Leaving Dublin, we ventured south on some reasonably good roads to Cashel. Ireland has far less round-a-bouts, far more speed limit signs and very few speed cameras compared to the UK. What they also lack is the recommended speed limit signs for bends in the road. In Ireland, the road is marked ‘Slow’ for a gentle bend, ‘Slower’ for a reasonable corner and ‘Very Slow Very’ for you’d better slow down quickly to 15km/hr or end up over the edge.
Rock of Cashel - Round Tower
The Rock of Cashel is a chapel, cathedral and castle, built in stages from the 12th to 15th centuries. Prior to this, the fortress was fought over by local clans until, in 1101, it was given to the Church in a move that prevented rivals from regaining possession while at the same time gave the donor a certain sway with the Church.
Rock of Cashel - Cathedral
From Cashel, we pushed on to Killarney then Dingle. Killarney is a lovely little town – we had a short exploratory walk around the town centre looking for some camping gas. It seemed very clean with friendly folk and had shop fronts that were fresh and inviting but maintained the traditional appearance of the town.
I haven’t seen much of Paddington Bear… Have you lost him?
@ Lucy: He’s back!