After thanking Paul, our host at Fethad we set off for Midleton via Dungavan.
Has anyone had the feeling that, even though you have set your GPS, you are going in the wrong direction?
Everytime we came to a corner where there was a signpost the signs indicated that we were getting closer and closer to Kilkenny which is inland whereas Dungarvan is a fishing town past Waterford. After around 30 of the suggested 55kms we expected to travel we decided to recheck the GPS by comparing it with Google Maps and in doing so discovered that there are two Dungarvans in Ireland, one in County Kilkenny which we were heading for and another in County Waterford which we wanted to head for!!!
With that knowledge we reset the GPS and found we were some 90kms away from our desired destination so what was supposed to be a 55km journey we had turned it into a 120 km tour.
Finally we arrived at Dungarvan, parked up and enjoyed the walk through the central city and found a pub that was serving Seafood Chowder for lunch.
After lunch we walked through the town and out to the harbour edge and strolled back around the harbour to our car and started the drive to Midleton and our accommodation for the next 3 nights.
No address was provided so we were relying on the EIRcode for the property which we put into the GPS - we were taken up roads in various states of repair, some no wider than the car and after about 15 minutes and 11 kms after leaving Midleton town the GPS announced we had arrived at our destination so we pulled into this large rural residence however it didn’t look like the photo of the property we had booked. I knocked on the door without a response and in desperation loaded the EIRcode into Google Maps which suggested we had 350m to drive so off we went and sure enough in 350m we turned into the drive of another large rural residence and found the key that gave us access.
After unpacking we drove back to a pub in Midleton for dinner and a walk through the town before safely traversing the lanes back to home.
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