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March 22nd 2008

Published: March 30th 2008

Leaving Derry, we headed north up to the coast. Our first stop was the Giant’s Causeway where Susie, Brooke, Sam and I took the scenic route along the cliff for some amazing views. The Causeway is actually a set of rocks all shaped hexagonally that originally stretched all the way to Scotland until the seas rose leaving Ireland as an island apart from Britain. This has given rise to several myth... Read Full Entry

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James Kemp

Mr Leeds United

Hey all, i'm James from the extremely talented sporting nation of New Zealand. I'm a world explorer, who has raised funds for this expedition by working in Finance for a few years. Since conquering the Middle East and alot of Europe on my way to the UK, I have settled in London for the time being to earn some pounds to fund even more adventures back over the English Channel into Europe, South America and generally anywhere that takes my fancy. Since moving back to New Zealand the adventures have slowed but by no means are they over. Stay tuned for the next exciting adventure............ ... full info

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Kissing the Blarney Stone

I did it, so apparently i've got the Gift of the Gab for the next 7 years. Obviously this isn't a photo of me, but look how much effort goes into it. Somewhere someone is having a right old laugh about it all.

Blarney Stone

The stone itself. Slightly worn down as you can see from 1000's and 1000's of lips.

Castle

Another picturesque castle dotted around the landscape

At the pub

At the end of the tour with my girls, Sarah and Anna

View over the Liffey

River than runs through the middle of Dublin. It's not just green for St Patricks Day.....

Hill of Tara

Where the Ancient Kings of Ireland used to be crowned. You can also apparently see 23 of the 32 counties of Ireland from up here.

Bru na Boinne

Newgrange, the largest of the burial mounds, and over 5,200 years old. Over 1,000 years older than the Pyramids!

Entrance to the Mound

With a rock with carvings that no one knows what they mean. Also the top 'box' is where the sun shines on the Winter Solstice and lights up the central chamber for 17 minutes. Just hope it isn't cloudy that day.....

View down the chamber

Photos weren't allowed in here, but you know me, I love a challenge. As you can see, people were definately smaller 5,000 years ago.

22nd February 2010

Melanie
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Thanks for the great pix
Obviously, I don't know you and so I hope this isn't too weird. I just wanted to tell you I really enjoyed looking through your Ireland pics. I spent 4 months in Galway 5 yrs. ago now and traveled to many of the places you did, including Northern Ireland. Unfortunately, I didn't have a digital camera with me and took few pictures :(. Hope you're traveling somewhere now, having good craic! Cheers!

23rd February 2010

Mr Leeds United
James Kemp

My pleasure ! I haven't looked back at these blogs in a while but I have done now and it's brought back all the good memories for me as well, so thank you! :)

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