Day 11 - Clare to Blarney

We packed up pretty early on day 11 and our first stop was the Cliffs of Moher.  This reminded me of the great ocean road, but seemed to be higher.

It was a bit windy but we walked to the top and even up O'brien's Tower to check out the view.

Even the cows were cold, they were wearing warm jumpers, but the crows were still cheeky here.

We were then back in the car and headed for Blarney.  The trip felt like it was taking forever, but we did spot the sun on our travels, so we made sure to take a photo  It was the only time we saw it in Ireland.   There was also a sign on the highway that we just couldn't ignore.  So we made sure to get our horse and carriage off the motorway.

We found many ruins on our way, but stopped to check this one out.  It's an old monastery.  It was very pretty.

We reached Blarney and checked out our accommodation before heading for the Blarney Castle.

The first thing we saw after entering the grounds was a small river.  It was running so fast.  So we got a local to take our photo.

Then walking round a few bends we came across the castle.  She was beautiful.

So off we went to explore, and to find the blarney stone.

Clay has been finding that they didn't make doorways to suit tall people back  in Medieval times.
Blarney is the first Castle that we could walk through and explore.  Kids, you would have loved it.  There were Battlements to climb, rooms to check out, Witches steps to walk and even Badger Cave to explore in the mud.  Clay was looking for someone to get muddy with, but Cody and Mekhaela were nowhere to be found.

We headed up to the top to brave the Blarney stone. 

Even though there was no chance of falling, it felt very very wrong to be laying with your head over the edge of the battlements, but we both kissed the Blarney Stone!

From the top of the battlements you could look back through the castle over what was once the dining hall.

We finished checking out the castle and went to check out the castle grounds.

 We made a wish on the witches stone and explored the badgers cave.

We found the Wollen Mills store and did a spot of shopping before grabbing some take away fish and chips.  It was really weird, we had a choice of Curry or Pea sauce to go with.  We chose the Curry.  It was really yummy.