Sept 28th....Last day in Ireland. Firstly we had a great score last night. Available accommodation in Waterford was minimal and expensive so I just had to book something. When we arrived early we were initially told our room wasn't ready which was fine ...then quickly they said they had it wrong and checked us in. … Continue reading Sept 28 – Oct 5th →

Sept 25th.... We had a brilliant day today, after staying an extra night. Our B&B for 3 nights Our hosts had 2 emus … attempt 2 of the Ring Of Kerry. We did that and the Ring of Skellig, plus the Gap of Dunloe. The weather played ball and scenery was wonderful. On the way … Continue reading Sept 25 – 27 →

Sept 20th....Today we cruised back to Achill island. We planned to go yesterday but too windy and horrible. Today was much better. We visited a couple of lovely surf beaches 5 ships of the Spanish Armada sank here during a big storm Keel beach Keem beach at the far end of Achill island and an … Continue reading Sept 20 – 24th →

Sept 17th.....Should have been a wet day today and at 8am it looked like it was....but it cleared up enough that were dry till about 3pm. This Wild Atlantic Way is brilliant. We didn't stop at much today but the views were great and the variation from green farmland, to coastal village to bracken covered … Continue reading Sept 17 – 19th →

Sept 15th....Our sunny day did not eventuate but we travelled further up and across Northern Ireland on the Causeway Coastal route. On the way we stopped at the the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge. I hate swing bridges but I went over and back. Atlantic salmon were first fished at Carrick-a-Rede and Larrybane in 1620 but it … Continue reading Sept 15 – 16 →

Brilliant day today. We toured 2 of the 3 large passage tombs in the Boyne valley. These have lots of megalithic art outside and in. They are 90ish m in diameter and 12-13m high. There are also lots of small ones as well. We did the outside of the Knowth mound including climbing on top, … Continue reading September 10 – 14 →

Arrived at Howard and Maria's. Today was just a quiet day looking around the village and having a walk and icecream on the beach. People say NZ is expensive but a one scoop icecream in a cone was £3.50 or $6.30nzd! East Wittering Beach Sept 3rd.... today we headed into Portsmouth to have a nosey … Continue reading Sept 2nd – 9th →

Today we are traveling to Lorrach to visit another au pair for a few days. We had a lovely time with Carina and her partner Div. Carina works with a dog rescue group in Romania so has 2 dogs herself, one was a rescue. They also have a 3 legged cat who likes to sleep … Continue reading Aug 26- Sept 2 →

Today in Hamburg we did the Hop on Hop off bus and a harbour cruise. It was a bit dubious looking when we started out so took our raincoats and a brolly…but the sun came out and it ended up being 27C! We did not realise how busy Hamburg is …canals and waterways everywhere but … Continue reading August 18 – 25 →

We finally left Grimsbu and headed toward Oslo. Because of the road situation we arranged a Bunk a Biker stay. It should have taken 2 1/4 hrs back to Elverum but took 5. A campground 10mins from ours was inundated by the river, the cabins circled by water. We had 2 detours, one was quite … Continue reading August 9th – 17th →