Excellent, thank you Colm.
26+6=1. Or 2, depending. Alternatively: In search of a Hufflepuff.
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Our route from Ennis brought us across The Burren, (tick)...
...and past the ruins of a monestary including one of their famous round towers.
Note the door 20 feet up to keep the monks safe and the invaders out.
...and past the ruins of a monestary including one of their famous round towers.
Note the door 20 feet up to keep the monks safe and the invaders out.
Today's plan has once again been amended by the errant Himmy, this time It's a flat battery.
T.B.F. to R.E. I don't think they can be blamed this time as it's down to Phil leaving his heated grips on when we arrived yesterday. He's ordered a jump/starter pack and it's due to arrive at the hotel late morning.
So, in a slightly different twist on the usual holiday routine of Phil getting bored of my company and buggering off mid afternoon he's binning me off this morning. No great shakes as once again there's 'stuff' I want to do that's of no interest to Phil so once his bike is running again and I've done my thing we're going to meet in Swinford where his ancestors lived, have a poke around there and see if he can find any distant cousins.
Safe trip to everyone headed this way today, see you later, Insha'Allah.
T.B.F. to R.E. I don't think they can be blamed this time as it's down to Phil leaving his heated grips on when we arrived yesterday. He's ordered a jump/starter pack and it's due to arrive at the hotel late morning.
So, in a slightly different twist on the usual holiday routine of Phil getting bored of my company and buggering off mid afternoon he's binning me off this morning. No great shakes as once again there's 'stuff' I want to do that's of no interest to Phil so once his bike is running again and I've done my thing we're going to meet in Swinford where his ancestors lived, have a poke around there and see if he can find any distant cousins.
Safe trip to everyone headed this way today, see you later, Insha'Allah.
Fabulous. Where's that please?
A good day saw me pass through a village flying Canadian flags
the reason for which soon became clear..
The Canadian President's family left this village in the 1800s but there are still Carny's in the village who are related.
There's also the grave of a man who apparently lived to 137.
The village in on one of the St. Patrick Pilgrim routes he stayed here on his way to nearby Croagh Patrick where he spent 40 days and nights in solitude.
I'm hoping the rainbow is a good portent for Sunday's planned walk/climb.
the reason for which soon became clear..
The Canadian President's family left this village in the 1800s but there are still Carny's in the village who are related.
There's also the grave of a man who apparently lived to 137.
The village in on one of the St. Patrick Pilgrim routes he stayed here on his way to nearby Croagh Patrick where he spent 40 days and nights in solitude.
I'm hoping the rainbow is a good portent for Sunday's planned walk/climb.
From the grave of a 137 year old I visited the grave of a man who had 3 funerals.
I'd had a message from Phil, his bike was born again and we agreed to meet in Swinford where his family is from (grandparents).
After a little poking around and speaking with locals we found the ruins of his ancestral pile and were shown around by the current owner, Paddy McNally
Paddy knew Phil's grandfather really well and shared some lovely stories with us. I'm very jealous as my own Irish roots are pretty vague, Phil having tge benefit if a very unusual surname in Ireland - Calvey. Apparently they arrived here as Hugenot refugees following persecution in France.
After a little poking around and speaking with locals we found the ruins of his ancestral pile and were shown around by the current owner, Paddy McNally
Paddy knew Phil's grandfather really well and shared some lovely stories with us. I'm very jealous as my own Irish roots are pretty vague, Phil having tge benefit if a very unusual surname in Ireland - Calvey. Apparently they arrived here as Hugenot refugees following persecution in France.
I think I spotted your compadre and bike outside the Leenaun hotel yesterday?
Ah yes, quite possibly. We got back shortly after 6PM.
This woukd have been around 13:00?
Ah, I was out at 1300 hrs. Phil might have still been here then though, yellow and black Himmy.
That’s it.
