Irish Roads

Our last day in Ireland and after another Irish breakfast we start the journey to Rosslare to catch our ferry. The drive starts out well with beautiful countryside and rolling hills but after a couple of hours the novelty wears off especially as the roads my sat nav sends us down get increasingly narrow until we’re on a single track road. It seems to be grass cutting and silage making day throughout the whole of Ireland and we meet every tractor and grass cutter at work. Dave is getting increasingly grumpy and I’m getting anxious that we might not make the ferry. A much-needed stop in Kilkenny for a coffee and a walk to stretch our legs restores our good humour. The roads are now at least single track each way, through sleepy villages, alongside rivers and all the time vast stretches of rolling green countryside. A final stop in Wexford before we reach the ferry port to waste some time but the town itself is not inspiring. Then it’s on to the port where of course we’re picked to be searched, not surprisingly he doesn’t want to open the dirty washing bag and waves us through.

The ferry crossing is thankfully smooth and soon we’re driving off the ferry at Fishguard. After such a long day of driving, we’re stopping for the night at The Wolfe Inn, Wolfs Castle. We reach the pub just before closing time and are soon in our room which to be honest is far better than we hoped for. It’s a lovely traditional stone built pub, the room is huge and has both an entrance from the pub itself and a quaint set of stone steps out into the pub garden. A very good place to rest tonight before our final drive home tomorrow.