Friday 18th March 10C - 5C Sunny but cold wind Woke up before 8 this morning and went to the dining room for a buffet breaky. We couldn't eat all our bacon and eggs so we made a sandwich from what was left to eat for lunch. We left Cork at arond 10am and headed to Waterford. It was about 98k's from Cork but it took around 2 hours to get there as there were roadworks along the way and a lot of little villages we went through that you have to slow down to 3...

Thursday 17th March St Patricks Day 8C - 0C So....we got up before 8 this morning as we wanted to get away fairly early but all didn't go to plan. We had a lovely breakfast at the B&B, packed our bags then went to pay but they didn't have credit card facilities, so we went to a grocery store where they have a cash out machine but it didn't recognise our cards so we went to the servo where they had the same type of machine (bloody banks!). The lady said...

16th March 4C - 10C Woke at 8am and had a buffet breakfast which was really good. We took some extras to make up a lunch. Took a bus tour around the city of Belfast which was very interesting. In town we saw a monument called the Albert Clock Tower memorial that was erected for Queen Victoria's visit. It has a four and a half foot lean on it because it was built over the Belfierst river and it's now sinking. Among the other places we saw were the City...

Left Dublin around midday after Mum had gone to the police station to report her camera as lost. She lost it yesterday, we think when we hopped on the bus. Drove to Belfast which only took about an hour and a half after we finally found the right road to take, man we were going south instead of north to start with. We stopped at Foley's thatched cottage at Castlebellingham for a bite to eat. Arrived in Belfast at around 3pm after we stopped at a tourist info a...

14th March 6C Woke up at 8am this morning. We are going to do a hop on hop off bus tour and a walking tour today. We hopped on the bus at Christ Church Place which is just opposite the hotel we're staying at. Christ Church Cathederal is the original cathederal of Norse Dublin, founded in 1030 by King Sitric and is Dublins oldest building. Then it's onto St Patrick's Cathederal which is the national cathederal for the Church of Ireland Community in Ireland....