What I Wore 28th September

Clearing out my wardrobe recently has brought some forgotten gems to the front again, including this skirt. My mum made it for me, she bought the material at Abakhan a couple of years ago and made this for me. I might have shown it here before, but I haven't worn it in forever.

I wore it with this black Simply Be top and leggings. I'm in desperate need of a haircut!

What I Wore 22nd September

I of course wore outfits the whole time I was in Ireland, but I didn't wear anything that you haven't seen before so I didn't bother taking photos, except for this dress which although I've shown you before, I got a better picture of the colour. It is so comfortable, so I wore it twice, and for travelling home in.

I like the keyhole details both front and back, and the sleeve length, and the waist tie. Gorgeous dress!

Ireland Trip Day Six - Home!

Friday was the last day of our trip so we didn't get chance to do much as we had to take the car back to the airport and check in and everything. However, we drove to Avoca, which was where they filmed Ballykissangel. I never watched it, but it was nice to see the pub. I bought Lee some Tayto crisps as a souvenir there too. We drove back up the coast and stopped a couple of times before getting back to the airport super early.

The pub that Dervla Kirwin worked in

Looking down at Wicklow

Last selfie of the holiday!

In all, including the drive to the airport and back, I drove over 800 miles in six days, and I didn't freak out at all which was a huge achievement for me. I had the best time with my best friends - we laughed so much and I kept a record of what we'd done and said in my journal. We ate amazing food, saw some really gorgeous parts of Ireland, and drank lots of wine, whiskey, and beer. Ireland is stunning. It is a lot like Britain, but different enough that it felt like a real holiday. I'll definitely go back and take Lee - I'm looking at it already for next year! 

Ireland Trip Day Five - Waterford

First of all on the fifth day of our trip, we went into Cork city centre to have breakfast at Tara's tea room. I had pancakes and maple syrup which was yummy! We then made a quick detour to look at Jim Cashman's pub because of a family connection. Then we went to the butter museum! Sam was very excited about this, and it was quite interesting, I enjoyed it too.

Jac and I eating breakfast

Milk churns

Old butter wrappers

The museum

We then drove to Tipperary which wasn't actually that far away, and had a little wander round. I was surprised by the amount of free street parking in Ireland, it's good! 

This sculpture is new, hence the orange fencing still around it. 

We then drove to Waterford and checked into the Waterford Marina Hotel which was absolutely gorgeous, I'd recommend it! Our room was huge, right at the top of the hotel, and had beautiful views from windows on three sides. 

View from one window over the river

This wasn't even all of the room

We went to the Waterford Crystal shop which was interesting, then walked round the Viking area of Waterford which included this long boat:

And this little map of the area

I liked this mural

This house belonged to the architect who designed both the Anglican and Catholic cathedrals in Waterford, it's a really pretty Georgian house

We went into the medieval museum which was well worth it, it had loads of artefacts including a relic that is supposedly part of the true cross of Jesus, and a set of vestments that have pure gold thread on them, and which Catholics hid for over two hundred years!

The Waterford motto

The relic of the cross, supposedly

Gorgeous gold vestments

We then drove down to Cheekpoint to look at the river a little bit. It was a really sunny day and the little harbour was very cute. 

I really like photos of old, abandoned boats. 

Honestly it was a bit of a boat graveyard

We also came across this 13th century ruined church which was really pretty. The graveyard was really interesting too, with lots of locals buried there right up to modern times.

And then we accidentally ended up on a ferry! We drove to Passage East to look at the harbour there, and I went down a road and someone made a queue behind me, and then we realised there was a car ferry across the river. So, we got on it. Because why not? We went across to Ballyhack, got a drink in the pub, and watched the ferry go back and forth a bit before we went back over. 

Accidental ferry selfie

A picture of the little ferry from Ballyhack

After the ferry, we drove back to Waterford and had a really amazing three course meal at Sheehan's. The waiter there recognised our accents as being from Yorkshire, hah! Waterford was lovely, I'll definitely go back. 

Ireland Trip Day Four - Cork

The Wednesday of our trip was the busiest. We left Galway and drove to Father Ted's house which is in the middle of nowhere down some small, grassy roads. You can get tea there but you have to make an appointment, so we just stopped to take pictures and then carried on to Limerick.

Craggy Island Parochial House!

The countryside is absolutely beautiful

See, proof that there was grass growing down the middle of the road

We didn't get to see much of Limerick, but we did eat a very delicious brunch. I took some photos of the river

We then drove to Tralee and around the coast to get to Cork, which was really lovely to see (I really like the sea, well water in general to be honest). 

Panorama photos are my new jam.

We got to Cork just in time to get to Cobh, formerly known as Queenstown, to go to the Titanic Experience. It was really good. We were all given someone to "be" as we went round - I was a 3rd class passenger called Delia McDermott who was one of the fourteen from Addergoole. She survived in a lifeboat. 

Plans of the boat. It's huge

The captain walking down one of the promenade decks

Now this is the actual pier that the tenders set off from with passengers to go on board Titanic! The museum is in the White Star Line ticket office and although Titanic would have fitted in this harbour (which by the way is the second largest natural harbour in the world after Sydney), time constraints meant that it was quicker for tenders to take passengers to Titanic which was moored just a little bit away.

More photos of the beautiful coastline, and a selfie that Sam took :) I love my best friends so much, you know.