Archive for August 2021

Weds, Aug 25, 2021 On the Bus The next leg: Ireland to the Canaries I’m writing this sitting on the Concord bus traveling down Route 1 from Rockport ME to Logan airport where I’ll board a flight this evening at 6pm, arriving Dublin tomorrow morning. From Dublin I take the 30x express bus to Donegal,…

Saturday, Aug 21, 2021 Home port: Rockport, Maine Birds We were followed by birds all the way across the North Atlantic.  Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say we intruded upon birds along the way. Some of them were sea birds a thousand miles from the nearest shore. They could be seen flying…

Tuesday, July 28, 2021 (Late entry, waiting to board my return flight to the US) Dublin Airport, Ireland Repairs I’m currently sitting in US territory in the Dublin airport, where you clear customs to the US while still surrounded by Ireland. Originally my wife was to join me in Scotland and we would travel about,…