2^nd October 2013 – Goodbye Ireland, hello England!

We left Andrew & Ramona’s after breakfast – sad to say goodbye.

To the airport in plenty of time after returning the hire car. Our plane was very late leaving Dublin, and even though it made up some of the time, we still arrived in London half an hour late.

We picked up our new hire car and headed straight for Windsor where we are staying for the next week. We are staying in a terrace house – there was a problem with the keys and we needed to get an emergency set but it’s all under control now... it’s good to be in a place with our own kitchen and washing machine after all this time on the road!

With all the time-consuming business at airports and car hire offices, it was late afternoon by the time we got here. We had a bit of a walk around – Windsor is a funny place, with very English-looking streets and shops – and a great big Norman castle right in the middle!

There is also a shopping centre next to the railway station, which looks like it used to be part of the station, and has a steam engine in it.

There is a building that looks like a larger version of the Tholsel in Kilkenny.

Everything in Windsor seems to have a royal seal on it. Even the supermarket we popped into for some shopping has big plaques and coats of arms up saying that they are a supplier of groceries, wine and liqueurs to the Queen!