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It’s a week short of 5 years to the day since we left the beautiful, peaceful village of Llangynog and the most wonderful house that was Tyddyn yr Helyg. On our last night in Llangynog (6th September 2007) we had … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
We have had such a good time in the land of the leprechauns that it was a struggle to leave The Folks this morning. However, what a week. Plenty of falling down water, a tour of Connemara and great food. … Continue reading
I’ll have a harf Lunch at the Kylemore Pass Hotel, before heading back to the folks with a lovelly cut of Sirloin, glazed chops and sausages, sounds distinctly like a BBQ to me. Yum. Nice Head here. [geo_mashup_save_location lat=”53.5644″ lng=”-9.8342″] … Continue reading
Sleep,eat, sleep, oh and did we mention eat? No further than 30 mins from Clifden and we stopped at the very wet Connemara Visitor Centre for the 2.5 mins it takes to walk around it. Having worked up an appetite … Continue reading
After a nice day out and a lovely meal we sat in the conservatory area watching the bad weather hammer the windows, playing scrabble and whooping Mrs Fogg, when into reception comes something worse than a loud American, yes you … Continue reading
Ah what more could you want for your Hobbit second breakfast, but mussels and chips. As you can see, she of the hairy toes is tucking in quite nicely in preparation for walking every crap, sorry craft shop in Clifden, … Continue reading
Whilst the Dolphin Beach looks nice and is warm and friendly, when you scratch the surface you find the flaws and it is such a shame because the location and service are exceptional. The room has massive sliding windows out … Continue reading
So after two restful days with the folks and BBQ’d dead things with plenty o beer, we headed on to Clifden which is about 2 hours drive on UK roads, but more like 3.5 behind Sunday drivers (on a Monday) … Continue reading
Oh what fun, the Holyhead Travelodge never was that nice, but when your greeting from the receptionist is “we would like to send you to another hotel 5 miles away which is much nicer than here” you gotta worry. No … Continue reading
Ah, would you really want to eat in the good ole British services when this is right next door to what loosely resembles an eatery? just think yourself lucky I didn’t pan the camera up! And what idiots would brave … Continue reading