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;...

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...

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...

Off to another country today … Ireland; I’m really excited. Another ferry ride and the start of a mini adventure within our adventure. We started the day with cereal in the hostel and raced out the door to catch the Stena Line fast ferry from Holyhead Port to the Port of Dublin. We had a 8.20 boat and needed to be there an hour early.  We arrived in plenty of time since...