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Read more: Scottish Highlands
We arrived in Scotland from the ferry in the early afternoon and drove alongside Loch Lomond for quite a while before passing through some stunning valleys with rocky mountains towering on either side. We stopped near Fort William to buy some groceries for the next few days and found our…
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Read more: Northern Ireland
This morning we headed over the border to a new country and a new currency, Northern Ireland! The transition was practically unnoticeable with no signs to indicate the border, certainly no armoured checkpoints as would have been present just 20 odd years ago. It was only Google changing the speed…
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Read more: Shannon Valley
This morning we headed to Lough Key Forest Park to do a parkrun. Our first in Ireland, our seventh parkrun country and our first parkrun where there is a castle! After a hot drink and sharing a toasting to warm up, we drove to the Arigneย Valley and the Arigne…
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Read more: The Wild Atlantic Way
Today we set of to drive the first section of The Altlantic Way. This route covers 2500km of coastline from the south, along the west coast and the north. We’ll be more or less following this for the next weeks or so. We actually did a little bit of it…
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Read more: Dublin to Drinagh
Today we left Dublin and headed south to Waterford. We opted for the scenic route and it truly was scenic. Ever-changing landscapes from heather covered moors as far as the eyes could see, bright yellow-flowered gorse on hills at the sides of the road, to pastures with many lambs springing…
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Read more: Month 3 review
April 1st – April 30th 1. Tuscookany We thoroughly enjoyed our three days in a Tuscan villa, cooking good food and drinking great wine. We wish we could have stayed longer! 2. Venice Venice was everything we had imagined it might be. The canals and bridges, the gondola ride, the…
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Read more: Dublin
The ferry crossing from Bilbao was better than we could have hoped. Smooth with minimal swell, so no sea sickness, a great ship and a dolphin sighting! Others saw Orca as well! As it was our first trip on Brittany Ferries we were invited to visit the bridge. That was…
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Read more: Ferry to ferry
After boarding the ferry about 930pm, and it finally departing about 1130pm, we woke just to the west of Corsica and Sardinia and have crept our way towards Barcelona since. The weather has been kind, the seas mostly smooth, no seasickness for either of us. A lazy day that we…
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Read more: Ciao Italia ๐ข
We left Florence and headed slightly north to the coast, stopping at Pisa on the way. A short walk to the tower which does indeed lean. Forced Kevin to pose for this incredibly unique and original photo. We also high fived a couple of people (who looked like they had…
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Read more: Florence
This part really probably belongs in the Bologna post as it was close to Bologna, but it was our day travelling to Florence so here it is. We awoke to the good news that our box of glass items from Murano had arrived in Brisbane and been collected and assessed…
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Welcome! Bienvenue! Bienvenido! Wilkommen! Benvenuto!
We’re heading out on a mid-life gap year, that is 80% unplanned. As natural planners, we’re well and truly stepping out of our comfort zones.
We are currently here…
Countries visited (foot on ground):
12๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ธ ๐ต๐น ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฎ๓ ฉ๓ ฒ๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Distance travelled by mode (est):
- ๐: 12378km
- โด๏ธ:11; 2859km
- ๐: 6 ; 832km
- ๐ช: 2 ; 7km
- ๐ถ: 1 ; 4km
- ๐ฒ: 1 ; 30km
- ๐: 1 ; 2223km
- โ๏ธ: 2 ; 18130km
An Unplanned Year 