IRELAND TRIP - SEPTEMBER 2007

On this trip, Paul Davies and I took XK from Thurrock in Essex (she was in for a service), via Cardiff International (paperwork!) to Waterford. Stayed overnight there, then onto the Aran Islands via Kilbehenny, but as Kilbehenny International has no available slots we had to keep going. We landed on Inishmaan for lunch, then Galway for the night. following day was back to North Weald (Essex), with stops along the way in Haverfordwest in Wales and Kemble in England. 3 days with 11 hours of flying in total.

Paul's full photo library can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/28096208@N00/sets/72157601950373268/  but a sample are included below.

Random hole in welsh ground (quarry) !

Swansea Marina

Port Talbot

Sky over Wales

Welsh coast ahoy

Welsh sky at the coast

Sun poking through the clouds, must be Irish airspace

Rathmoylan, on way into Waterford

Waterford coastline

Kilmore quay, Co Waterford

Keeragh islands, off Waterford coast

Chuchtown, Co Waterford

final approach at Waterford

Our chariot awaits us at Inishmaan

Inishmaan island

Other visitors to Inishmaan

Inishmaan airfield (on climbout)

Dassault Falcon landed at Galway

A galway bog!!

Kilkenny

More Kilkenny

On board G-BXXK

Blackstairs Mountains from a distance

Blackstairs Mountains

More of those Blackstairs

Blackstairs mountain peak as we go past

Wexford coastline ahead

Wexford

Wexford centre

Wexford sands

Sky over the irish sea for return journey

Welsh coast on the return

St. Davids RAF base (disused)

Brawdy RAF base (disused)

Haverfordwest circuit

Hawker Hunters at Kemble

Hawker stuff at Kemblea

747 at end of runway at Kemble

Knat at Kemble

More Knat at Kemble (same one!)

lots of toys at Kemble

More Kemble toys

ex-RAF transport command

ex-RAF transport command

Blemheim Palace

Oaklands airbase (disused), I think !!

Little Rissington glider airfield

Oxford airport from directly overhead

Londons King George Reservoir

M25 and M1 junction

Back home at North Weald

Bak of the Galtys

Big fluffy thing in the sky

Caseys mansion in Carigeen

Caseys and the Galtys

somwehere in Co. Clare

Lighthouse in Co Clare

Dungarvan

Dungarvan sands

View of Galtys from Mitchelstown

Finals on Inishmaan

Inishmaan architecture

Kilkenny

Lough Rea 1

Lough Rea 2

Loughananna 1

Loughananna 2

Loughananna 3

The M8, N8 and the Galtys

M8 & N8 Tunnel at Skeheen 1

M8 & N8 Tunnel at Skeheen 2

Side of the Galtys

the sky!!

The Galtys

Wales 1

Wales 2

Wales 3

Wales 4

Waterford finals (co-pilot Tracey keeping check)

Welsh coast line 1

Welsh coast line 2

Welsh ground somewhere

XK at Inishmaan

 

 

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