Whilst we had a peaceful night’s sleep in the golf club car park, the greenkeepers appear to start work before 06.00 on a Monday morning! However, they did try to keep the noise down as much as possible. We left there around 09.45 to drive to Dungarvan via The Magic Road. It’s a road in the hills where you, apparently, go uphill when stationary. Clearly an optical allusion but we couldn’t find the spot to confirm it! We then diverted back to the viaduct at Kilmacthomas that was part of the Waterford to Dungarvan Greenway before going onto Dungarvan, a harbour town with a fort and, more importantly, a good supermarket. What was even better was that the supermarket (SuperValu) gave us several hours free parking so we could do the shop and then explore the town.

Then we drove 25km onto Ardmore to a stopover called Dick’s Field (SfS: S277685). It had rave reviews and was right by the beach. For €15 it was worth it even without a toilet/shower block. After all, we are self contained! Once we were set up, we walked into town along the beach to see St Declan’s Cathedral and Tower. St Declan arrived in Ireland long before St Patrick and converted the local people to Christianity. Back along the beach for a lazy evening in the sunshine and dinner in the vans.

Miles since last blog: 55

Miles this trip: 461