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Welcome to another vacation Blog! The Emerald Diary is under way! Join Colin, Roxanne, John and Carolyn as we venture on a walking holiday around the Dingle Way - yep - I said 'Dingle'! Silly I know!

To those of you who are unfamiliar to either Colin or myself or John and Carolyn, let me start by saying that we have know each other for almost 30 years! Colin and John have a history! They have worked for the same company all that time and, still, run together, albeit a little slower than say 25 years ago!  Their friendship is true and strong! As for Carolyn and I, all I can say is that it was not hard to become fast friends with Carolyn! Over the many years of friendship, we have enjoyed numerous hiking and camping trips, with and without the children - all of whom are all grown now! Being empty-nesters, we felt it would be a great time to explore something other than the sports fields, squash courts, schools and car pooling!

We are making the walk on the Dingle Way an 8 day adventure. It is on the west coast of Ireland and promises to be scenic, relaxing, strenuous and adventurous - all at once! Stopping every night in a bed and breakfast will have us well fed and rested for the next day. After the walk is complete, we will spend another 2 days together and then part ways.  John and Carolyn to make their way to England to visit family and Colin and I to continue our way through Northern Ireland and down the east coast finally returning from Shannon in early October.

Our adventure begins Thursday, September 8, 2011; 9:30 pm flight to Shannon, Ireland, via London, England!

While I can't promise daily postings, check in occasionally to see what has happened to us! Could be interesting..........