A few pics of trip so far.

Leaving Kinsale
Leaving Kinsale
Le Skipper

Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse
Leaving Dunmore early morning
Hook Head lighthouse going into Dunmore East
Again leaving Dunmore early morning.
Tuskar Rock
Skipper turns French for a day hence avec Le Beret noir
Goose in Arklow

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