Today was my (Joshua's) last day in the rolling green hills of Ireland. With the longest stretch of sun in a month over the last couple days, I have had some fantastic final adventures on the green isle.
Laura and I made the trek through muddy fields on the edge of the river Shannon to Castle Troy - the ruins of the old castle from which our neighborhood in Limerick gets its name. Half the castle was still standing and it was mythical.This past Sunday, as part of a going away party, we had a group of friends over and painted eggs after blowing out the yolks and whites. If you have never done this, it is lots of fun and somewhat messy, I encourage you to try it!
While Laura remains in Limerick until June to work on finishing up her masters degree I am off to the fair isle of Mull to volunteer with the Iona community at the Camas centre. The Camas mission is to "enable growth in love, respect and awareness of ourselves, each
other, god and the environment” as we work with vulnerable and under privileged youth from the UK and a variety of other groups. It is very remote - a 3 mile walk from nearest road on the ocean edge. I will be living close to the land getting food from an organic garden and limited electricity from a small windmill while helping to lead various activities for groups that stay with us for a week at a time.
Going from Camas to Limerick is a two day journey. Today I started my trip on the bus from Limerick to Dublin at 8:30 am. While on the bus, I listened to the birth of a baby lamb on a farm in Kerry on the radio! The radio host was debating with various callers the proper way to say ewe/(you) while he was interviewing a dubliner who happened to be on the farm assisting in a lambs birth for the first time - it was full Irish! After that, I took the 2.5 hour bus to Belfast, then the Ferry to Cairnryan and arrived by bus in Glasgow at 8:30pm. Tomorrow I'll bus another 2.5 hours North to Oban and take a ferry to Craignure, on the island of Mull, and then catch a 2 hour bus ride to the Camas road end and hike to the old fishing villa that is Camas!
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