Saturday. June 2nd
Campground (for the showers!) at Ballykeeran on the east side of Lough Lee (lake Lee) just north of Athlone.
Overcast till evening, then rain.
No pics on iPhone today, sorry.
Dual languages: English and Irish. Gaelic is the Irish word for Irish.
Major frustrations with power for charging cell phone etc. Battery pack of rechargeable batteries is not holding the charge it can get from either an outlet (Fuat has a great converter device) or my solar panels (if the sun ever shines again). It worked fine at home. I used it as much as I could to continue to test it. Sent an email to manufacturer and their customer service is usually great. Maybe they'll send me a new one here:).
Did 48 miles today. I can't seem to switch my bike computer to kilometers. Don't know why and it's the least of my worries.
Lovely ride through rolling countryside. The houses are all built of cinder block then stuccoed over. The window frames are beautiful orangey brown wood. Wood is scarce so used little. Had to ask directions a lot but everyone is so helpful and happy. Even the drivers are patient and courteous sometimes having to hang back behind us a bit till its clear for them to get around. We saw a tractor trailer today that filled its half of the road. Two could not have passed each other!
In a campground tonight just for the showers. Had it not been late with rain just starting we could have showered and biked on to camp for free. Why pay for this noise? It's a 4 day weekend: Bank's Holiday.
Big thing here this week was the vote for an EU bailout. There were signs everywhere for both Yes and No. Yes won.
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