Saturday 25th December 2021

The table was set but unfortunately Ann was unable to be here this evening for our traditional 25th December meal. The food didn't taste as good as it did in previous years when there were two of us sitting down to eat it!

Roger.

Wednesday 1st December 2021

 This morning it was cold and grey at Fishguard.

There's certainly plenty of room to park here.

We returned home to Devon via the M4, The Severn Bridge (seen here) and the M5.

Today we travelled 241 miles (388 kilometres).

Our journey lasted from 29th September to 1st December 2021, a total of 64 days. We travelled 4171 miles (6715 kilometres) excluding the distance of the ferry crossings from Newhaven (England) to Dieppe (France), over the Gironde Estuary (France), from Cherbourg (France) to Dublin (Ireland), over the Shannon Estuary (Ireland) and from Rosslare (Ireland) to Fishguard (Wales).

That's all for now. Roger.

 

Tuesday 30th November 2021

This morning Richard took Ann and me over to visit the old church which he and Anne-Marie had converted into a house many years ago and is now lived in by their daughter Frances and her family.

Frances and her husband Ronan have altered the place quite a lot since they moved in.

Out the back of the church there is a prehistoric burial mound.

We had a chat with Frances who was at work so we didn't stay long. The we said our goodbyes to Richard and Anne-Marie and set off travelling south. Many many thanks to you both for your marvellous hospitality - please come to visit us in Devon if you can.

We headed south down the east coast of Ireland stopping off along the way for a cup of tea and some of Anne-Marie's amazing sponge cake which she had given us to help us on our travels. We headed to the Port of Rosslare. Here's our van lined up ready to board the ferry.

We were soon loaded onto the ferry which left on time at 18.15. There were very few passengers or vehicles on the crossing.

We got some fish and chips at the ship's canteen which were really nice. The crossing was a bit rough but we arrived at Fishguard in south west Wales on time at 21.45. We are staying tonight in a large free car and lorry park a few hundred metres from the ferry terminal.

Today we travelled 137 miles (221 kilometres) - excluding the distance we travelled on the ferry from Rosslare to Fishguard. We are at: N52.0016 W4.9924

Fishguard  Street View