The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher

This morning my bus collected me in Kinvara and i am pleased to say that all of my senior citizens were delighted to see me. What a happy group of people they are. This group consisted of mainly widows and widowers but there were a few married couples also, and a few singles. Today we were headed for the Burren of county Clare, a region that was once upon a time the ocean floor. Later it was to be completely under ice during the ice-age and now is a unique area covering some 400 sq miles of limestone mountains and is just a wonderful place to visit. There are hundreds of tiny flowers growing here, some that you will not find anywhere else on God's earth. There are many old castles and abbeys and monasteries and magalithic tombs that date back thousands of years.The views of Galway Bay and the Aran Islands offshore in the Atlantic are stunning. The Aran Islands are at the mouth of the Bay and the Connemara coastline and mountains are to the Northern side. The day was beautiful and the sun shone for us all the way. Once again we had a great sing-song and had a fun stop-over in O'Connor's pub in Doolin where we had a lovely lunch. I had a sea-food chowder which was delicious. After lunch we took the coast road back to Ballyvaughan via Black Head and despite the time of year it was quiet busy. I sang a lot of songs for them and read some of my own poetry, which they loved i am glad to say. By the time we returned to Kinvara later in the day it was with a heavy heart i said my goodbyes, but not without a lot of hugs and kisses. They are on their way home to the east of the country today with my driver and bus after what they tell me was a great holiday. They will definitely be back to me and i look forward to that.I hope to try to encourage more group tours from the USA in the future as i really do enjoy them. I love the chauffeurdrive tours and the private driver and guide jobs also but there can be a lot more fun with a big group especially the more mature ones. They seem to be able to let their hair down when they all get going and they love to sing and tell jokes and share stories. Let me know if you have any ideas that i can help you with and i would love to work with anybody planning something in this mould. I can look after all the arrangements at this end so all you would have to do is organise your flights. I cannot think of anywhere that you can have more fun than in Ireland. Come and see for yourself.