Monday 16 July 2012

My last sojourn took us to the GiantsCausewayand strip along the North Antrim Coast down to Belfast. The scenery was to behold, we had great walks, theGiants Causeway is undoubtedly a must and the whole Antrim Coast isafeast for walkers and the welcome we received will certainly bring us back. Belfast is a must do or all and trying to explain the complexities to Jessie,our daughter lent to question after question and led me to a lot of self questioning. This whole session was alleviated by the self vaunted black humor from our guides- they were funny. Overall Belfast was so welcoming but alas our visit was so short.

We headed back to Dundalk, our home town and Twinkle, our Aunt as always the kindest host. We had anappointmentto meet Dick inTipperary,a wonderful friend and again it was family business, with a tour of our old homesteads, it was certainly a walk inthe past but the memories evoked are so precious.

To end a wonderful day, caught up with Margot and Austin in Kilcash, friends in Sydney and again Margot's Dad, Bill who taught me so many valuable lessons and achieved so much success in Australia, Kilcash remained his home. Again immersed in our past and the poem Cill Cais




It was a return to Midlands and Birr to farewell Johnnny and Mary and how ironic we pass within reach of the Devils Bit but the weather again wasn't the kindest but the catchcry for OSullivan Beare as he progressed north was "Keep right of the Devil's Bit, and naturally memories of the fun we had a few weeks previous with Mattie Ryan came flooding back.
Saturday morning gave us an opportunity to walk in the Slieve Bloomsand a call into Kinnitty Castle.



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