22 Aug
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Day 196 Last day in Ireland

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Northern Ireland    

Our last full day in Ireland and we didn’t have to drive far from White Park Bay to Dunadry north of Belfast.  After doing our routine chores of eat, wash, strip beds and pack the car we set off along the eastern part of the Causeway Coast.  Tiny little towns are dotted along the coast that weren’t marked on my road map.  Beautiful serene Red Bay looked like a great spot...

20 Aug
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Day 198 – Steve’s birthday in Scotland

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Scotland    

I’m sitting by the gas heater in my portable home/cabin in Appin Scotland watching ’27 Dresses’ on cable tv whilst typing this blog and painting my toenails.  How on earth did I get here?  Read on.

When we arrived in Dover on 1st August we had no itinerary and no bookings apart from our first night in Newhaven.  I quickly got online and researched where we would go and what...

20 Aug
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Itinerary!

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Update    

Have you been wondering what the Baigrie Family’s plans were for the next 5 months?  Me too!  Only in the last 3 days have we finally worked out what our plans would be after we return from Spain in October. Hold onto your hats because I have actually put it online for everyone to read. Here is our much awaited itinerary update for www.fourdotsonthemap.com

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19 Aug
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Day 197 Ireland to Scotland

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Northern Ireland, Scotland    

4.30 am the alarm went off.  After a fitful sleep, no thanks to the wedding music until 1 am; we had to get ourselves up and organised for an early ferry from Larne, Ireland to Troon, Scotland.  I wanted to get the early ferry so we would arrive early for a full day in Scotland.  We were told that the ferry check-in would start at 5.15 am and stop at 6.30 am so we didn’t...

19 Aug
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Note to all advertisers and hopeful guest writers

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Update    

Thank you to all our avid readers, some we know and some we will never know.  I have received a number of enquiries over the last six months from advertising agencies and others seeking to be guest writers for our site.  For the record, www.fourdotsonthemap.com is not accepting any advertising at this time, unless Crocs, Lonely Planet or some other cool company I really...

17 Aug
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Day 195 White Park Bay, Northern Ireland

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Northern Ireland    

We woke in one of the most beautiful locations in the world.  I even managed to get away whilst the boys were all still sleeping for a run on the beach.  To get to the beach you have to walk through a large grassy area and past the local herd of cows.  The last couple of times we’d gone to the beach they weren’t on the paths but this morning they were blocking both of the...

16 Aug
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Day 194 Donegal to White Park Bay, Ireland

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Northern Ireland    

Our next hostel on the Irish YHA path was White Park Bay; I’m glad I got in and booked this place early.  It was only about 2 hours drive north of Donegal and we had to drive through Derry/Londonderry on the way.  As we came to Derry we decided to find a place to park and have a walk around.  We ate a quick sandwich in the carpark before setting out on foot to walk around...

15 Aug
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Days 192-194 Lazy Days in Donegal, Ireland

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Republic of Ireland    

It was lovely to have a sleep in and leisurely pack up our gear as we didn’t have to be out of the hostel in Cong until 10.30 am.  We had to search for a lost pot that accidently got left in the hostel kitchen and joined the ranks of the other 50 pots and pans and miscellaneous lids.  Steve found the pot and I returned to the kitchen to turn everything over to find the lid;...

13 Aug
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Day 190 Book of Kells then headed to Cong, Ireland

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Republic of Ireland    

We enjoyed breakfast in the Dublin YHA which is served in a renovated church which is linked to the hostel.  Inside it is like a super mini Hogwarts food hall! Maybe they offer a free breakfast to make up for the horrible showers and the fact that the place is a rabbit warren with stairs and corridors everywhere!  We had our glass of juice, teas/coffee, bowl of cereal and 2...

13 Aug
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Day 191 Out and about in Cong, Ireland.

Posted By: Baigrie Family in General, Republic of Ireland    

We woke after a rough night’s sleep to learn the French group had left – hooray!  The Spanish cyclists learnt that the French ate their oranges and we think they must have enjoyed our drinking yogurt; but the group was gone and that was the main thing. After a quiet breakfast we set off to find some fun in Cong.

As the weather was as good as it could possibly be, we headed...

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