Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Trip to Newry

Last Monday (5th of May) was a bank holiday in Ireland. We guys took the Canadian visitors on a trip to Newry (on map) in the Northern Ireland.

Instead of one hour on the M1 motorway, it took us about 4 hours to get there - driving the coastal route via Rush, Skerries, Balbriggan, Laytown and Bettystown to Drogheda where we stopped for lunch, then around the Carlingford peninsula - stopping to see this and that on the way; Skerries mills, Bettystown beach, Carlingford castle, Victoria lock...

Lunch at the Mariner in Drogheda

Carlingford castle

Carlingford castle / 'Town wall'

'Me too' climbing on the castle wall

Peek at the courtyard (through an iron 'net' door)

View from the castle

The #1 climber

...and again

Castle views on the way back


Victoria lock

Down-town Newry

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