Day 120, 1 November 2012, Dublin - the Natural History Museum. Completely by accident. Now we set out with all good intention of looking at 300 year old dead bodies "bog bodies" in the Archeology museum. These are miracles caused by the sphagnum moss on the bogs which creates a completely inert environment - no oxygen, no bacteria. Bodies are preserved to the extent that someone found a body a few years back and called the police thinking the victim was murder...

Day 119, 31 October 2012, Dublin Walking Tour. What a day! We woke, snug and warm, in our 4th floor eyrie and spent at least 30 minutes listening to the rhythm of the falling rain. With only two days in Dublin however a little bit of Irish weather couldn't put us off, so out we went. We spent 3 hours with Emer (pronounced like Lemur - just no "L") - Dublin born & bred. She led us a merry walk around the city and once more we found ourselves in the footst...

Day 118, 30 October 2012. Athlone to Dublin ... Halloween is coming! We left Athlone in a very gentle fashion this morning. Had a great stay at The Arch House B&B. Officially first equal best brekkie with the Amber Heights in Galway. No rush. Only an hour or so on the motorway to Dublin. I think it actually took half as long again driving around inner-city Dublin's nefarious method of tourist torture known as the one-way street system. Eventually we m...

Day 117, 29 October 2012, Drive through Connemara to Roundstone, back to Galway, on to Athlone (smack in the middle between Galway and Dublin). Tails - the sun shone and we were honour bound to take a scenic drive through the Connemara. This morning some fellow guests recommended a drive to Roundstone to see the stunning scenery. Due to an ever so slightly missed turn the one hour drive took two or more and we went around the coast through stunning light, shad...

Day 116, 28 October 2012, Bodyke through Ennis, to Liscannor on the coast and on to the Cliffs of Moher. Brrrrr... - The slogan for Irish weather should really be "Do not be alarmed by the Glowing Yellow Orb in the sky... It won't be around for long". The day dawned. Eventually. Despite having put our clocks back one hour it was a very dark morning and a very wet morning. Perfect for golf apparently, but not so entrancing for a scenic drive to the wildest and...