Wednesday 22nd May 2024.
We had a rain shower overnight but although overcast with a breeze it was dry this morning. After servicing Homer ( except depositing our rubbish as the camp site wanted to charge us 4 euros for the pleasure) we followed the sat nav’s route to Waterford our main destination for today. The road surface on the small lanes leaves a lot to be desired and we were limited to 10 miles per hour for quite a few miles until we eventually popped out onto a main road.We happily followed the main road until going round a bend the road ran out and we were faced with an estuary, thankfully there was a ferry which cost us 14 euros for the crossing.
It was an easy drive from there into Waterford where there was a car park with spaces for motorhomes at 1 euro per hour. The car park was only 100m from the famous Waterford Crystal outlet and factory so of course a visit was necessary, sadly no dogs allowed so we took it in turns to view the goods.
From there we explored Waterford. Waterford is situated at the head of Waterford Harbour on the River Suir. Vikings first established a settlement in 853 AD over the following two centuries ownership changed hands several times including the Norman Invasion.
The citizens of Waterford appear to be very proud of their Viking heritage.
We wanted to top up with LPG after our failed attempt in Fishguard and we located a garage using an ipad app which was 10 km west of Waterford so we headed off in that direction.When we arrived we found the pump connection wouldn’t fit our van so I went inside to ask for assistance. The manager explained I would need “an Irish adaptor” as they did things differently to England. I asked if they sold them only to be told “ no” and they didn’t know where to get one. I mentioned I had adapters in the van we used in Europe so he came with me to investigate, thankfully it turned out the one we use in France worked in Ireland, would you believe it😂Suitably filled up we headed for a motor home aire we had seen on the map, however when we arrived it was no longer in existence so we had to retrace our steps 10 km back past the garage and a further 10 km on to where we are stopping tonight in a free parking area provided by the village of Kilmacthomas next to their community orchard.
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