Beasts in Ireland - Day 2
posted by Chris at 21:02
Ballyhack is a typical Irish village in that if you blinked as you drove through you'd miss it. One minor issue; you don't drive through Ballyhack. Ballyhack is on the eastern shore of the Barrow in Co. Wexford, and is the eastern end of the Passage East ferry - Passage East is the village on the western shore of the Barrow in Co. Wateford (still with me?)
Today was Gill's birthday (not telling how old). So coupled with the fact we were all a bit shattered from yesterday's journey, it seemed like a good excuse for a very slow start.
Hook Head Lighthouse
The weather today was much much better, and in the afternoon we went down to Hook Head, which is home to Europe's oldest working lighthouse. The Beasts did a bit of rock hopping, and I had a chat with a couple of divers. Seems that they do scenic diving off Hook Head, which I can imagine is very good; but a pet theory of mine is that lighthouses were often put in places where ships got wrecked. Point being there's probably shed loads of decent wrecks in the very near vicinity, and who knows what they would have been carrying.
Tried calling Lorraine only to get her voicemail, so left a message to say we were in Ireland and would like to meet.
Today was Gill's birthday (not telling how old). So coupled with the fact we were all a bit shattered from yesterday's journey, it seemed like a good excuse for a very slow start.
Hook Head Lighthouse
The weather today was much much better, and in the afternoon we went down to Hook Head, which is home to Europe's oldest working lighthouse. The Beasts did a bit of rock hopping, and I had a chat with a couple of divers. Seems that they do scenic diving off Hook Head, which I can imagine is very good; but a pet theory of mine is that lighthouses were often put in places where ships got wrecked. Point being there's probably shed loads of decent wrecks in the very near vicinity, and who knows what they would have been carrying.
Tried calling Lorraine only to get her voicemail, so left a message to say we were in Ireland and would like to meet.
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