This is a wee gift shop like many others in Adare. It is an experience just to walk in without buying anything.
Just a weekend bungalow!!!! It is called Adare Manor(now a hotel) and as you can see it has gorgeous gardens. Lovely but still not as good as "Powercourt" gardens visited at the start of my trek!
This is another example of the many normal homes in this pretty village. Note the thatched roof.
You know who and Maryanne Bates out the front of the Adare Heritage Centre where we had a cuppa. We were both a little cold as the sun had gone in.
Hello All
It is Sunday afternoon or evening rather-6.45p.m. and I have just returned from spending a couple of hours with Maryanne(Bates) and her friend Kerry. Despite a couple of hiccups we managed to meet. It was great to see a familiar face and swap stories. They are just beginning their trek around Ireland while mine has come to an end. We would have met earlier today but they had car trouble and had to go about getting a new car. They have headed off for Kilarney.
I have spent the last two days in a very picturesque village called Adare. (Anne my friend you remember don’t you?) I will try and attach some photos. It is a real village about 10 to 15mins from Limerick. The village itself is relatively new (1929) although habitation is much older. There are many ruins eg manors, monasteries and farm buildings dotting the countryside as usual. Today after a wee bit of shopping (a little splurge Angela) I spent most of the day just investigating the many country lanes around Adare. It has turned cold again and the weather forecast isn’t promising.
Tomorrow I do my last big drive and possibly the longest. I drive to Dublin to the airport hotel I have booked. Advice says it will take me around 2 to 3 hours. A long drive in the words of the irish!!
I will do my last posting from Dublin tomorrow.
Cheers till then.
Anne (Tess)
It is Sunday afternoon or evening rather-6.45p.m. and I have just returned from spending a couple of hours with Maryanne(Bates) and her friend Kerry. Despite a couple of hiccups we managed to meet. It was great to see a familiar face and swap stories. They are just beginning their trek around Ireland while mine has come to an end. We would have met earlier today but they had car trouble and had to go about getting a new car. They have headed off for Kilarney.
I have spent the last two days in a very picturesque village called Adare. (Anne my friend you remember don’t you?) I will try and attach some photos. It is a real village about 10 to 15mins from Limerick. The village itself is relatively new (1929) although habitation is much older. There are many ruins eg manors, monasteries and farm buildings dotting the countryside as usual. Today after a wee bit of shopping (a little splurge Angela) I spent most of the day just investigating the many country lanes around Adare. It has turned cold again and the weather forecast isn’t promising.
Tomorrow I do my last big drive and possibly the longest. I drive to Dublin to the airport hotel I have booked. Advice says it will take me around 2 to 3 hours. A long drive in the words of the irish!!
I will do my last posting from Dublin tomorrow.
Cheers till then.
Anne (Tess)
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