Road-trip to Ireland - 21 September 2007
Nosher and Isobel do a trip to Ireland, but on account of trying to boycott the horror that is Ry-unfair, we decide to try out the ferry from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire. It's a fairly long way from Cambridge, so we stop off just outside Macclesfield in Cheshire for the night (on the off-chance that Nosher's dad might be in town, which he wasn't). The following day we visit Nosher's old home-town of Sandbach, before heading out past Chester and following the coast road through North Wales. There's another stop at Conwy to see the castle, a drive over the Menai Bridge and then a detour to South Stack, on Anglesey - a place Nosher first went to on a school trip in around 1977 - to look at the lighthouse.
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Isobel scopes out the wares on a W.I. stall in Sandbach Market |
Scones and damson jam are procured |
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Sandbach's indoor market |
An 1890 market sign |
Isobel strides across the cobbled square in the middle of Sandbach, near the Saxon Crosses |
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The 9th Century Saxon Crosses in the market place, Sandbach |
Nosher's old school - Sandbach Grammar. My form-room was top floor, middle. |
Isobel points out that Sandbach School is very "Harry Potter-esque" |
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The town of Conwy in Wales |
Iz wanders the castle walls |
The imposing towers of Conwy Castle |
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Peering over the wall |
The river at Conwy |
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A derelict garage in Conwy |
Derelict garage with Conwy castle in the background |
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Thomas Telford's Menai suspension bridge |
Telford's Bridge spans the Menai Straits between Wales and Anglesey |
Heathland near South Stack lighthouse (which is just peeping over the cliff) |
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A crenelated bird hide |
Some dude does a bit of rock climbing |
South Stack Lighthouse |
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Dramatic cliffs at South Stack, Anglesey |
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The Stena catamaran ferry starts loading |
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In Dun Laoghaire, everything coming off the ferry is sprayed as a precaution against Foot and Mouth disease | ||
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