Today we got up early and loaded the cars with all of our gear. We went to Denny’s in town to get some breakfast since we had a long day of driving ahead of us. We got the atlas out and planned our route until our breakfast came. After we finished eating we stopped at Read More »
After a 20 minute ferry ride over the Shannon River and a quick stop for petrol we headed into the small town of Kilkee – a seaside resort popular with locals and tourist alike that retains a great deal of its 18th Century Victorian charm. It was the perfect spot to start our Sunday. The Read More »
So Elodie and Charlie finally arrived much later than they thought, shattered and ready for bed. They quickly hoovered up the left-over burrito from Jont’s doggy bag which he kindly donated (they hadn’t eaten since breakfast). Next day was Jont’s birthday so he was woken by us singing ‘happy birthday’ to him and a plateful Read More »
Man this places stinks! Its a natrual therma thingy! Which means it has lots of holes in the ground full of gases, hot bubbling water and mud. The hostel (hot rocks) I stayed in used to be a old school and it really shows! I went to a nice English pub for dinner, it was Read More »
Published in Saturday Star on May 19. Puffing and panting to the top of England, examining the inside of a cloud, the strange call of a banshee breaking the eerie silence. It is mid-August, supposedly high summer but after all, it is the wettest place in England. On conquering the top I feel like Sir Read More »
After an excellent night’s sleep (it must have been down to my new, improved roommate) we had an enormous full English breakfast courtesy of Angus (as we were all now calling her). We needed the fuel as we were starting the trip with an ambitious eleven mile walk from Bolton Abbey back to Grassington. We Read More »
We threw open the curtains and … it was very, very wet outside. Worse still, our clothes were also very, very wet. Evidently the radiators hadn’t come on over night. In the end we resorted to drying clothes and boots with the two mini hairdryers in our rooms. J’s waterproof trousers inflated like a balloon, Read More »
2 hour drive from home. It felt like we were in the Alps. After a 40 minute drive up trhe mountain, we finally arrived at Idyllwild. The weather was beautiful and kind of chilly. We found a campsite where we dropped our tent and went on to the start of the trail… As always, I Read More »
Before I get to Zion, a quick interlude. Although we are confident many of you have stopped checking this blog since we never update it, we would like to briefly toot our horns. This was our Editor’s Pick write-up: http://blog.realtravel.com/2007/07/04/the-american-road/ Pretty park, but hard to enjoy when you are a sweat factory. Apparently, this site Read More »
Tuesday, August 8 The next morning we began our 4+ hour drive to Yosemite. With 140 still closed due to a landslide, we took the windy 120 with hairpin turns high above a valley into the park. We pulled over at a couple of scenic overlooks and did the short hike to the base of Read More »
