Summer is here at last and the Covid19 figures have reduced drastically. It's not in the community now just in a small quantity of workplaces.
We can travel around Ireland but not abroad unless for essential reasons like work or funerals etc. We are happy to continue to obey a few simple rules. Two meters distance from other people, wear masks when shopping or going to the hairdressers. Wash our hands. We know the rules by heart. We can meet indoors in small groups. Restaurants and hotel are open again.
We start to do day trips. We feel safe travelling by car, Mr D and I. We walk on the beautiful beaches of southern Ireland. We take walks in the forest. We travelled to West Cork, Kerry and as far as Co. Wexford. We are seeing parts of our country which we have never seen before. We appreciate the beauty even though sometimes we had to shelter from sudden summer showers!
We spent a lovely afternoon at Fota wildlife park in Co. Cork. It first opened in 1983 and has one of the world's most successful breeding programmes of endangered speces.
Youghal, Co.Cork. We brought a picnic lunch. My sister came with us. She and I dipped our feet in the water. It was cold! We did managed to get down and swim a little which felt wonderful. Our one and only swim of 2020.
Inch beach on the Dingle peninsula has to be my favourite beach in Ireland.
We have been visiting this beautiful magical beach since I was a young child. My mother and grandparents lived about two miles from here. The sound of the waves on the shoreline is calming and constant. The beach goes on for miles. I am always drawn back and find it difficult to leave. We love to have lunch at Sammy's store the only shop and beachside restaurant for miles. On this day there was a long line of people waiting to go in. We decided not to join them preferring instead to get a take out meal when we got to Dingle.
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