The plan for this phase of the trip was to head east from Athlone, work up the coast and eventually arrive in the north – north east to be accurate. In this post we will cover this part of the trip and also pick up on our meandering around the counties of the north east, because it all seems to fit together. First, however, we should mention that prior to actually driving out of Athlone we had the chance to catch up with a friend from a trip on a truck through Africa back in 2010. Holly and her lad, Enda, made the trek up to meet us from their home an hour or so away. We had a very pleasant time over a long lunch, sharing memories of the big truck trip and catching up
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