Monday, August 25, 2003 (Cork - Republic of Ireland)
Out of sight of civilisation brings a welcome
break. Slowly learning the systems of the
brick.
They also use these in wine bottles.
Day 166. Today ended up being somewhat of a
rest day. Our isolated car park in the middle of the wood provided us with
enough seclusion to afford us the confidence to simply lay in for the better
part of the morning. By the time we got underway it was already nearly
lunchtime. Just before setting off, we looked at the map to decide where we
would be going for the day and agreed to head down towards Cork. We stopped off
half way in a small town and had lunch. We stayed there for an hour or two and
just chilled out in the van reading. It was very relaxing. No pressure, nowhere
to get to before a certain time and nothing much else to do other than simply
relax and enjoy the summer
sunshine.
Just before we went to
sleep last night, we noticed that the power inverter was switching itself off.
It apparently does this when the camping battery is less than half full. If we
were going to continue to use the TV and various laptop and camera battery
chargers outside of a campsite with external electricity hook-up, we are going
to need to hook up to an external power source soon so that the on-board battery
charger can re-charge the main campervan batteries. This meant that we would
need to spend at least the next night at a campsite so helped determine where we
were going to spend the next
night.
We bought some food and other
provisions whilst in town and then finally we set off again Southwards towards
Cork. We found a nice little campsite just up the road from the castle of
Ballyscourt, which is located just outside of Cork itself. At just €15.50
for the night including electricity hook-up, it’s a bit cheaper that all
the other places we’ve seen so far. The cost of living seems to be going
down the farther West we go. We noticed this in town this afternoon
also.
I finally found time to
download several days worth of photography this evening. I’ll probably
spend the next hours or so categorizing everything. Oh well, no rest for the
wicked.
Posted: Mon - August 25, 2003 at 01:13 PM