The garden of Ireland (County Wicklow)

So we have moved on from the midlands of Ireland to Dublin. On the way through we stopped at Guinness storehouse to see how they make the stuff, have a go at pouring it, and also try a wee bit ourselves. Turns out its still not that nice even when it is this fresh, but was a fun thing to do.








Lovely views from the seventh floor with a glass walled bar room. Then we had a fire alarm go off up there as well, so was a nice stumble back down to street level again.




Onto the most beautiful part of Ireland, known as the "garden of Ireland" - county wicklow. We stayed with Fred's aunt and uncle (winstone and alison). The rain managed to ease up next day, so we visited Glendalough for a walk and look at the ruins of old stone buildings etc.




Lovely old grave yards with dates going back hundreds of years, and the headstones have gone a bit on the lean in the meantime



Then lunch with more relatives of freds (Harry and rosalie). Fred went for a big walk with Harry around the farm, while Julia kept rosalie company in front of the fire.
Then a quick trip into wicklow town and back to see what's to be seen, and have a look at the irish sea.

Sunday is living up to its name of being nice and sunny, so we are enjoying it while it lasts!
Went for a quick look around the Avoca woollen mills after the meeting. They were weaving by hand up until 1988 when they got an automatic machine in, so that's progress!



Then stopped in the vale of avoca to look at the meeting of the waters, where the avonbeg river meets the avonsomethingelse river, and a famous poet sat under a tree there and wrote lovely poetry. They still have the tree, the poet is gone, the poetry lives on, and the two rivers are flowing well this summer!





Had a lovely roast lamb for lunch then Fred and Alison took a quick walk around Avondale house and forest park. On the way there we met a few others out for a Sunday afternoon drive, they didn't seem to be in a big hurry at all.




Few more days to go in Ireland before we head back to paris.



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