are in places like that. Dublin is a very pleasant city, seemed clean and well organised. Hurling is a local ...

Back on the bus at 8am, Mark not good, not eating very uncharacteristic of him! Drove from Chester down through Wales where all the names of the towns are weird and difficult to pronounce, but it is lovely to hear the language spoken, it sounds very musical. Had a short stop at Betws-y-Coed, then headed through Snowdonia national park, popular area for climbing/hiking. Had lunch at a place called Caernarvon, then over the Britannia bridge to the Isle of Anglesey ...