My adventure ends

Well. I have now been home for over a week and gradually the memory of my lovely adventure is starting to fade. Dale is trying really hard to keep my spirits up by getting the photos of our advenure developed and showing me some of the more interesting ones. I do miss my time with Twiga and Miss Gamby (Felicity) and hope that we can have some more adventures today some day.
I think I will have a quiet rest now and think about where I would like to travel next. I think I have what people like to call - the travel bug.
Lots of love to you all and a very big special thank you to those of you who followed this blog.
kia kaha. Keep strong.
Love Adventure Bear

Goodbye to Ireland

We are all feeling a little sad as tonight is our last night in Ireland. We arrived back in Dublin on Friday afternoon after a very nice drive through the Wicklow mountains, which are not really hilly but more like little rolling downs. Some very beautiful little villages though so Dale took quite a few photos.
On Saturday morning we went to see a very interesting Church and then went to the Guiness factory where we saw how they made Guiness. Very interesting to see the process.
Tomorrow - Sunday, we fly to London where we will meet up with family at the airport and then we leave for Singapore around 10.30pm. A very long flight but lots of time to update the diary and for us all to have a bit of sleep. Dale sends all her love to everyone and says thanks for all the comments which she loves to read. See you all soon.Keep well. Adventure Bear and DaleXX

Still heading around Ireland

Dear all. We are still continuing driving around Ireland and are now down on what is called the South East part. We have had lovely sunny days recently with just a little misty Irish mornings while the sun tries to push its way through. All the Irish folk we meet are telling us that the days are just 'grand'. We have visitd some very interesting houses, what are called Manor houses here and Dale took this photo to show you one of them.It was huge inside and while visitors can look around some of the rooms the current Earl lives in others. County Cork which is one of the areas we have been travelling through has lots of interesting and at times funny little statues and sculptures in its towns and also just on the road. We stopped at this one and discovered it was of an actor who lived quite a while ago called Charlie Chaplin. Felicity and Twiga thought you might like this photo of Dale and Charlie.

Wow, What do you think of this Castle., It is called Bunratty Castle and Dale and I, plus of course Felicity and Twiga climbed up very narrow stairs right to the Battlements up the top of the Castle. We were also able to visit all the rooms such as the Chapel, the bedrooms, the great hall just to name a few. You all would have loved it, especially you knights of Glamorgan kindergarten. Dale said she felt like a Queen as she walked around.

Must go now as we are all heading out on a Art trail where we can visit lots and lots of people making pottery, hats, candles, etc. We are now in our last few days here in the lovely county of Ireland and will soon be heading off to Singapore on our way home. Looking forward to seeing you all soon. Keep well., Hugs and kisses from Adventure Bear and Dale.XXXX

Around Northern Ireland

We are now in Northern Ireland and have spent the day being extremely busy. We spent last night at a lovely Bed and Breakfast place in a very little town called Cushendun. It was so small that it only had a Post Office/ Shop and a little pub where we had tea.
One of the places we visited was the Giants Causeway which they say was built by the giant Finn McCool so that he could visited his girlfriend who lived in Scotland which is just across the Irish Sea. The rocks are all fantastic shapes and Dale actually took a short videa which she will show you all when we get back. Twiga, Dale, Felicity and i went over this little bridge which is called Carrick-a-rede. The bridge swings a little as one walks across which was a bit scary but fun, at the same time. When I looked down i could see the sea rushing through underneath me. The people used to catch salmon from under the bridge but they don't do it now as most of the salmon do come swim here any more. It is interesting up this way when one watches the sea as two seas meet just a little north of here. One is the North Channel of the Irish Sea and the other is the Atlantic Ocean. After today we will head over to the west of Ireland and back into the Republic where we have to get out our Euro currency again.

Ireland

Top of the morning to you all from Ireland. We have finally got here after having spent a lovely well in Guildford, Surrey, England since we left Turkey. It was great to meet all Dales family and to have many lovely meals with them all. i am now a rather rounder bear than i was before. the weather however was not as nice as in Turkey. in fact it rained quite a lot which i didn't like much. We had a little excitement as we were catching the bus to the airport this morning as Felicity noticed that Twiga was missing from her bag. Off the bus she got to look for him and thankfully he was just hanging around by the station and was very relieved to see her.

We only arrived in Dublin this afternoon and have already been out and about looking at different things such as the halfpenny bridge and a lovely statue of some people who lived during the potato famine here in Ireland.

Tomorrow we are all going to get on the Hop on bus and go to the Guiness factory, Trinity College to look at the book of Kells and lots of other things. Also perhaps a little shopping for Dale and Felicity as they both think they may need another pair of trousers each as the weather is getting a little cold for them. Lucky me. a bear only needs fur and i have plenty of that.

lots of love to everyone. Adventure Bear and Dale XXXXX