We drove to Blarney and set up on the campsite, we had a great idea to get on our bikes to head in to town and see the castle.  Little did we know it was easy getting down as it was a BIG hill!! The return journey was going to be interesting.

We got to Blarney castle and stopped off in a cafe for some lunch, unfortunately we got attacked by a lot of wasps and as Rebecca got stung by wasps, she was very reluctant to be bait again.  After lunch we made out way to the castle and the grounds were immense.

We walked around the grounds and the castle was the typical Irish square building but there were a lot of interesting nooks and crannies of the out buildings surround the main castle. The grounds were vast and there were some interesting trees, one was massive and I couldn’t get on to it. Tony and the kids managed to get on to it.

Explored Blarney castle and Tony and the kids went on to kiss the Blarney stone but I declined.  To hang upside down so far up put me off. We visited the poison garden afterwards which showed the everyday plants which are poisonous and some which we never even heard of. We were talking to an American and learnt a saying of “leaves of three, let is be!”

There were waterfalls, witches caves and gardens which were surprisingly spread out. Rebecca went down a set of steps called the wishing steps, you had to walk backwards and close your eyes to make a wish.  Tony thought it was a recipe for disaster, thankfully no accidents,

Alas, it came to the end and we had to cycle back to the campsite. Rebecca and I struggled and at some point ended up walking our bikes up the blasted hill. William was a little trooper and managed to cycle up with Tony. As you can imagine we were shattered when we got back. We found a disposable BBQ at reception and managed to defrost some meat. We ended up having a lovely dinner outside the campervan and kids loved it.