Wednesday 28 March Galley Head Lighthouse

I was up quite late, due to late night last night. Had some coffee and Nick made porridge for breakfast, yummy, he's good at porridge! Afterwards we went out for a walk. To the blow hole and over to the next bay. Cormorants were nesting in the cliffs and we could see the peaty grass overhanging the cliff by a couple of feet. Scary! If you walked to the edge without realising this you could end up dead on the rocks below. We wandered back and then down the little steps to a little fishing dock. Later on we went off in convoy to Kinsale for the day. This is a very pretty town with a large commercial harbour, a huge tanker was being unloaded when we arrived. Jenny is going to arrange hiring a boat later this year. We went to Dino's fish and chip restaurant on the pier for lunch, really good haddock and chips with a nice cup of tea. Nina, Jennifer and I went for a wander around the shops after lunch, while everyone else seemed to head for the harbour. We found a good book shop and Nina bought a couple of books. I found a really nice blue and white striped grandad shirt for Andrew and bought him some Guinness toffees too. Nina and I posted some postcards, then we all met up at the Tavern by the port for a drink. Louise, Gav, Dave and I opted to go back to Galley Head afterwards, everyone else went to the Dog Races in Cork. I'd originally planned to go too, but was tired from our night out yesterday and had bad stomach cramps so a night in sounded better. I hope that Andrew and I will go when we go to visit Judith. We had a lovely quiet evening in at the lighthouse, I had a chat to Andrew and Louise and I cooked dinner for the four of us. Roasted chicken and bacon with leek and cheese mash followed by apple pie and custard. Later we sat by the fire drinking wine and chatting till the others got home. Nina, Jennifer, Rick and I had a game of Scrabble before retiring for the night.