Thursday 20 July
Vegetable
garden,
Daisy
with bumblebee
We left Blackrock
on another glorious sunny day...3 in a row. Just a little further down the coast to Balbriggan where we visited Argillan castle (or more truly an 18th century
manor house built by Rev. R. Taylor in 1738).
We didn't do the castle tour but
checked out the art exhibition and had coffee before looking at the gardens.
Large glass conservatories had grapevines with bountiful crops and great looking
tomatoes. Another had several citrus trees in good crop.
The vegetable gardens were
formally arranged in geometric shapes with miniature hedge borders. Every conceivable vegetable type...vigorous and healthy.
These gardens were enclosed in tall hedges so were very
protected. There was also a large walled area with exceptional rose gardens and
acres of beautiful lawns sloping down to the bay. The water was beautiful and the ?
We also took several photos of a
very large bee on a large yellow daisy (like a small sunflower).
Skerries Windmill
Workhorse (Russ) at the mill.
Then we ambled down the coast
road to Skerries and visited the Mills complex and
did a tour...and took lots more photos! Dating back to the 16th
century the complex comprised of one water mill and 2 windmills (1 four sail
and 1 five sail).
We were now just 30km north of
Quick
snaps on the way to
An experience we thought, that
just about paralleled Greystanes to
We washed the car on route. The
passenger side has fine scratches (damn hedges) which probably would disappear
with a cut and polish but there are a couple of chips in the front bumper area
and a deeper scratch on the drivers side...?Cause?
Sunset
I now realise
that although we were advised it was cheaper to leave a car at
B&B
'Knockbrack'
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