Blogs from Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland, Europe

Well it’s the last day of the Wild Atlantic Way (WAW) so we set off from Baltimore back to the town we came through Skibbereen and made our way to Tow Head Bay. Now previously I had told Mike that this was going to be the easiest day driving - well this proved to be totally wrong and started off not very well. It appears that for this leg of our journey we are not getting much help from the WAW signs as they are honestly few and far between and the towns we are going through, well the Irish like to keep their town names a secret because they they don’t tell you the name - even google maps could not help so it was just guess and go and sometimes turn around and go ... read more

The morning promised good things when we got up, for one thing it was not raining and for another we could see blue in the sky. Bob unloaded the scooter from the garage, with a little difficulty as the way we are parked meant that the Tandy garage was too high for the scooter ramp to ramp properly. Once unloaded and waterproof jackets packed in the scooter carriers, just in case, we set off. Didn’t get far, not even to the campsite gates as Bob was having problems steering. Back to the Tandy to put some air in the tyres then off we went again, for real this time. We headed down the hill to Tramore which looked, yesterday as we drove through, to be a lively seaside resort with a lovely deep, wide sandy beach. ... read more

I got permission from school to visit my distant family in Ireland this weekend and its been great! I met my distant "cousin" Regina Heavey at the airport in Dublin, and we got off to a great start with a bus tour of the Irish capital. We saw all the major sights including Trinity College, Phoenix park (with the second largest obelisk in the world, right after the washington monument), the Guinness brewery, many different cathedrals and churches and much more. That night we drove down to Waterford, and I learned a bit about the town's history, the famous Waterford crystal company, and Ireland's viking heritage. We stopped for pizza and had the local specialty pizza (topped with everything from pepperoni, to pineapple, to bacon, to corn, and peppers) followed by some great ice cream. Afterwards ... read more