Ireland, Wales and England

Wow! What a time it's been! It's been really busy and such an adventure these past 4 weeks. After leaving Scotland we traveled by ferry to Ireland where we stayed for 2 weeks with an Irish family - (the O'Briens) in County Clare.  We volunteered on their farm which was a really great experience. Some of the jobs where: Herding cows, cutting a 150 meter path through a forest, assisting with the building of a shed, fixing wellingtons, checking ash trees for a disease, pulling dock weeds from a field and assisting with the castration of some young bulls. Lots of variety! :) Colm, our host took us to see Galway, the cliffs of Moher and some ancient tomb stones. We also went to a music festival in a little town nearby and got a good dose of Irish music!

From Ireland we travelled to Wales by ferry and spent a night there so we didn't actually get to see very much. We saw a bit of Holyhead and wizzed through Cardiff on the train. That's about it.

From Wales we travelled by train to Bath where we spent 4 nights. We stayed with some lovely hosts who made us feel right at home. Bath was amazing! So historical, it made us feel like we were stepping back in time to the Jane Austin era. We visited the Roman baths, visited the Jane Austin museum, stonehenge, Lacock, and some of the cotswolds!

From Bath we traveled to London where we stayed in a little unit for 5 nights. We got to go to church at Westminster Abbey, visit the London museum, the cartoon museum (which is run by Colm O'briens sister), the west end - where we saw two great shows: "War Horse" and "Phantom of the Opera", we also got to see Kensington palace and gardens and portabello road markets.

The 200 year old farm house we worked at in County Clare

Amber pretending to ride a tractor

Loretta pretending to ride a quad bike :)

Wellingtons!

The stray cat that was always hanging around

The view from our bedroom window

The cows

At a gala concert in the little town of Feakle

Dancing at a ceili

O'Brien Castle

The Cliffs of Moher

The Tomb stone

Amber, Loretta and I with the O'Briens

In Wales!

At the Jane Austin museum - Bath

Jane Austin lived here for 4 years!

The Roman Baths

Lacock

This is miss Mattie's house from the movie "Cranford"

At stonehenge

Westminster Abbey

At the National Gallery of London

Having fun with leaves!....

 

At the Cartoon museum

Jess with Peter Pan

At the Portebello markets

About to see "Phantom of the Opera"