Day 1    Rosslare to Hook Lighthouse

Arriving at Rosslare Ferry Harbour

Tintern Abbey

Walking in the extensive grounds.

Approaching Hook Lighthouse

Hook Lighthouse

View from the top

Upgrading the light source.

On the shore to the East of the light

We parked here overnight, with permission!

Day 2    Hook Lighthouse to Waterford

Slade Castle

The abbey ruins.

Walking up Slievecoilte for a fantastic view

Looking towards Waterford

Memorial on top of Slievecoilte

Looking down over the River Barrow

We had a very interesting guide who was a botanist herself.

She pointed out many interesting details of the plants.

Eucalyptus trees

Also from Australia, a Wollemi Pine. One of the world's oldest and rarest tree species, belonging to a 200 million-year-old plant family.

Known only from fossils and presumed extinct until discovered by a bushwalker in the Wollemi Park in 1994.

Part of the original Kennedy Homestead, now a museum.

Day 3  Waterford to The Apple Farm Camp Ground

We overnighted in Waterford, then explored the city in the morning.

We started with an interesting guided tour of the Crystal Factory

The cutting department

Back in the exhibition. If you wish to see more of the tour, please contact me and I'll give yiou the link to the full album on my cloud.

3D engravings. The ships are on the front and the mountains on the rear of the vessel.

Viking ship replica

Jerpoint Abbey, County Kilkenny.