We left Dublin early Monday morning in cold and wet weather via the airport to pick up our hire car and then we headed north looking for Drogheda and beyond. Yvonne had a lovely chat at the bus stop with a friendly couple off to England for some theatre and a family visit. They told us that at the end of your 65th year, bus travel is free in Ireland and they often use this service to get around.
Kerry Kia Kar picked up, GPS out and reset from Provence France to Louth Ireland and we turned Kar loose and headed off to see just how small Ireland is. Pretty small it seems as before long we were passing today's destination (Drogheda) and heading up into the Cooley Peninsula and looking for lunch. Destination Carlingford, a small waterside village, with a growing reputation for starting to move with the times. We took about 10 minutes walking to cover the three streets in the place, passing about 8 pubs in so doing. Yvonne is slowly adjusting to the idea of pubs but for today we are in deli mode, looking for LP recommendations. And sure enough she finds the “Food for Thought” cafe and we join with other touring boomers for our break. Suitably nourished we take a stroll along the waterfront where a group of school kids are being tutored in kayak and water survival techniques.
A quick stroll through King John's castle ruins and then we are back in Kerry Kim Kar and drifting back south to find our B&B. From there we stroll up to a nearby pub to enjoy the rest of our catch up chat from our recent parting, a wine or two and our evening meal. Day one motor tour is over.
Day 2 saw us visit the quite fantastic Bru na Boinne and the extremely interesting prehistoric tombs of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth which date from around 3200BC, predating the Pyramids by some six centuries. Again and again as we travel to such places, we are reminded just how innovative man can be and just how far advanced we were in matters of the seasons and celestial affairs. Standing in the interior chamber of Newgrange under the mass of stone construction was a great experience and not to be missed.
But next we are set to stay in Belfast where we hope to get an understanding of just how stupid man can be. In this case, during the “troubles” in recent times. We are a complex species.
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