No photos of today, our last day in Ireland. I had planned for us all to walk along the prom in Bray then up onto the cliff walk before putting Kath on the Dart train to Dublin for her overnight stay and us driving down to Rosslare for the ferry. But the weather conspired against us. It had snowed overnight and the forecast, which was correct, was for constant rain.
We still went to Bray but drove parallel to the prom. A few hardy souls were out and about. We then decided to drive Kath all the way in to Dublin. On the journey Kath googled to find a cafe with easy parking which she located in Phoenix Park. This is a lovely place probably more so in the sunshine. We had big scones and hot drinks before saying goodbye to Kath, dropping her off near a museum.
Our journey south was on boring main roads in horrid rain. We arrived with a hour to spare before check in so another cafe for another cuppa. The ferry left just a few minutes late but by the time we disembarked it was already 22.00 and we had a 4 hour slog to get home.
Despite the disappointment of the last day and despite the cold we have had a fantastic trip. We have probably driven about 900 miles, helped along the way by RTE radio. The country is beautiful and full of friendly chatty people. We had so many lovely, interesting hosts and learnt loads about Ireland, it's people and culture. There is much we missed so we will return one day.
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