Cork to Adare   30/8/2009

We had an amazing Irish breakfast at our Cork B&B, provided by the incredibly friendly Tony and Avril.
Left Cork after visiting the cathedral and their beautiful university with an interesting collection of Ogham Rocks carved with the oldest writing in Ireland.

Bill, Jenny and David outside our cottage.

It was great to meet up with Jenny and David in Limerick. We are all thrilled with our gorgeous cottage for the next week, just outside Adare (the white one is our cottage). It couldn’t be more perfect, except no wifi, hence no blog updates.


Weather wise we have all 3 seasons (spring, autumn and winter). No summer in Ireland! No wonder the countryside is so beautiful - 40 shades of green.


We have visited some wonderful evocative, romantic ruins over the last 3 days - the Rock of Cashel, Hore Abbey and Clonmacnoise. We have also visited Bunratty castle and folk museum - a whole days entertainment.

Jenny battles the elements.

Ruined abbey at Adare.

We have been having cosy peat fires in the evenings. Yesterday we saw a large expanse of bog where the peat comes from!