Nathaniel's 1st Holiday!

Its always difficult to come home after a fantastic time away. However, if you don't come home, you don't have the excitement and anticipation of going away again! Kev and I took Nathaniel on his first official holiday over Easter (Thailand not included as an official holiday!) and we all had a really enjoyable though, in true "Kev n Lou" style, packed-to-the-brim time! Here's a summary and some pics of our week...

Wednesday 4th April -

Woke up at 5:30am!
Left home at 6:30am!
Arrived at Holyhead for the Stenaline fastcraft on time!
Enjoyed the short and sweet journey on the boat to Dun Laoghaire

Drove from the harbour to (Great) Great Aunt Alison's house in Shankill!

Went for a lovely lunch with (G) GAA at recently improved and very nice, Sally Noggins

Drove (G) GAA home!

Drove down to Colla with various stops on route!

Thursday 5th April -

Enjoyed a lie in at Fresh Springs

Went to visit Helen Ross but she was out

Went into Schull and saw Helen in Brosnans!

Visited Altar Church

Spent the afternoon at Ballyrisode Beach

Went to visit Joel (friend from World Travels last year) in Ballydehob!

Sadly didn't get to see Dee today - :o(

Friday 6th April -

Packed up all we needed for the day!

Went to Barleycove Beach for the day

Sun, sand and sea - yes Lou managed a swim - in April!

Spent the evening at Fresh Springs

Saturday 7th April -

Had lunch in Ballydehob with Dee and Joel!

Went to Unionhall with Dee and Joel!

Visited the Drumbeg Stone Circle with Dee and Joel!

Went shopping in Skibereen with Dee and Joel!

Had a BBQ at Fresh Springs with Dee and Joel!

Sunday 8th April -

Went to Altar Church for Easter Sunday

Saw and chatted to few Ross' as it was Kiera's baptism!

Introduced Nathaniel to his Great Uncle Keith!

Went to O'Sulivans, Crookhaven for lunch

Saw traditional Welsh and Lancashire dancing at O'Sullivans!

Saw horses swimming in Colla Pier!

Visited Dee and Joel in the evening

Monday 9th April -

Packed up all we needed for the day!

Drove to Bantry

Drove onto Glengarriff

Drove the Ring of Beara stopping frequently!

Visited Kenmare

Drove back to Ballydehob for tea with Dee and Joel

Tuesday 10th April -

Kev went on an early bike ride!

All went to Colla Pier

Picked Joel up on route to Ross Carbery for Pitch and Putt

Played 15 holes of Pitch and Putt!

Had a lovely last meal at the Courtyard, Schull

Spent the evening with Dee and Joel

Packed our bags!

Wednesday 11th April -

Kev went on an early bike ride!

Loaded the car

Cleaned Fresh Springs!

Drove to Ballydehob for fuel - bumped into Dee and Joel again!

Drove to Dun Laoghaire with various stops on route (Inc. Cashel for lunch!)

Arrived early, so decided to pay a surprise extra visit to (G) GAA!

Drove back to Dun Laoghaire

Enjoyed the short and sweet journey on the boat to Holyhead

Drove back home!

Not a bad week eh?! It was really great to see the various people we know again and in such good weather too! It was especially amazing to catch up with fellow World Travellers, Dee and Joel. We actually met them in a place called Turkey Creek - a very remote Aboriginal community in the Kimberleys near the extremely popular Bungle Bungles, in the North of Western Australia! We happened to have stopped on the same patch of grass at the same service station for the same night! Obviously we got chatting and we discovered that they lived in Ballydehob - a place very well-known to our family! We exchanged e-mail addresses then went our seperate ways the next morning. We then happened to choose the exact same campsite (out of however many there are!) in Darwin. We spent alot of time together then realised we were heading to South East Asia at the same time. The final result... we travelled together for a few weeks through Singapore and Malaysia and had great fun. Of course, at that time, Nathaniel was a fairly conspicuous bump, so to introduce him to friends who actually got to see me pregnant was very special!

Roll on our next family holiday, whenever and wherever that may be!