title Manorhamilton and Bundoran, Leitrim and Donegal, Ireland - 16th April 2022 intro We're off to Ireland on a nine-day trip, which starts off with a flight to Knock airport out west. From there, after picking up a hire car, it's an hour's drive to Manorhamilton where we rent a house and hang out with Philly and Davida. Whilst there, we also do a day trip to Bundoran to explore the beach and do some of the rides in the fun fair, as well as eat a Mexican lunch from Burro Burro. After that, we drive out to Ballyshannon, where Philly's being met by some geezers in a Range Rover to go and see a second-hand minibus for sale. It all looks a bit "kidnapping to order by people-traffickers". imgp2850 Fred at Itsu in Stansted Airport imgp2853 Hanging around the departure lounge at Stansted imgp2856 The plane loads up imgp2857 Harry and Fred stride over the apron imgp2858 The Ryanair bus fills up imgp2860 A maze of roads somewhere imgp2865 Isobel and Fred on the apron at Knock Airport imgp2867 The tiny airport of Knock in Ireland imgp2869 Fred sits on the case as we sort a car out imgp2872 A Scary Mary on the way to Manorhamilton imgp2873 Fred and Isobel pick up some supplies imgp0013 We head out into Manorhamilton imgp2874 We eat take-away pizza in the rented house imgp0011 Philly in Biddy's Bar imgp2879 A lamb boings about at Philly's imgp2880 Harry and Fred are on gate duty imgp2888 Davida shows us one of the chickens imgp2892 The day's egg supply imgp2893 A patchy cat roams around imgp2898 Rachel and Fred in the kitchen imgp2901 The beach at Bundoran imgp2903 The Salty Shell at Bundoran imgp2910 Perfectly-level shale beds at Bundoran imgp2912 Fern's right up on the cliff imgp2916 The gang on the rocks imgp2919 Harry finds a dead crab imgp2922 Faith looks at the dead crab imgp2926 Fred has a paddle imgp2929 The group on the beach imgp2931 The boys get the sand out of their toes imgp2934 The derelict water park at Bundoran imgp2935 Fred walks past the Lympic nightclub imgp2937 There's an Easter Fair in the Kicking Donkey imgp2940 Philly waits outside the pub imgp2941 A shop is covered with shells imgp2942 Philly on the road through Bundoran imgp2943 The closed Brennan's Bar imgp2945 We get burritos in Burro Burro imgp2947 Mexican-style wall painting imgp2948 We scoff our Mexican food outside imgp2955 The derelict "fun zone" imgp2956 A surfer on Bundoran beach imgp2958 Harry has a go at Hook a Duck imgp2976 Faith and Davida are having a good time on Twister imgp2978 Fred and Fern wait to do the Hulk ride imgp2983 Hair in the air imgp2993 Harry, Rachel and Faith watch the ride imgp2995 We exit Bundoran Adventure Park imgp2997 A whole row of derelict buildings in Ballyshannon imgp3000 Demolition and dereliction imgp3002 The Rory Gallagher statue in Ballyshannon imgp3003 The empty Duffy House and Home imgp3006 Isobel in a café imgp3007 Fern roams around outside the café imgp3012 A dude makes necklaces out of bog oak imgp3013 The unexpectedly-fancy Dorrian's Imperial Hotel imgp3017 We hang around outside Finn MacCool's bar imgp3019 A derelict shop with wooden panneling imgp3021 Another derelict building is taken over by trees imgp3022 There's an ancient tractor parked on the street imgp3023 Harry, Fred and Ra-ra cross the road imgp3024 Fred lobs sticks into the river imgp3026 Isobel's on the phone imgp3028 Fred hangs around as we wait for Philly to return imgp3030 There's another mad outdoor laundrette imgp3033 Fern and the boys head into Mr G's to buy stuff imgp3036 Fred and Harry play with their new things imgp3037 Isobel works on her crochet blanket imgp3041 The view from our bedroom imgp3044 Gurn's Milestone pub is closed yet again imgp0014 Harry and a 7-Up in Biddy's Bar imgp0016 Harry and Faith imgp0019 Isobel and Faith do a bit of arm wrestling imgp0021 Harry roams around in the bar imgp0022 Connolly's has closed due to retirement imgp0023 We head back to the house imgp3045 Isobel gets food in Manorhamilton SuperValu imgp3047 Harry on the Swing at Philly and Davida's imgp3050 Harry chops up some carrots for lunch imgp3052 The sheep on the drive imgp3054 Rachel and Fred on the gate imgp3055 Fred pokes Rachel on the head imgp3062 A crochet blanket hangs in a window imgp3063 Milo the dog looks out imgp3065 There's a horror-film thing going on imgp3069 Philly heads out to walk the dog imgp3074 Milo and Philly out in the woods imgp3079 Philly sits down as Milo looks around imgp3083 Fred finds a cool frog imgp3087 The frog legs it imgp3089 The Manorhamilton kitchen imgp3091 Isobel does more crochet in the lounge imgp3092 Stencil art on an electrical cabinet imgp3094 Isobel and the boys are in the playground imgp3095 Harry on a tyre swing imgp3096 Derelict shops in Manorhamilton imgp3097 A teddy bear advertises W8 in a derelict shop imgp3098 On the streets of Manorhamilton imgp3100 We walk down to a derelict church imgp3103 A derelict school imgp3106 Fred's on gate duty imgp3108 Milo eats chicken scraps