This morning after some deliberation and the discovery of a 2-4-1
voucher we decided to take the Hook Lighthouse Tour. Prior to leaving
the UK we had purchased a "Glimpse of Ireland" from Amazon. It is a
booklet with 2-4-1 vouchers from some of Ireland's 'must see' locations
including Blarney Castle and the Giants Causeway.
The lighthouse tour gave us a few insights into the lighthouse keepers'
time consuming duties and the impressive view(and wind) from top was
well worth the 150 stairs. From here we witnessed evidence of the
ocean's full fury. A 25 tonne boulder had been lifted out of the ocean
on to the rocks above. One wouldn't like to imagine the damage to a
ship wrecked on those rocks.
Back in the warmer environs of the cafe we've discovered wireless
internet... Oh the joy! As well as tea withdrawal (yes tea!) I've been
suffering from internet withdrawal too. So we are sat down to nice
pot of tea, cake and high speed internet. Daniel is adding photos to
our previous blog posts (we need some feedback on how fast they load
with your Piopio dial-up Susie) and I'm the scribe.
We have also been able to catch up with email and have found out that
Daniel's whanau hail from Dingle on the Southwest coast. We had
already been planning a few days in Dingle to enjoy their traditional
music scene; whilst there, we will explore the cemeteries too (slowly
but surely, we do all turn into our parents).
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