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Paul & Sarah UK/Ireland Trip August 2003

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7 Aug Belfast City, Cavehill Park &
McArt’s Fort (Ben Madigan’s Mountain)
8 Aug Scotland: Troon, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Inveraray, Hotel George Garden,

Sarah in Belfast

Cavehill Park and McArt’s Fort, Belfast

Belfast from McArt’s Fort

Some (very inebriated) kids we met in a cave on the way to the top

Waiting for our very late ferry

The beach at Troon, Scotland

Glasgow

Loch Lomand (way too many tourists!)

The peninsula where we spent the 8th & 9th

After a long fruitless search for a place to stay we ended up in Inverary

And though every hostel and B&B were full, magically twas a vacancy sign at TigheNa Mara (By the Sea)

Relaxing dinner at the George Hotel in Inverary

Sarah at the George

The guys who took our picture

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Paul & Sarah UK/Ireland Trip August 2003

content=”text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1″> Day 5, August 6, 2003
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6 Aug Galway Bay, Sliabh League Cliffs, Glengesh

Killkelly, a beautifully sad song about Irish immigrants.

Killybegs, looking out on Galway Bay

Galway Bay

The Sliabh League Cliffs, Donegal At 1972 ft., the highest seaside cliffs in Europe

At the top of the Sliabh League Cliffs

Bad Hair Day on the cliffs

The Glengesh Pass

Glengesh Pass

Paul at Breslin’s B & B in Bundoran, IR (with a new sweater, on the only day we needed it)

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Paul & Sarah UK/Ireland Trip August 2003

content=”text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1″> Day 4, August 5, 2003
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5 Aug Gleniff Horseshoe,Cairn, Bundoran

This was one of our favorite finds of the whole trip.

Gleniff Horseshoe

We climbed up! Whew.

And it wasn’t exactly legal 😉

Make ye selves ‘t home

On vigil

Creevykeel Cairn. Sacrifice to the sun god (must have worked!)

Creevykeel Cairn

Bundoran Cliffs

Bundoran Sunset

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Paul & Sarah UK/Ireland Trip August 2003

content=”text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1″> Day 3, August 4, 2003
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4 Aug Galway, Connemarra

We stayed overnight in Aughrim and had a great time at the Hynes Hostel (and bar). The visitor’s center for the battle was closed the next day for a Bank Holiday, and this was the only info we could get on the battle

Glencar Falls. We had to wait in the car for an hour for a thunderstorm to pass (the only rain we had in two weeks!), but this little waterfall was worth the wait.

Glencar Falls

The ridge that makes the falls and the entrance to the Glencar Falls park.

Sarah in Galway Bay

Somewhere in northwest Ireland

Sarah’s deja vu. Sarah swore she saw this scene in a dream.

Connemarra National Park

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Paul & Sarah UK/Ireland Trip August 2003

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Days 1 & 2, August 2-3, 2003
Manchester & Liverpool England, Ferry to Dublin,Ireland
3 Aug Dublin and Guinness Brewery, Aughrim – HynesPub

Our first street performance. How special!

At the Liverpool docks

Liverpool: We all live in a Yellow Submarine

On the ferry to Ireland, Liverpool in the background

First view of Ireland and sunset

Our favorite spot in Dublin

First (of many 😉

The Liffey River

Sarah at Madigan’s pub (her mom’s ancestor’s name)

At the Hynes hostel/bar in Aughrim, Ireland

Driving Fun!!!

Good advice

Yes, this really was on the road (and it was better advice, too)

Major Irish byway

And how they keep the hedges off the roadway

Every now and then we ran into some obstacles (not literally!)

Saw a lot of these signs

This just made us laugh (and brake!)

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Paul & Sarah UK/Ireland Trip August 2003

content=”text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1″> Days 12 & 13, August 13-14, 2003
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13 Aug Haworth, Bronte Parsonage, Hike through the Moors, (Potter) Bridge
14 Aug Haworth & Going Home

The Hogwarts Express railroad bridge from the Harry Potter movies.

Potter Bridge and the Yorkshire Moors

Sarah at the Bronte Parsonage in Haworth, Yorkshire, England

Bronte Parsonage, Haworth

Bronte Parsonage Cemetary

One of the steepest city streets in the world

The heather was heavenly

Yorkshire Moors

Yorkshire Moors

First glimpse of Top Withens

This apparently docile looking ram tried to butt us off the walls at Top Withens

What’s Top Withens, you ask?

At Top Withens

Looking back down the moors from Top Withens

Our last night in a hostel that was once a family’s mansion

Decaled window in the hostel

Sarah and our Renault Clio — a great little car to which we added 1600 miles

On the way home ;( (but we were ready!)

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