30th Anniversary cont'd day 7 aka Blarney (no kissing here)

On day 7 our trip left Waterford heading for Kilarney via castle Blarney. Yes the castle where the people who are shy climb on their back to kiss the stone. The stone that everyone in the whole world has had their grimy (ah really it is up 200 stairs and I was not going.)  Along the way we stopped for some spectacular scenery where we were allowed to shoot off the bus.

We stopped here, because it was a "hidden treasure from Trafalgar" a cemetary and monument to the victims of the potato famine in the 1800s.

 At the castle grounds, there was a bridge over a quiet brook.

The castle where on the opposite side folk climb the steps to kiss the stone.

 Also on the other side of the grounds are gardens of varying types. My favourite is the Poison Garden. Where various types of poison plants of differing capabilities of killing are planted. The stronger ones are in the middle of a bed and have a secure fence around them.

 And at our hotel we had prints in the halls. And I was happy to discover some of my favourite artist. A. Bourgereau http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau

After setting up our hotel accommodation we headed off to our dinner called "be my guest". The first thing at the dinner was to see and taste home made butter. Some people got a chance to turn the butter, but we did not have time to wait.  

 It was raining when we arrived, but we still got to see some of the farm

This is one of two tables, of course they had home made wine. But they knew about my sulphite allergy and gave me a couple of fingers of Jameson.

The entertainment was really good, the singers were very good. And the dancer was a youngster who was also good.

We got back and I took a few shots in the blue hour.

 The next blog will be of the area around Kilarney and onto the Ring of Kerry