Safe and well in Armagh, Northern Ireland

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We have been spending the weekend drinking and catching up with old friends in Armagh. Great to see everyone again and experiencing the craic. Even got to go to a Galeic football game to see Armagh get into the finals!

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We went from London -> Bath -> Blueth Wells -> Bangor. Here are a few pictures...


Laura at Stone Henge


Bath (a must see if you are in the area)

Bugger - camera playing up (there was text with the above too - so I will add that later).... and here it is....

Wednesday, Bangor, Wales (20/04/05)

Worked out how to mount the GPS (rubber bands) and found it brilliant. We still got lost, however we always were heading in the right direction so it was not an issue (i.e.taking the high road instead of the low road). Would not tour without a GPS now, it is so much more relaxing (if you have ever tried to remember Welsh town names you will know what I mean :).

The deeper into Wales we got the more rustic the scenery. Hedged roads gave way to stone walled roads, old stone mills and farm houses. The trees look like giant bonzi, twisted into eerie artistic shapes by some unknown force. The weather is cold and overcast, however we have missed most of the rain and the lighting seems appropriate for the scenery.

The plan was to have lunch in Bangor and be in Dublin by early evening. However, the going is slow and we are on holiday after all, so we decided to spend the night in Bangor. We have had a steak diner at the Tap and Spile, walked around the bay and up past the Uni on top of the hill, a very nice way to finish off the day.

The riding has been great but we are exhausted. We are looking forward now to drinking a few with our friends in Dublin and Armagh, and replacing our sore butts with sore heads...

Tuesday, Builth Wells, Wales (19/04/05)

Nice and warm in our B & B in Wales. We were hoping to get to Aberystwyth today but we got lost and ended up driving through Welsh hills along hedge lined winding roads. Not a bad alternative but I need to work out how to mount the GPS so I can use it (so far I have worked out it is pretty accurate even roughly pulling points off our standard travel map).

Yesterday we rode from London to Bath. This is the first time that we have taken the scoots on a real ride and they are perfect. We headed down the M3 and up until Stone Henge, it was pretty much like driving in Melbourne country side. We checked out Stone Henge, which was great (nothing like this in Melbourne).

From then on the countryside got more interesting and hitting Bath just blew us away. Laura picked the town because of the Jane Austin stuff she has seen. We soon found out it was much more than just few pretty back drops... Roman baths, churches, waterways, a LAMBRETTA bar (where we had a beer and did not mention our Vespas). If you are ever in the region go and visit.