County Wicklow

I was in County Wicklow from Thursday 29 June to Saturday 1st July. I helped out for a few nights on a camp for adults with special needs with my friend Dorothy. it was lots of fun, especially seeing the special campers delight in God's love. On the Friday we went for afternoon tea at Avondale House, which is a lovely stately home.

We stayed in the village of Avoca, which is where Ballykissangel is filmed - some of you might recognise Fitzgerald's pub.

On the way home we had quite an adventure. First a bus side-swiped Dorothy's car and kept driving. Thankfully some Polish people in the car behind the bus had seen what had happened, got Dorothy to jump in the car and chased the bus driver to the next town! He claimed that he didn't realise he had hit us, but took full resonsibility and the bus company has now paid to fix the car. Check out the dent -

We had a lovely time in Castleknock and I was especially impressed to find we were in St Kevin's territory. The scenery was just amazing, especially the twin lakes.