Irish Bridges… and an Occasional Bridge Troll

We took a nice long hike the other day in the Tollymore Forest Park, near Newcastle (as opposed to all the Oldcastles), in the Mourne Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. All this in the Northwest part of Ireland, just a quick one-hour drive from Belfast.. After a couple hours of hiking in the mountains, we […]

A Drive To The Wicklow Mountains For A Walk In The Woods And A Walk Around Glendalough.

Every now and then you just find the perfect piece of road, with the perfect road trip partner, in the perfect car. Well, I hit two out of three, anyway. I would have traded out our little VW Polo rental for something a little more sporty, but a least it’s a manual transmission, so still […]

Coastlines, Castles, Ruins Fatigue, The Blarney Stone, And The Real Distance To Tipperary… The (beautiful) South of Ireland.

This is going to be a long one… Sorry! We left Munich scorching in it’s eighty-seven degree heatwave (the Germans don’t do well with that type of heat and get very stern and very grumpy), and flew to Ireland for a comfortable eighty degrees and sunshine. The Irish folks assured us of two things: 1.) […]