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Well today we met the leprechauns!
Parked up for a coffee, and noticed one of the marker lights lens was missing from the van, when taking the dog for a walk.
On the way back, I spy something on a stone wall, which I hadn't noticed on the way out.....yep, the lens. The thing is, the wall was on my left, but the lens was on the off side, and I'm sure I'd have spotted it on the way out, spooky darlingggggs
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The phrase
'you can't park there'
doesn't exist over here.
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Off to Dingle, tick
Very touristy. They've got a coach park!
However, just down the road we find Beenbawn!
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A couple from this morning.
Soapy € if you can 'see my house from here'
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one from this aftie.
Inch beach......... took an hour from one end to the other...... bloody long inch!
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Spent the night in Tralee, a proper town, none of. This tourist crap. Moved onto Limerick this afternoon. A city full of fake tans and street beggars. I don't like cities that much, and this place is no exception.
I'm wondering how a place this size can support so many barber shops. On our way back from the city centre we counted 14 in about a mile, plus the ones on the way in which peaked my curiosity.
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..... wrote: Thu Oct 16, 2025 6:50 pm I'm wondering how a place this size can support so many barber shops. On our way back from the city centre we counted 14 in about a mile, plus the ones on the way in which peaked my curiosity.
Probably money laundering fronts. :silent:
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Skub wrote: Thu Oct 16, 2025 8:26 pm
..... wrote: Thu Oct 16, 2025 6:50 pm I'm wondering how a place this size can support so many barber shops. On our way back from the city centre we counted 14 in about a mile, plus the ones on the way in which peaked my curiosity.
Probably money laundering fronts. :silent:
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Well, headed off from Bunratty to the coast, aiming for Cliffs of Moher.
€30 to see a feckin cliff, I don't think so ya grabbing gits.
Spent €35 instead to visit the Doolin cave and Europe's largest stalactite. Bonus was no fat Americans asking if Harry Potter would be there!
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I didn’t like the look of Limerick on the ride in when I went, so found hotel and stayed there the night, very pleasant if I remember correctly.
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Headed north towards Galway, travelled on the N67 from Lisdoonvarna towards Kinvarra. If you know, you know.
Apart from the solid white line (which everyone ignored) and the 80kmh limit (ditto), I would put it in my top 10 bike road list.
Doolin pier south to Moher
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View from the bedroom window this morning from Newtownlynch beach towards Galway. Had our first rain in 10 days, luckily at night. Had to turn the volume right up on the tablet to hear Strictly
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..... wrote: Sat Oct 18, 2025 2:11 pm Headed north towards Galway, travelled on the N67 from Lisdoonvarna towards Kinvarra. If you know, you know.
Well, I know a song about Lisdoonvarna. :thumbup:

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Late to the party ;) Well I guess you've seen signs for the Wild Atlantic Way on your travels. I did the whole length of it a couple of years ago. Doing it on a bike was ideal because some of the little coast roads are, er, little. You don't realise how long a coastline Ireland has until you start following the coast road up and down all the little peninsulas. Like you, I skipped the Cliffs of Moher, which are a rip-off. The Burren is quite imposing though, and Father Ted's house is nearby. It's private but you can get a pic of the famous house from the gateway, and there's an interesting tower just as you turn off the main road.

I cut across country a bit on the way north and found some lovely mountainous roads. The sea views are lovely but a bit samey after a while. Galway was a really nice city with buzzing pubs and restaurants on the main drag - well worth a night there. Donegal was fairly wild but felt honest, while some places were obviously twee tourist traps. Carrying on round into the North you have the NW200 circuit, the Dark Hedges, Joey's Bar and of course Belfast itself. A thriving city though the recent murky history is still in evidence in the inner burbs. Then down through Wicklow and Sally Gap back to the ferry at Rosslare.

I gave Dublin a miss as the weather was foul, hotels were extortionate, I've been there many times before and it has bad press for bike thefts.
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It's ten years ago now and I don't know if they still do it, but out of term time they rented out the uni dorms, I parked my bike right outside, a security guard had to open a gate to let me in, there was pedestrian access only. Felt pretty safe and was pretty much slap bang in the centre of Dublin.
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Well, last nights view from the bedroom window...to be added
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Tonight we've headed inland from Galway ( lovely place btw) to Portumna
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climbed carantoohill a few times and stayed in the gAp of Dunloe opposit Kate kearneys. rides down the black valley to Dingle, one of the best bits of the world the road up the gap might be a challange too far for a motor home..
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From Portumna we travelled clockwise around lough derg. Bit of lunch here
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Down to Killaloe (family from there) the over to just outside Kilkenny, where we found a little slice of heaven at the countryside Park.
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Name that castle!
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..... wrote: Wed Oct 22, 2025 7:31 pm Name that castle!
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