Start Mileage 29259, End Mileage 30464 =1205
Charlie, Darren and Jeremy
Met Darren at Reigate Hill at 05:30, we were both half an hour early, then we headed off to meet Jeremy at Cardiff services, we were half an hour late due to my bad planning. We headed West to Fishguard and got the ferry to Rosslare. They gave us a £5 food discount voucher as they had changed the sailing times, so I had meatballs and chips in sauce. Very smooth crossing,
and we were soon in Ireland. We carried on heading West, and when we got near Waterford we headed South to a campsite near Tramore,
it was very clean and pleasant, had a good sleep, and next morning had a look at the "Metal Man" statue on one of three columns
and across the cove we could see two more columns,
they were put there by the Admiralty to warn off shipping "Between Two and Three, No Harbour Be", its where the Seahorse sank, drowning 363 sailors, there have been many more wrecks at the same point.
Next we headed along the coast through some fantastic coastal scenery, passing old copper mines and went to Kinsale
where Jeremy was christened (it's a vicious rumor that the water in the font started to boil when he was near it!).
and we saw the house where he spent his summers as a kid (no blue plaque though).
Next we went to Old Head of Kinsale, where the Lusitania was torpedoed and there is a nice memorial there
Next we headed to some standing stones at Drombeg
and then onto Skibbereen, where we found a nice campsite,
and Darren has just been shopping with Jeremy, and bought me back a packet of cakes which I am about to eat after my curry...Then we had a storm.
Next morning we found a cafe in a converted church, which was very surreal
Then when riding away from the cafe, I noticed my rear shock had blown ( probably because of the full Irish Breakfast), it was like riding a pogo stick.
We headed to Mizen Head as its the most Southwestern part of Ireland. There is a bridge round the back of the visitor center, but they were charging £7:50 to go across, but we didn't bother. Darren did a marathon while we were there...
I was hoping to see Fastnet Rock from the shipping forecast, but the mist was too thick.
Darren thinks he saw it as the mist was clearing but I didn't. Git. We found a nice campsite on the ring of Kerry
that had a nice restaurant and bar,
there was another storm overnight, but we woke to blazing sunshine then off to find a cafe...found a cafe, had another full Irish, very nice, carried on round the Ring of Kerry, saw The Skelligs where they filmed the last Star Wars film
kept stopping for pictures, and had a coffee at a bog village, then headed off to a campsite near limmerick (20 euros), went to a cafe in Adair by the traditional French market(!) for a full Irish then headed cross country and a lake
stopped at Cashell castle
and another castle at Granny
Then we headed back to a campsite near Rosslare. Next morning up at 5 for the ferry. Excellent trip and excellent company (the GS500 got a new shock from a Yamaha R6, so it is also happy).
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