Fred at Itsu in Stansted Airport
Manorhamilton and Bundoran, Leitrim and Donegal, Ireland - 16th April 2022
We're off to Ireland on a nine-day trip, which starts off with a flight to Knock airport out west. From there, after picking up a hire car, it's an hour's drive to Manorhamilton where we rent a house and hang out with Philly and Davida. Whilst there, we also do a day trip to Bundoran to explore the beach and do some of the rides in the fun fair, as well as eat a Mexican lunch from Burro Burro. After that, we drive out to Ballyshannon, where Philly's being met by some geezers in a Range Rover to go and see a second-hand minibus for sale. It all looks a bit "kidnapping to order by people-traffickers".
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Hanging around the departure lounge at Stansted
The plane loads up
Harry and Fred stride over the apron
The Ryanair bus fills up
A maze of roads somewhere
Isobel and Fred on the apron at Knock Airport
The tiny airport of Knock in Ireland
Fred sits on the case as we sort a car out
A Scary Mary on the way to Manorhamilton
Fred and Isobel pick up some supplies
We head out into Manorhamilton
We eat take-away pizza in the rented house
Philly in Biddy's Bar
A lamb boings about at Philly's
Harry and Fred are on gate duty
Davida shows us one of the chickens
The day's egg supply
A patchy cat roams around
Rachel and Fred in the kitchen
The beach at Bundoran
The Salty Shell at Bundoran
Perfectly-level shale beds at Bundoran
Fern's right up on the cliff
The gang on the rocks
Harry finds a dead crab
Faith looks at the dead crab
Fred has a paddle
The group on the beach
The boys get the sand out of their toes
The derelict water park at Bundoran
Fred walks past the Lympic nightclub
There's an Easter Fair in the Kicking Donkey
Philly waits outside the pub
A shop is covered with shells
Philly on the road through Bundoran
The closed Brennan's Bar
We get burritos in Burro Burro
Mexican-style wall painting
We scoff our Mexican food outside
The derelict 'fun zone'
A surfer on Bundoran beach
Harry has a go at Hook a Duck
Faith and Davida are having a good time on Twister
Fred and Fern wait to do the Hulk ride
Hair in the air
Harry, Rachel and Faith watch the ride
We exit Bundoran Adventure Park
A whole row of derelict buildings in Ballyshannon
Demolition and dereliction
The Rory Gallagher statue in Ballyshannon
The empty Duffy House and Home
Isobel in a café
Fern roams around outside the café
A dude makes necklaces out of bog oak
The unexpectedly-fancy Dorrian's Imperial Hotel
We hang around outside Finn MacCool's bar
A derelict shop with wooden panneling
Another derelict building is taken over by trees
There's an ancient tractor parked on the street
Harry, Fred and Ra-ra cross the road
Fred lobs sticks into the river
Isobel's on the phone
Fred hangs around as we wait for Philly to return
There's another mad outdoor laundrette
Fern and the boys head into Mr G's to buy stuff
Fred and Harry play with their new things
Isobel works on her crochet blanket
The view from our bedroom
Gurn's Milestone pub is closed yet again
Harry and a 7-Up in Biddy's Bar
Harry and Faith
Isobel and Faith do a bit of arm wrestling
Harry roams around in the bar
Connolly's has closed due to retirement
We head back to the house
Isobel gets food in Manorhamilton SuperValu
Harry on the Swing at Philly and Davida's
Harry chops up some carrots for lunch
The sheep on the drive
Rachel and Fred on the gate
Fred pokes Rachel on the head
A crochet blanket hangs in a window
Milo the dog looks out
There's a horror-film thing going on
Philly heads out to walk the dog
Milo and Philly out in the woods
Philly sits down as Milo looks around
Fred finds a cool frog
The frog legs it
The Manorhamilton kitchen
Isobel does more crochet in the lounge
Stencil art on an electrical cabinet
Isobel and the boys are in the playground
Harry on a tyre swing
Derelict shops in Manorhamilton
A teddy bear advertises W8 in a derelict shop
On the streets of Manorhamilton
We walk down to a derelict church
A derelict school
Fred's on gate duty
Milo eats chicken scraps
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Fred at Itsu in Stansted Airport
Fred at Itsu in Stansted Airport
Hanging around the departure lounge at Stansted
The plane loads up
Harry and Fred stride over the apron
The Ryanair bus fills up
A maze of roads somewhere
Isobel and Fred on the apron at Knock Airport
The tiny airport of Knock in Ireland
Fred sits on the case as we sort a car out
A Scary Mary on the way to Manorhamilton
Fred and Isobel pick up some supplies
We head out into Manorhamilton
We eat take-away pizza in the rented house
Philly in Biddy's Bar
A lamb boings about at Philly's
Harry and Fred are on gate duty
Davida shows us one of the chickens
The day's egg supply
A patchy cat roams around
Rachel and Fred in the kitchen
The beach at Bundoran
The Salty Shell at Bundoran
Perfectly-level shale beds at Bundoran
Fern's right up on the cliff
The gang on the rocks
Harry finds a dead crab
Faith looks at the dead crab
Fred has a paddle
The group on the beach
The boys get the sand out of their toes
The derelict water park at Bundoran
Fred walks past the Lympic nightclub
There's an Easter Fair in the Kicking Donkey
Philly waits outside the pub
A shop is covered with shells
Philly on the road through Bundoran
The closed Brennan's Bar
We get burritos in Burro Burro
Mexican-style wall painting
We scoff our Mexican food outside
The derelict 'fun zone'
A surfer on Bundoran beach
Harry has a go at Hook a Duck
Faith and Davida are having a good time on Twister
Fred and Fern wait to do the Hulk ride
Hair in the air
Harry, Rachel and Faith watch the ride
We exit Bundoran Adventure Park
A whole row of derelict buildings in Ballyshannon
Demolition and dereliction
The Rory Gallagher statue in Ballyshannon
The empty Duffy House and Home
Isobel in a café
Fern roams around outside the café
A dude makes necklaces out of bog oak
The unexpectedly-fancy Dorrian's Imperial Hotel
We hang around outside Finn MacCool's bar
A derelict shop with wooden panneling
Another derelict building is taken over by trees
There's an ancient tractor parked on the street
Harry, Fred and Ra-ra cross the road
Fred lobs sticks into the river
Isobel's on the phone
Fred hangs around as we wait for Philly to return
There's another mad outdoor laundrette
Fern and the boys head into Mr G's to buy stuff
Fred and Harry play with their new things
Isobel works on her crochet blanket
The view from our bedroom
Gurn's Milestone pub is closed yet again
Harry and a 7-Up in Biddy's Bar
Harry and Faith
Isobel and Faith do a bit of arm wrestling
Harry roams around in the bar
Connolly's has closed due to retirement
We head back to the house
Isobel gets food in Manorhamilton SuperValu
Harry on the Swing at Philly and Davida's
Harry chops up some carrots for lunch
The sheep on the drive
Rachel and Fred on the gate
Fred pokes Rachel on the head
A crochet blanket hangs in a window
Milo the dog looks out
There's a horror-film thing going on
Philly heads out to walk the dog
Milo and Philly out in the woods
Philly sits down as Milo looks around
Fred finds a cool frog
The frog legs it
The Manorhamilton kitchen
Isobel does more crochet in the lounge
Stencil art on an electrical cabinet
Isobel and the boys are in the playground
Harry on a tyre swing
Derelict shops in Manorhamilton
A teddy bear advertises W8 in a derelict shop
On the streets of Manorhamilton
We walk down to a derelict church
A derelict school
Fred's on gate duty
Milo eats chicken scraps