Cobh and Kinsale

Tuesday, April 28, was another lovely day so we were up at the crack of to get to Cobh (pronounced Cove) as we had tickets for the Titanic Experience at 09.00. We found a great park up next to the waterfront (P4N#13454) and a 15 min walk along the front to the old White Star Line Ticket Office – the last port of call of the Titanic before that fateful night of April 14/15 1912. Cobh used to be called Queenstown, renamed in honour of Queen Victoria’s visit there but was changed to Cobh after independence. Whilst small, it was a well guided tour with lots of artefacts and videos. Good value for money.

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Horses for courses

We needed to leave the Edinburgh campsite by midday on Tuesday (August 20th) but we only had a 90 minute drive to our next site at St Andrews. So, we decided to take a detour to Falkirk to see the Wheel and the Kelpies. Luckily, they weren’t too far apart and both had fantastic parking for campervans with just a short walk to the attractions.

The Kelpies
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