DATE: Sunday 3 September, 1995
PLACE: Dublin to Reading
WEATHER: Cool and damp
 REMARKS:
Breakfast over, we head into Dublin, photograph Mulligan's
Bar, and head for the ferry at Dun Laoghaire.
Being a little early, we find the Martello Tower in which
Joyce spent time writing; not a lot to see, but Desiree can
say she's done it.
The ferry is a 'Condor / Lynx' fast ferry. The crossing
leaves Desiree queasy and Sarah sick, but is mercifully quick.
Exiting Holyhead at a crawl, there is time to note the Welsh
signs, a group of 'Mexicans' leaving a pub, and the dry pastures
before the others doze and I'm navigating alone, and miss
a turn-off. The result has us heading around the north of
Wales towards Chester rather than through Snowdonia.
Struggling on, Desiree guides us eventually onto the Motorways
and we head south.
Non-stop until a late meal-break at dusk in a McDonalds at
Banbury (as in 'Ride a cock-horse to...'). Outside thousands
of birds are circling to find a roost in a few trees. We watch
in awe, and dodge the bombs!!
Eventually we hit the A34 bypassing Oxford, then the M4
and the turn-off to Theale.
Dave, Barbara and Sam are waiting and welcoming. At last
we can stop.
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