Campervan first outing

We set off from home on a lovely day and drove to Sligo in three hours. Parked in the hotel car park and set off for the bridge congress. What a huge event!  The success of the Yeats country Congress is largely due to Fearghal o'Boyle currently the president of the Irish Bridge union, CBAI. Over the last 30 years he has taught numerous beginners and coached improvers.  This is the largest congress we have ever attended. 

Friday night in the Mixed Pairs we ended up 10th out of 40.  Not so good on Saturday though. 

Friday night we crept out to our tiny van in the corner of the car park and shut the blinds for the night. In the morning we drove out to Rosses Point, just NW of Sligo town. It was warm and mild so we walked along the  spotless beach observing and listening to sand martins, skylarks, meadow pipits, swallows,  reed buntings, stonechats, dragonflies, bumble bees, ringed plover and linnet. We made a detour and found a small marshy pond with mallard ducklings and heron.  This is our spot for Saturday night.   Saw marsh marigold and another flower I don't recognise. 

Helen, if you are reading my post, we might come back to this wee beauty spot in June. 

Now on the train to Dublin and Wexford. This will be my last time for paying on the Irish transport system as I get my Senior rail card in June and then it's all free....some advantages to being older. I remember my father saying he'd rather pay and be younger!