Co. Clare is on the West Coast of Ireland.. and a very scenic part of the country it is too.. Ludlow, one of Cromwell’s men, described Burren in this way:
“Not enough wood to hang a man, not enough water to drown him, and not enough earth to bury him”.
See why the Irish love the English? Charming folk. I mean really, all we want to do is to drink Guinness and have the craic right ;) Te be sure te be sure.
Ehem… anyway – so off to the Burren it was. The whole family was there – Mum and Dad, Chris (Brother) & Irene and their 4 kids – Orianna, Robin, Sophie & Oliver (twins). Then Liz (Sister) & Tim, and their three Fiona, Ciara and Vivian, Matt (Brother) and Helene and Me. 16 of us.
It is *lovely* to see ones nephews & nieces… but it’s not exactly a holiday! More like communal baby sitting!
Went to the Ailwee caves one day.. there is *so* much caving to be done in the burren – as it’s all limestone and riddled with caves. In fact… *if* I ever moved back to Ireland – I reckon I would probably try to live in Galway and get out to the Burren most weekends. There is lots and lots of fun to be had there.. They also have a bird show (Ori with the hawk).
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Had a really excellent hike with Helene – definitely one of the highlights for me (4 hours of peace ;) hehe).. no, it was great weather and just wonderful to be out stretching the legs…
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Castles all over the place, ish, and millions of kilometres of stone walls. Not sure why they built so many – clearing the land I guess – and boundries? There are also many different styles of walls (which I didn’t get pictures of).
Stopped off by the Cliffs of Moher (Cliffs of Insanity). It’s kinda sad but here also (like at the golden gate bridge – and probably lots of other places).. there is a message for people who might be thinking of taking a jump..
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They also had a place where you could get your picture printed out – or emailed or something… I didn’t write the software honest ;)
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