Trip around ireland.

So we left Dublin Saturday morning, headed for Rooskie. Followed the satnav instructions, thought it was a bit long but never queried it. (Should have, had avoid tolls activated so added a lot of unneccessary miles).
Anyway arrived at Rooskie, very welcoming reception from the owner, got parked up and hooked up, and had a few beers across the bridge in one of the local pubs. Good craic and a great stopover, all services provided, and lovely the next morning drinking a coffee on the slipway looking at the boats. About 12 or 14 euro with hook up if I remember correctly.

Headed of early the next day to Kilkelly to hook up with an old buddy and camped side of the road up from a pub. Quiet night no bother and friendly village.

Again up early and headed to Achill Island, making our way to Keel.Sandybanks Caravan and Camping was our base for the night. Very clean, plenty of spots, although had to drive around for a while to get a pitch with hook up.Again all services, well run and a five minute walk to the village, 2 minutes to the beach. Sue went surfing and I was surprised at how cheap it was. 5 euro to rent the board and a fiver for the suit. FOR THE DAY. Now thats good pricing.
If you have young kids, theres loads there for them, both on site and off site. Will go back again.
20 euro per night, unit 2 adults, 4 euro ehu and 1 euro per shower token.

Next morning we headed to Ballyvaughan. When we arrived up at Monks the no overnight parking signs were all over the place, so i enquired at the pub. Really friendly staff, told us that didnt apply to us and we would have no problems.
The views out over the bay are stunning. Left the van and had a beer. Headed up the town, bought some food in the local supermarket, had a few beers and got chatting to a Dutch couple, and headed back to the van to cook some grub. Had another few beers outside Monks, got a good nights sleep and headed early the next day.

Wednesday hit the Road to Cobh. What can i say that hasnt already been said. Great place for an overnighter,
10 euro per night. Lovely walk to the centre, great places to eat and great pubs.
Check out the Quays bar and restaurant, sit outside on the decking, watch the boats pulling in and leaving, enjoy the sounds of the sea.Beautiful in the sun.

Thursday headed towards Wexford and ended up staying in Wellingtonbridge. Went into Tir Na Nog bar, asked the owner if there anywhere local we could park up, and he offered us the use of his carpark.Parked up away from traffic, came back, had a meal for a tenner, bacon, cabbage, veg, and Sue had stuffed chicken, roughly the same price.
Great pub, really friendly staff and locals and great for an overnighter. Spar supermarket, costcutter petrol station, takeaway, pub and nice people.

Friday, with a heavy heart we headed home. But we are now planning another trip and look forward to meeting all our Craicer buddies over the year.

Wow! huge amount of mileage clocked up! sounds like you enjoyed every bit of it did you use the app on your travels? you might be able to add reviews to help fellow craicers along their way

Great trip! glad you had a great time.

hi rob and sue we were parked up beside you at rooskey didn't realize you were embarking on a trip like that! fair play, how was the mpg and how did the bus preform.

Quote: We had a great time, and are thinking of heading to devon/cornwall next year for the week. Sue reckons we will squeeze in a trip to the Emmerdale set as well, and as far a sim concerned, if it keeps her happy, why not.

We did Devon and Cornwall last year, used ACSI CC card as most of their sites are in Cornwall area....if not a member, worth it, pays for itself in a few days as great discount.
We used Brit Stop a few times, that costs £30 for the book. We were in UK for 4 weeks in Sept and temp was 34 deg at one stage.
Unless you are planning to go to Yorkshire in NE it is a bit far from Cornwall, which is a very long county.
You could go to Port Issac in Cornwall if Sue a fan of Doc Martin or that general area if a Poldark fan.

I'm born and bred Port Isaac, still have a house there, my mum was born in and my grandfather was the coastguard. BUT yep big BUTT, Port Isaac is difficult to get to in a large motorhome and even more difficult to park in. There is a Carpark at the top of the village about 15 minute walk to harbour and about 20 back, up hill.
Devon and Cornwall are lovely just don't aim to drive on a Saturday during the summer the A30 will be very busy.
If it were me I'd go to St Ives park the MH and hire a car.
Have fun either way.

Don't worry Jamie we never noticed when we visited.
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hi rob and sue we done cornwall last year, we just done a five day trip more or less straight to st ives mostly evening and night driving to avoid the traffic, stayed in a fab site well worth it. walked down to st ives most days as already said here roads VERY NARROW! as strand said port issac, we parked at the carpark near the town and walked down to it again well worth a visit.we went early july just before their school holidays. if your thinking of it it might be worth doing a two stop on the way down and on the way back just gallop for it!

thats a long haul from yorkshire to cornwall! i think the emerdale set is closed now, but the village that was used you can still visit we done it with the heartbeat trip. your van is similiar to our hymer so no problems as such, most of the roads down cornwall and devon are like our country roads but a fair few in some of the coastal towns are very narrow and probably are better seen parked up and stroll around them.

We stayed at Polmanter campsite in St. Ives 2 years. Made a big mistake 2nd year, followed the sat nav went through housing estate , ended up in a small lane, to a farm, asked lady hanging out washing for directions...yes just keep going...we were brushing the hedges on both sides for 2 miles, fortunately anyone we met backed up to let us past.. If you go main road to St Ives big pub to side of road and caravan park not far up road behind it. Some of the campsites had swimming pools.

We'll be at the MHC meet in Portstewart too.
Don't miss out Donegal/Sligo/Mayo. Stunning scenery, especially Donegal (not biased, honest !)
Have you talked to your vet regarding your dogs motion sickness? May be able to offer treatment?
Enjoy your trip, it will be smashing.

Just note that the Apple Farm have highlighted "No Dogs" when we were there two weeks ago,

Enjoy the trip,

Yes, the singing pub meet !
I organised that one and ended up in Letterkenny hospital.
Must do it again (meet that is, not hospital !)

Lots of spots up around the coast of the county, many on the APP.

Not sure what the craic is with the Honda 90.
Remember when my son was younger I told him that the barman/owner had a Honda 50 that he rode to and from work, and he kept it in the bar with him.
Told him he parked it in the bar, he didn't believe me...... asked where it was and I always told him it's here somewhere. He looked everywhere.
Took him 3 visits before he found it.......
great memories.

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I wrote the following last night bu

We have month of Sept to travel around Ireland instead of going to Fran

Plan to set off early this week from Dublin going SE, S, SW, read so much about Strandcamping definitely want to go there, back across to Dublin for 10/11 Sept. then off again.
Looking at Hidden Valley and I see Hook mentioned can you park overnight? , Ardmore.
What about Cobh ...all good there still?
In Kerry thinking Cahirseeveen /Valentia, Killarney. We have been on non-MH holidays in earlier years to Mizen Head and Dingle.
Barley Cove looks nice but can't bring a dog.
strand camping at Doonbeg

I don't venture far from MH, but hubby walks the dog twice a day, so I want to feel safe where we park.
We don't tend to go to pubs, or eat out (not left dog on her own in MH) but close enough to shops.

As mentioned in previous posts our dog gets queasy while travelling but as much for our own comfort.
is it possible to avoid narrow, twisty roads with approaching coaches.

ACSI in Ireland available in a few places after this weekend but mainly 1-30 Sept, very few open later in year

A few answers.
Hidden valley brilliant (my family are down there at the moment)
Hook head wild camping .plenty to do and good walking ,check out Hook lighthouse website go to links and look at the Web Cams.

Hi R & N
we stayed in Cobh, great spot, no issues, close to town,
Also in Keel on Achill Island, camp site right at the beech,
Have a great trip, hopefully see you on 15/16th sept.