Friday 25th August
An amazing start this morning. We were patiently waiting in a very bright dining room for breakfast with country views on three sides. First came warm freshly baked scones (g/f for Bruce) and brewed coffee. Then stewed home grown fruit with home made yoghurt, followed by the 'worlds best omelette'- containing cheese, tomato, mushroom and ham. To top it off we each had four toasted slices of home baked bread, each slice from a different recipe. That's right, Bruce had four yummy tasting g/f pieces of toast with homemade orange marmalade. One of Merilyn's slices used Guinness in the recipe, she just wanted to stay there and keep eating bread all morning. The young hosts Chris and Ireen, originally from Belgium, really spoiled us. We finally staggered out to the car and headed for the Moher Cliffs (the Cliffs of Insanity from
Princess Bride). They are very impressive and we spent several hours walking along the top and dodging people - there were thousands there. We counted 25 buses in the car park at lunchtime. The weather was mild with very little wind and no rain! For lunch we ate our sandwiches sitting on a rock by the sea with only a few people walking past and a visit from a couple of dogs. Lovely! After lunch we crossed the Shannon River on a ferry and drove to the ruin of a tower castle alongside the Shannon. It was open so we climbed a spiral staircase up four levels to a balcony from where there were good views. Merilyn made it up OK but needed a guiding hand on the descent.
After driving for sometime around the Atlantic coast we decided it was time to go inland and find our accommodation in Castlemaine. We hit Tralee at peak time and finally got through and after another half hour of driving in the rain we finally found the turn off. At the end of a country lane was our farm, home for the next three days. Boy, this is some place -we are really living the high life. After a pub meal we walked around the farm, met Gerry the farmer and some of the cattle, horses, and of course a donkey. We are really looking forward to the next couple of days.
An amazing start this morning. We were patiently waiting in a very bright dining room for breakfast with country views on three sides. First came warm freshly baked scones (g/f for Bruce) and brewed coffee. Then stewed home grown fruit with home made yoghurt, followed by the 'worlds best omelette'- containing cheese, tomato, mushroom and ham. To top it off we each had four toasted slices of home baked bread, each slice from a different recipe. That's right, Bruce had four yummy tasting g/f pieces of toast with homemade orange marmalade. One of Merilyn's slices used Guinness in the recipe, she just wanted to stay there and keep eating bread all morning. The young hosts Chris and Ireen, originally from Belgium, really spoiled us. We finally staggered out to the car and headed for the Moher Cliffs (the Cliffs of Insanity from Princess Bride). They are very impressive and we spent several hours walking along the top and dodging people - there were thousands there. We counted 25 buses in the car park at lunchtime. The weather was mild with very little wind and no rain! For lunch we ate our sandwiches sitting on a rock by the sea with only a few people walking past and a visit from a couple of dogs. Lovely! After lunch we crossed the Shannon River on a ferry and drove to the ruin of a tower castle alongside the Shannon. It was open so we climbed a spiral staircase up four levels to a balcony from where there were good views. Merilyn made it up OK but needed a guiding hand on the descent. 
After driving for sometime around the Atlantic coast we decided it was time to go inland and find our accommodation in Castlemaine. We hit Tralee at peak time and finally got through and after another half hour of driving in the rain we finally found the turn off. At the end of a country lane was our farm, home for the next three days. Boy, this is some place -we are really living the high life. After a pub meal we walked around the farm, met Gerry the farmer and some of the cattle, horses, and of course a donkey. We are really looking forward to the next couple of days.
I'm surprised you needed to eat lunch at all!
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