22nd July 2018 -Dublin

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Kms to day 385
Km to date 2,859

We got up extra early and were ready to leave at 7, about an hour earlier than we told David. He must have thought we were leaving without saying goodbye. He did come down and see us off and we hope to see him again in Australia next Christmas.
We had brekkie on the road and  made such good time we decided to go the the  Faugheen 50 road race before lunch. We had arranged a lunch date with Ian Hunter in Carrick-on-Suir, so we contacted him and put it back an hour. We found the circuit by following other bikes and took up a viewing  position just after a left hand bend, outside a churchyard.  There was a long delay  because the ambulance  was needed to take a local patient to the hoispital. The warm up laps  started at 11:45 and first race at 12. It was a mixed field of Superbikes and Supersport so there were two packs. The course was pretty quick as it was basically a triangle.  Races were 5 laps preceded by 2 sighting laps.  Not much happened but the  leading Superbike cut the corner really close and the others took various lines. The road surface was pretty bad.
Suzuki 750 single with a home built frame.
Notice the dodgy road surface.
We left after the race ended and met up with Ian and his whole family,  Anne Marie, Ciara and Aiden  Had a good chat over the next couple of hours. We'll  see Ian again in Australia at Carols wedding.
Caira, Ian, Alan Anne-Marie and Aiden.
We took off up the motorway to Dublin as we were due  at David James' house at 5:30. When we got there Evan was playing Fortnight on the computer, Sheila was out visiting and Connor and Ciaran were out. They all arrived for a barbeque that David  was cooking, Ciaran last as he had been playing golf, his present passion. Connor's passion was to fit a petrol motor to his bicycle!!!
We had a great chat  with David accompanied by yelps and yells from the  games room as Fortnight claimed another victim. David plans to move it to the bottom of the garden to solve the noise issue.
David, Cairan, Sheila, Connor and Evan.

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