The mad Irish lot.
Martyn said, yes, especially the one on the left as you look at the picture and the little short one on the right comes in at a close second.
He wishes you all the best and hope to see you sometime. Hold a Shindig in the school holidays and Martyn and Lesley will be there.
Up early sat morning for the run out at 10:30. A lovely ride throu' the Wicklow mountains up to the Wicklow Gap (top of the pass) then down to the Curragh around some lovely lanes. Once in the Curragh, Mert had organised a lunch stop at a country house hotel. Soup, loads of bread rolls and as much tea and coffee as you liked, all for 6 euros.
Newbridge Silverware Factory
Once we had all been fed and watered off to Newbridge Silverware for a look around the factory shop and their Hollywood Icon Museum. Mert had arranged for us to park right outside the main entrance and the local paper came to do a photo shoot. Back to the campsite through the mountains again to get back in time for prize giving at the pub later that night.
Run-out lunch stop.
Long distance went to a Dutch couple on a red BMW K / EZS, best oufit, chosen by Merts uncle Tom, was given to a lovely BMW / EZS rally. After the usual thank yous another session of black stuff and singing took place, this time only to 01:45 then off down that hill again to get some shut eye.
Best Outfit
There was 19 outfits in total, 2 Dutch, 5 English, some Northern outfits and a good few southern outfits making for a lovely mix of lingo's. I must thank Mert and his family, for doing such a grand job, finding such a good site and looking after us all so very well.
The Limerick crew go for easy camping.
Thanks too to the Limerick crew who provided the guitars and in tune singing (unlike the rest of us) and finally thanks to Billy the local who had Patrick and me in stitches for ages on sat evening.
Dickie and Jen Jones
