Donore to Dublin Airport via Drogheda

Woke to sunshine - cool wind, but SUNSHINE and BLUE SKY...great stuff!  Drove from Donore to the larger town of Drogheda, just down the road.  Sunday morning at 9.30am and not much happening.  Pretty in parts, along the river, but lots of warehouse and shops to let.  All over Ireland we have heard how tough things are with the recession.  The lady at the B&B said she used to be frantic all year, but for the past year things had been tough.  Needless to say she looked after us well and was thankful for the business supplied by the pub when they overbooked.

Drogheda was also a walled city in years gone by and there were the remains - front and back wall of an old abbey, right in the middle of town.  Lovely "Shafts of Light" momument and I wonder if this was erected for the millenium?  Maybe. 

Father's Day over this side of the world and with Ross headed to Rome and Les on his way back to London then Singapore, they blokes are having a good time.

Ross had his last Traditional Irish breakfast at the B&B and enjoyed that.   Waiting at Dublin airport now where the internet is free for the month of June - awesome for me to be able to kill the time.  Nearly finished my book, Roddy Doyle's latest "BullFighting" and have the playing cards at the ready, so plenty to do. 

After dropping back the hire car, which served us well - a brand new diesel skoda, we were shuttled to the airport where we said our goodbyes to the Marshalls as they are leaving from Terminal 1 and us from #2.  Lovely to be leaving Dublin in the sunshine: lots of memories of good company, food and service, not to mention the sights and sounds of Ireland and a USB full of photos!