Especially when you're on holiday.
The Stena express from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead departed 10 minutes late and the journey time has gone up from 1hr 50 mins to 2hr 30mins as one of the 4 water jet engines is out of order. More time to get blogging then! We hadn't realised how quiet the outbound ferry had been until now as this return ferry is packed.
Showing posts with label Holyhead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holyhead. Show all posts
Monday, 3 May 2010
Thursday, 29 April 2010
AH SAID WE'VE ARRIVED! PARDON? AH SAID WE'VE ARRIVED! WHAT?
Stena Line Express from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire went very smoothly indeed in 1hr 50mins.
Churn
Rivermere House Harmony Inn is where we're at.
Lovely welcome, nice room, right in the heart of Killarney B&B land and about 10 mins walk from the rally HQ at the Glen Eagle hotel.
Churn
Rivermere House Harmony Inn is where we're at.
Lovely welcome, nice room, right in the heart of Killarney B&B land and about 10 mins walk from the rally HQ at the Glen Eagle hotel.
Bye Bye Holyhead
Now on board the Stena Express out of Holyhead heading for Dun Loaghaire. Topped up with Shell V-Power at Menai Bridge. Free WiFi on the ferry, which is nice.
Journey from Mold along the A55 was easy with no problems. The tunnels are a bit loud though, can't imagine why!
Scoob resting on the docks at Holyhead
(click to enlarge)
Journey from Mold along the A55 was easy with no problems. The tunnels are a bit loud though, can't imagine why!
Scoob resting on the docks at Holyhead
(click to enlarge)
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
The Night Before
After a bit of concern over some cancelled ferries on our route from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire, all seems to be back on track now with technical problems overcome. The 10:00 express is currently expected to run on time on Thursday.
Motorsport News is running a story about Gareth MacHale's WRC Focus being in MSport's headquarters and now its electrical problems have been solved. Seems a chaffed wire was causing the problem. Given that Gareth managed second place on the Circuit of Ireland I don't suppose there'll be many betting against him being at the top on Sunday. Tim McNulty will have his work cut out.
Strangely, we still have windows intact in our house. This is a bit of a suprise as John must have given the Scoob about 1500 rpm to get up on the drive this evening and the block paving was under threat. Sounds good, I'm sure it'll be even more impressive in the tunnels on the A55 tomorrow.
Motorsport News is running a story about Gareth MacHale's WRC Focus being in MSport's headquarters and now its electrical problems have been solved. Seems a chaffed wire was causing the problem. Given that Gareth managed second place on the Circuit of Ireland I don't suppose there'll be many betting against him being at the top on Sunday. Tim McNulty will have his work cut out.
Strangely, we still have windows intact in our house. This is a bit of a suprise as John must have given the Scoob about 1500 rpm to get up on the drive this evening and the block paving was under threat. Sounds good, I'm sure it'll be even more impressive in the tunnels on the A55 tomorrow.
Monday, 22 March 2010
March 2010 - What's It All Going To Be About Then?
More motorsport. See the Tour of Mull Blog for 2008 and you'll quickly get the idea of what this one's about. Rallying, pure and simple. Proper rallying with proper rally cars with proper enthusiastic crowds. This time with added craic.
Different set up this time, travelling with my best man, John. Ferry from Holyhead to Dublin then the longish drive down to Killarney in the South West of the Repulic of Ireland. So a foreign land with foreign money. Haven't decided on which car to take yet - it'll either be the Sunbeam Lotus or John's classic Scoob saloon, so either fit well into the role.
We're off to see the Rally of the Lakes 2010. More later, but in the meantime you can check out the event's website, but there wasn't much 2010 info there at the time this post was posted.
Rally of the Lakes
Different set up this time, travelling with my best man, John. Ferry from Holyhead to Dublin then the longish drive down to Killarney in the South West of the Repulic of Ireland. So a foreign land with foreign money. Haven't decided on which car to take yet - it'll either be the Sunbeam Lotus or John's classic Scoob saloon, so either fit well into the role.
We're off to see the Rally of the Lakes 2010. More later, but in the meantime you can check out the event's website, but there wasn't much 2010 info there at the time this post was posted.
Rally of the Lakes
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