Monday 22 April 2024

A reasonable day again, so we went to the local forest for a walk. The 5 km round walk was very pleasant despite the complete lack of signs. This makes the walk somewhat of a challenge when faced with a fork in the track. Not to worry, if you follow the river down stream, you’ll eventually reach the sea.

Tuesday 23 April 2024

Our hosts arrived home at 2.00 am this morning and we were packed and ready to go at 9.00 am, after doing our last chores of cat feeding and water changing for the ducks. After goodbyes, we headed for Bushmills in Northern Ireland, around 3.5 hrs away. At Dungannon, around 12.00, we popped into a little pub. Just a bar that would fit 12 people and there were already nine men there. On hearing our accents, they welcomed us with open arms. One old guy was particularly welcoming. He insisted on buying us a drink. Well, we got what he meant eventually because he was a bit pissed, was 85 years old, with a strong Irish brogue and only had one tooth. Very nice of him to buy as a drink.

We arrived at our little BnB just outside of Bushmills at 3.30 pm and settled in for the night.

Our host Karen is a vegetarian, so we baked her a spinach and cheese pie
Lady P baked her banana muffins, too
The waterfall in the middle of a cedar forest
A leprechaun's hiding place in the forest
Three cool cats

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