If I thought I'd seen the back of the portable weighing scales last night I was sorely mistaken. Some feverish redistribution of clothes and reweighing went on before Evan, our neighbourly chauffeur arrived on the dot of 11.30 am. We also set timed lighting sequences throughout the house, set the central heating to blast heat at various cold hours of the night and gave away / dumped the contents of our fridge and freezer. A double check of all windows and doors and the cutting off of the gas supply and we were done.
We piled into his mothers car, thanks Tricia, and we arrived in Gorey a full 30 minutes before the bus was due. We cut an odd couple, two massive and two smaller cases + a pink rucsack and the two of us wearing holiday white hats in Wexford in January. The bus stop was on the shady side of the main street and 3 degrees felt -1 thanks to an artic breeze. The Wexford Bus arrived 10 minutes early and just as well as he picked up at least 20 souls to add to an almost full bus of over 100. I slid the 4 cases into the storage area under the bus and then spent the journey worrying about their safety. From that minute onwards I rose from my seat when the bus stopped to take on or let off passengers. If he opened the baggage doors I dismounted and checked our bags were still on board. Fortunately there were only a handful of stops between Gorey and Dublin and most involved people with only hand luggage. It was only when the bus pulled up at the IFSC/ East Wall area of Dublin did passengers take from the baggage area. I was by their side I can assure you!
The Wexford bus journey was well worth doing. Though the coach was full the seats were comfortable and we were nice and warm on the journey to the airport that even with stops took just over an hour and a half. The speedy journey was helped by no small measure withe our trip coinciding with a bank holiday. There was no free wifi but no piped music either so I was happy enough. It was my first time using the north Dublin tunnel and enjoyed the experience. Isn't it great being a passenger and someone else driving? Thoroughly enjoyed it.
We checked into the Radison blu Hotel and offloaded the cases before setting off on foot to explore Terminals 1 and 2. I am normally in too much of a rush to explore when I reach the airport so I did enjoy the leisurely walk around both buildings. We found a few minutes to squeeze in a prayer for all in the Queen of Heaven, RC Church which looks every bit of a 1960's building.
Tonight we are resting up on the third floor of the hotel which has a fine view of the long term carpark and the passing motorway. I'm sorry the story is low key but we did hope to take the stress out of the trains planes and automobile trip we must make to catch the boat which sails by 5.00 pm tomorrow. Hopefully I can write from onboard! Keep well guys!
We piled into his mothers car, thanks Tricia, and we arrived in Gorey a full 30 minutes before the bus was due. We cut an odd couple, two massive and two smaller cases + a pink rucsack and the two of us wearing holiday white hats in Wexford in January. The bus stop was on the shady side of the main street and 3 degrees felt -1 thanks to an artic breeze. The Wexford Bus arrived 10 minutes early and just as well as he picked up at least 20 souls to add to an almost full bus of over 100. I slid the 4 cases into the storage area under the bus and then spent the journey worrying about their safety. From that minute onwards I rose from my seat when the bus stopped to take on or let off passengers. If he opened the baggage doors I dismounted and checked our bags were still on board. Fortunately there were only a handful of stops between Gorey and Dublin and most involved people with only hand luggage. It was only when the bus pulled up at the IFSC/ East Wall area of Dublin did passengers take from the baggage area. I was by their side I can assure you!
The Wexford bus journey was well worth doing. Though the coach was full the seats were comfortable and we were nice and warm on the journey to the airport that even with stops took just over an hour and a half. The speedy journey was helped by no small measure withe our trip coinciding with a bank holiday. There was no free wifi but no piped music either so I was happy enough. It was my first time using the north Dublin tunnel and enjoyed the experience. Isn't it great being a passenger and someone else driving? Thoroughly enjoyed it.
We checked into the Radison blu Hotel and offloaded the cases before setting off on foot to explore Terminals 1 and 2. I am normally in too much of a rush to explore when I reach the airport so I did enjoy the leisurely walk around both buildings. We found a few minutes to squeeze in a prayer for all in the Queen of Heaven, RC Church which looks every bit of a 1960's building.
Tonight we are resting up on the third floor of the hotel which has a fine view of the long term carpark and the passing motorway. I'm sorry the story is low key but we did hope to take the stress out of the trains planes and automobile trip we must make to catch the boat which sails by 5.00 pm tomorrow. Hopefully I can write from onboard! Keep well guys!
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