Blogs from Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland, Europe - page 3

I love my bottom bunk bed. I did about an hour work on the garden and finished all my tasks. Thank god, Im tired of garden work. The lady said I was free for the day so I went to cliffs of Moher. What a beautiful place. I mean it was amazing, and it was sunny. Tonight Im off to a pub for a party. One of my french friends are moving to Northern Ireland. So we are saying good bye. ... read more

Early departure. Luckily the two hour ride to Limerick was quiet, no commentary, so we were able to sleep. We really lucked out on the weather today, it poured when we were on the bus, but was fairly nice whenever we got off. We finally figured out to do the outdoor activity immediately if its.not raining, then head indoors if it showers. We headed west, met up in Limerick with the day tour from Dublin. Milan, our guide today was excellent. We hung out with the Aussies today, Julia Fox and her Mum. Really nice women, the Mum a very recent widow of 80ish. Her daughter is with her for an Ireland tour before the granddaughters wedding in Montreaux during the Jazz Festival. We went by bus, still part of Railtours Ireland DH 06 tour. We ... read more

We left our Doolin B & B at about 9am and drove to the Cliffs of Moher. We are blessed with another beautiful sunny day, though quite windy. You drive into a very big carpark at the Cliffs of Moher and walk up to cliffs. We spent about 4hours here taking in the beauty of it all. The views are spectacular and the bird life abundant. I think the photos say it all. We followed some other tourists through a hole in a fence and walked a very narrow, and at times, scary path along the clifftop,. We also climbed up the windy staircase in O'Brien's viewing tower (even though it was OUR tower, they still made us pay.....some nerve!) After a fabulous time walking along the cliff top and taking in the views we made ... read more

Friday (20/8/2010) After a quieter night our friend had left due to the inclement weather we set off early for a morning run. We moved our car to the free day car park and picked up some supplies for a picnic lunch. Next, we hired a couple bikes and set off for Torc Mountain. We took in the beautiful scenery as we road along the lake past some old famous house . After a minor detour (riding 3km in the wrong direction..opps) we parked our bikes at the base of Torc waterfall (which was beautiful) and made our way on foot of the mountain. Along an alternating pebble and sleeper path we climbed, and climbed and climbed! At each turn hoping we’d reached the top only to discover it was a bluff and we still had ... read more

Journey to the Cliffs of Moher with beautiful views - John took a 'rare' picture of a puffin. Travelled through the matchmaking festival at Lisdoonvarna organised by the local priest. Went through the Burren - glaciated limestone valley. Lunched at Galway. Found the original lynching site of Mayor Lynch's son. John and Geoff re-enacted the lynching. Arrived in Dublin, our accommodation is by the 'whiffy' Liffey River. Went to the 3 Rock Hotel to watch Irish comedian Noel V Ginnity, lovely ladies Riverdancing, and Irish singers.... read more