Never work with Children and Parents in Law…

We have moved on from Mallow and done the tremendous journey all the way to Ennis. Most people in Ireland would be as likely to do this via the direct route as drive across Australia. BUT we are tourists and we have done via the long way to an area of Ireland that must a post hole diggers hell. The Ring of Kerry. The southern side of this peninsula is amazing a real must do. You could walk the 20 km and take a photo every six metres and you would not see the same thing twice. Bored to tears, and visually over stimulated, Yes! We decided that we would have lunch along here and we decided on the most obscure part of the map. A tiny place called Hog Head. The “road” (term used loosely) is sort of stuck on to the side of some 100m high cliffs with door scrapping passing points every now and then. We go the place and it was as if on a bet some said “You’ll never build a house there, Shamus!” well Shamus bloody did, idiot. 10-12 houses nailed securely to a 60 degree incline and a piece of bitumen snaking to them. This then falls into the Atlantic so you can image the psycho storms this place sees.

The rest of the trip is uneventful and long but the kids will recover in a day or so.

The next day the Father in law has bug up his ass and is being a pain but we just ignore him back which is only egging him on much to my glee. The more worrying thing is Taylor a couple of days ago we found she had a huge cavity in her teeth and it was starting to hurt. If I had a hole like that I would have must of the neighborhood knowing. We turned on the Aussie charm and turned up at a local dentist to get it filled. Wow we really must have turned on cause they didn’t even charge us. Thank God. Now she is running a fever and in her usual way if she gets any thing it automatically turned in Tonsillitis. So we off to a doctor again to get some more drugs and she is already displaying the painful nature in children to get better in ½ an hour.

The cottage we are in is wonderful with views over Aran islands. Well known for 10 foot waves and sheep with wings. An amazing fact of these sheep is that they never turn their backs to the wind. This is because it would be straight up the back passage and blow the sheep up to twice their normal size.

Can’t remember what the sun looks like anymore.