Day 37 - ARKLOW TO CORK

Well up and on the road by 10am, yes we did have a bit of a lie-in :-). 
We stopped at Ardmore which is a little town with a beautiful beach on one side and a tower which was built in the 10th century and the door to this tower is 4 metres above the ground, no passing sales-mens for this address. This allowed the monks to store their treasures away from possible attackers, then haul in the rope ladder behind them! The church behind the tower is from the 12th century.

















Then back on the road - Kim wanted to stop at Waterford as it has Waterford Crystal factory. Lonely Planet said it is 2km out of town. We looked and looked and drove round and round, only seeing the Waterford Crystal Shop in town. Thinking that it was not it (as it was still in town and no sign of factory anywhere) we drove on, only to find it was the place we were looking for (the tour bus outside should have told us something do you think?) We had driven about 10mins out of town and not going back, so poor Kim didn't get to buy!

Well, we arrived in Cork and found a B&B which was very nice except for the size of the bathroom. We had to sit sideways on the toilet as you couldn't sit straight unless you held your knees up (not a pretty sight even if it is just you in there). We wandered down to town and had some tea and then wandered around a bit before going back and to bed.