Wednesday evening

 Not the best of days rained hard all afternoon I realised that I needed to get North in order to visit some of the places 

Things didn’t go so well when I couldn’t find my ear plugs I still haven’t found them so will have to buy some tomorrow 

Then I found the chain had stretched  and needed adjusting but I couldn’t undo the lock nut with my adjustable so was forced to stop at a tyre fitting garage and the mechanics kindly leant me the required 27 mm socket so that problem was sorted 

Then the rain started and just kept coming at one stage I was forced to take cover in a most ingenious way I stopped at a barbershop and had a wet shave by the time I was finished it was starting to clear up but it was still cold enough for heated grips 

A long and hard day a total of 241 miles mostly dual carriageway and motorway but enough 100 km single carriageway to keep me interested

The roads here remind me of the A4 out of London fast long sweeping roads plenty of overtaking somewhat spoilt by the white line markings it seems they use solid white lines in a similar way to the Uk except in many places there is a single solid white line which I presumed replaces a double white line although on more than a few occasions there would be a end of no overtaking sign displayed on the side of the road 

Whilst refuelling I asked a motorcyclist what the difference was between the two solid lines and the single solid white line in typically Irish logic he explained that the single white line was no overtaking and the double white line was definitely “ no overtaking”

There is definitely something about Ireland several time I have chucked to myself with interactions with the locals Mondays fish supper was a good example