| Day |
Date |
Event |
| Day 1 |
Sat 19 Sep 2009 |
Arrive Manchester Airport, Aer Arran to Galway, rental car to Ballyvaughan and the Hylands Burren Hotel |
| Day 2 |
Sun 20 Sep 2009 |
A drive over The Burren landscape to the Cliffs of Moher and back to Ballyvaughan |
| Day 3 |
Mon 21 Sep 2009 |
A storm cancelled the trip to the Arran Is. so a drive around the coast and lunch at Linnane's Fish Bar |
| Day 4 |
Tues 22 Sep 2009 |
Family history day in Tulla, County Clare and a meeting with a relation |
| Day 5 |
Wed 23 Sep 2009 |
A visit to the Moroney farm, then on to Limerick, Lough Gur and stone circles, then Kilarney and the best restaurant on our trip |
| Day 6 |
Thurs 24 Sep 2009 |
From Kilarney, over Moll's Gap to Kenmare, around the Ring of Beara to Glengarriff |
| Day 7 |
Fri 25 Sep 2009 |
The long road through Cork to Waterford Crystal |
| Day 8 |
Sat 26 Sep 2009 |
Waterford to Dublin and the Liffey, music and dance |
| Day 9 |
Sun 27 Sep 2009 |
Out of Dublin, back south to Callan and the high cross, Rock of Cashel and
north through the Slieve Bloom Mountains to Tullamore |
| Day 10 |
Mon 28 Sep 2009 |
Tullamore north to Cavan, then Marble Arch Caves, to Enniskillen |
| Day 11 |
Tues 29 Sep 2009 |
North through the Sperrin Mountains to Tobermore, Coleraine, Bushmills and
the Giant's Causeway |
| Day 12 |
Wed 30 Sep 2009 |
The Old Beech Trees and the Nine Glens of Antrim |
| Day 13 |
Thurs 1 Oct 2009 |
West through Londonderry, back into the Republic, Grianan Fort, family
history at Castle Hill, Columba heritage, south to Ardara, then west to
the cliffs, and back to Killybegs. |
| Day 14 |
Fri 2 Oct 2009 |
South to Clifden on a rainy day, through the Connemara, thena a slow trip
through Galway.. |
| Day 15 |
Sat 3 Oct 2009 |
An eary start to fly from Galway to Manchester, then a drive north to the
Lakes District and Windermere |
| Day 16 |
Sun 4 Oct 2009 |
A drive to Kendal, then the afternoon on Lake Winderemere |
| Day 17 |
Mon 5 Oct 2009 |
An early walk up Brentfall, then the Windermere car ferry to Sawrey and
the Beatrix Potter house at Hill Top, on to Hawkshead for lunch, and a
drive back through Keswick |
| Day 18 |
Tues 6 Oct 2009 |
Keswick and the pencil museum, over Honister Pass, lunch in the Pub, and back
to Bowness |
| Day
19 |
Wed 7 Oct 2009 |
A rainy day in the Lakes Districe |
| Day 20 |
Thurs 8 Oct 2009 |
Depart Bowness, over Kirkstone Pass to Aira Force. North on the M6 to Carlisle
and Hadrian's Wall, then Lockerbie in Scotland |
| Day 21 |
Fri 9 Oct 2009 |
Furher north, past Loch Lomand to Oban. Calmac ferry to Barra and a night without power |
| Day 22 |
Sat 10 Oct 2009 |
Circumnavigation of Barra, then the ferry on to South Uist and the Polochar Inn |
| Day
23 |
Sun 11 Oct 2009 |
North through South Uist, across the causeway to Benbecula and North Uist,
Carinish Temple and the Temple View Hotel |
| Day 24 |
Mon 12 Oct 2009 |
Back to South Uist for the smoked salmon, then north again to Berneray and
the next ferry trip to Harris, then on to Stornoway. |
| Day 25 |
Tues 13 Oct 2009 |
The ring road west to the Arnol Black House museum, the Callanish Standing
Stones, Dun Carloway Broch and back to Stornoway in the rain |
| Day 26 |
Wed 14 Oct 2009 |
A drive to the Butt of Lewis, then the Calmac ferry across to Ullapool. |
| Day 27 |
Thurs 15 Oct 2009 |
A long drive south
through Inverness to Edinburgh, a stop at Inverkeithing looking for
family in the cemetery, then on further to Carlisle |
| Day 28 |
Fri 16 Oct 2009 |
South past Manchester, east to Glossop and over Snake Pass, Froggatt Edge for
Lunch, Eyam and the Riley Graves, and south to Uttoxeter |
| Day 29 |
Sat 17 Oct 2009 |
Potteries - Moorcroft and Wedgwood - then through Wales to Cwm Chwefru |
| Day 30 |
Sun 18 Oct 2009 |
A rest day, a walk through the frosty fields of Wales |
| Day 31 |
Mon 19 Oct 2009 |
To the book town of Hay on Wye, then the Black and White villages |
| Day 32 |
Tues 20 Oct 2009 |
A quiet day in the rain visiting Builth Wells |
| Day 33 |
Wed 21 Oct 2009 |
West to
Aberysthwyth, north through the market town of Machynlleth then the
surreal Portmerion. Over the hill to LLanberis and the Lake View Hotel |
| Day 34 |
Thurs 22 Oct 2009 |
The
railway to the top of Snowdon (in cloud), back to sunshine and south
from Llanberi back to Builth Wells. |
| Day 35 |
Fri 23 Oct 2009 |
South
through Brecon to Cardiff, over the Severn to Bath, Stonehenge and
Salisbury |
| Day 36 |
Sat 24 Oct 2009 |
A
day in the Dockyard at Portsmouth |
| Day 37 |
Sun 25 Oct 2009 |
Early start, back up the M4 towards London, dropping the rental car at Heathrow on the way; lunch in Covent Garden and an afternoon walk beside the Thames |
| Day 38 |
Mon 26 Oct 2009 |
Down the Thames to the Barrier and Greenwich, back to Westminster via the Tower Bridge |
| Day 39 |
Tues 27 Oct 2009 |
Tower of London in the morning, then Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, shopping in Harrods then the theatre for "Avenue Q" |
| Day 40 |
Wed 28 Oct 2009 |
Train to Plaistow and the family church, back to the hotel and the train to Heathrow and out to Singapore and home |
