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Peggy’s Cove to Lunenburg
We set off to Peggy’s Cove and took some pictures of the cove, lighthouse etc. Above is a monument to the fishermen at Peggy’s Cove, carved by William DeGarthe and one of his students. DeGarthe actually passed away before it was completed. A short distances outside of Peggy’s Cove is a monument to Swissair 111…
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Nova Scotia – Halifax
Kim and I arrived late Saturday evening in Halifax and had supper at Darrel’s down the street. The waitress suggested the Cape Split hike when we get to the north coast so we might try that. Meanwhile we started watching After Life (written and directed by comedian Ricky Gervais) on Netflix (watch it if you…
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Ireland – Final Pictures
I’ve put two sets up on the web: A smaller selection in no particular order: IRELAND. Note that there are two sets of pictures so you have to click on the 1 or 2 to go to the other set. A larger group based on location (mainly): IRELAND TRAVEL. There is a third set for…
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Eask Tower
We didn’t spend a lot of time on the Dingle Peninsula. Dingle itself is a small town with a lot of tourists – too many for my taste. However, Devan (shown with his mother Karen in the first picture below) came across a lesser known place called Eask Tower. It’s on a sheep farm on…
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Bugatti Meeting
I mentioned earlier in the blog that there was a Bugatti meeting in Ireland. There must have been around 30 cars. We came across them in a number of places, occasionally broken down. A lot of them came through Dingle when we were there so I took a dozen or so shots which I may…
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Powerscourt Estate
Powerscourt House and Gardens is just south of Dublin in County Wicklow. The original house was a 13th century castle. In the early 17th century, Phelim O’Toole owned much of the land until he was killed by the Wingfield family who took over the estate (condoned by King James I of England). The estate has…
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