On, on to (London)derry.

As much as I would like to stay in bed, I had to motivate myself to get up as we are off to Derry, which used to be called Londonderry, travelling through Sligo and Donegal. After a shower, I felt better and headed off to another all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast of bacon, eggs, black and white pudding, sausages, baked beans, and grilled tomatoes. As usual, I ate far too much. The rhubarb yoghurt is delicious so I took another one for morning tea again which I ate for afternoon tea instead.

Even though I had a good night’s sleep, I couldn’t stay awake and dozed the whole trip which was very easy as it was all straight, smooth, wide roads. We stopped in Sligo to fill up with diesel. I found the Vit-Hit drink that I first tasted at Guinness Storehouse, so bought two of those. They’re water and vitamins and juice with ginseng and are delicious as well as being lo-cal and providing 100% of daily requirements of many vitamins including vitamin C.

We stopped again at Donegal but all I wanted to do was sleep so I stayed in the car. It must be taking all my energy to fight this cold. I didn’t sleep though I was bone tired. Keeley bought me some cold and flu capsules which hopefully make me feel human again.

The river at Donegal 

Donegal

Just after 2pm, we came to Derry and drove around the narrow streets in the walled part of town looking for the Tower Hotel which Kiryn spotted after only a couple of minutes of driving.  Thank the Lord! All I want is a bed!  Keeley and I have a lovely room overlooking the Wall with a lovely view. Keeley had a long bath while I searched for ice which I found in The Pub attached to the hotel. After a couple of Baileys on ice, I was feeling well enough (and hungry enough) to head down to The Pub to meet everyone for dinner. I had pork loin chops on champ (mashed potatoes with spring onion) and a G&T.

Decided at have an early night, after a hot bath, and promptly went to sleep. It was still light outside. I don’t know how long I was asleep but I woke myself up by answering a question on University Challenge. Keeley laughed and said “ I thought you were asleep!” to which I answered “I was.” I then stayed awake and played the rest of the show- boy, there are some really difficult questions, much harder than any game show in Australia! Of course, I was now wide awake and couldn’t get to sleep until almost midnight!