http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Longford/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Ireland , County Longford en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:30:24 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:30:24 +0000 Ah what a weekend. Andrea and I left the farm to head to Longford for the Banjo festival. I've wanted to go to this for years but am always teaching I was so excited. We had an abosolute blast ... took the bus to Cavan and then hitched our way to longford from there. Met some wonderful people along the way and had loads of laughs.We arrived and Andrea was so tired that she went to sleep and didn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Longford/Longford/blog-330110.html As of now I'm back in Scotland for a few days after a lovely week in Ireland. The weather was beautiful sunny and warm pretty much the whole time. Lorne BT and I spent Saturday driving through to countryside to see Sligo Yeats's grave and a waterfall tucked away near the coast. We also went to see a massive lake nearby Edgeworthstown which is the focus of a few Irish myths involving swa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Longford/blog-306671.html