Sleeping in seemed the best way to save money so that’s what we did. Of course we had to eat at Lemon the next morning, but we planned to be in and out in a hurry so as to avoid lots of parking charges. We happened upon a bit of luck though and managed to park inside Dublin Castle free of charge. The gate keeper was really nice and assured us that our car wouldn’t be towed or anything unpleasant like that. On our way back to the car we had a run in with a local bully all grown up into a young man. On account of the weather I was all bundled up with layers which included my rain jacket. This apparently struck this guy funny and he asked me if I was going skiing as he stood there on the street smoking a cigarette, imitating a downhill skier and laughing with his friends. David said something glib in response, I ignored him. We kept on walking and as we were debriefing, I realized that I really should have snapped a photo of our amusing Irish bully. Ah well, he’ll have to live on in our memory alone.
We’d decided to fore-go the tour that we’d considered taking and head to the town of Howth which our guide Valerie had recommended as a fun place to visit. By now we were getting the hang of things a bit better, I was coming into my own as the navigator and our ride was fairly uneventful, but pretty as we were driving out onto a Peninsula.
We found a trail-head of sorts. David would have preferred something a bit less populated, but we walked along for a while until I had to go to the bathroom. Despite my better judgment I followed David up a heather covered hill in search of a loo. It was pretty tough going and I was pretty sure that there wasn’t anything up there, but we continued to climb. At least David wasn’t complaining about the crowds anymore, we were the only ones who opted for an off-trail jaunt. Eventually we arrived at a paved road that was considerably lacking in scenery. Then we had to walk back into town along the road and we finally located a toilet. Then it was back up the hill through the town to get the car. Not exactly the scenery we’d been looking for, but it was a picturesque little village and we saw some pretty birds along the way.
We had supper at a little pub. It was tasty. We had fish and chips for the first time ever and were pleasantly surprised. Then we headed back home to pack up and get ready for a morning departure to Yorkshire.
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