Bears enjoying retirement
There is so much of the history, politics and indeed geography of this area that is so close to home it is a bit uncanny! It reminds us of the drumlins and mountains of County Down only on a much greater scale. The sign posts are in two languages, French and Basque - as if …
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I have no doubt that the scenery on the journey from Bilbao to San Sebastian was stunning. What we could see of it through the torrential rain was amazing! Mountains, greenery, gorges.... We started off on the motorways but the spray was horrendous. Whilst the Spanish have to be complimented on their road network and …
We set off from Portsmouth to Bilbao on Brittany Ferries 'Cap Finisterre', leaving on Sunday evening at 2230 and arriving Tuesday morning at 0800. Check-in and boarding was seamless and the bears were well impressed with cabin 7029! On Monday morning we had a short stopover in Roscoff for a change of crew. While we …
Leaving home in sunshine we had a pleasant drive to Dublin Ferry port taking in the scenic route round Howth peninsula! We generally travel the Cairnryan route so it was interesting leaving Dublin port and seeing the points of interest, especially the Kish Bank Lighthouse which had us googling the history etc of the light.... …
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