Jamesons experiance 12 june 2015

Jane was not well last night or this morning, so we decided to take it easy, we drove to the jameson experience for a tour round the distillery,  Jane kindly agreed to try the Irish coffee the barman made before the tour, it was all quite interesting as we went round, I had never realised it took so long before it was fit for consumption, at the end, we were given some to taste, seemed very pleasant but I shared with jane as I was driving, we then went to explore Cork but the traffic was horrendous,  so we came back here for somthing to eat and a rest before our next adventure

Next stop Blarney 11 june 2015

Today we set off again on the next leg of our trip round Ireland, weather warm, but roads busy, yet again I had miscalculated so was yet another long hard drive, but when we got to our destination Ashlee Lodge well worth it. It is in a quiet setting and from the outside looked nothing special but inside it was beautiful and spacious in our room, with a huge bed and plenty of seating for a change. Also a full size bath with jacuzzi to relax in. In the evening we went for a meal, but having now got used to the huge size of the portions here, decided instead to try a chinese meal instead, it was very pleasant. Unfortunately Jane has started with some sort of virus so we had a quiet evening and an early night. Hopefully tomorrow she will feel better and we will be out exploring Cork.

A Quiet Relaxing Day

Today we decided to take it easy starting with a full Irish, I was going into town then coming back to rest. Instead we went to a candle making place which eas quite interesting,  seems they use 3 tons of wax a year.
On the way back we noticed a sign to a lake, so followed the road, sorry senior moment so will have to put more detail in later, was beautiful setting and there was a cruise setting off in a little while.
We boarded and the commentary was good, seems is a popular area for the rich and famous to be on some of the more remote islands, also at the village where we stopped they had filmed the Quiet Man all those years ago and the cottages looked from the outside at least, as they must of all those years ago, it got quite warm as the day progressed,  we went for a walk through the gardens but they seemed much of a muchness after a while, on the way back we stopped for our evening meal then a rest at the b &b