S & J's Big Adventure
Awake before our 6 a.m. alarm this morning. Anxious to return our rental and catch our 10 a.m. flight to Belfast. So nervous about getting lost in Manchester again and circling the city 10 times before finding our way out of the ring roads.
Happily we made it back to the Rental Car Village and across to the terminal with plenty of time to spare. One hour flight across the Irish Sea to Belfast. Collected next rental and set off for Castlederg. Easy drive on excellent roads and found our way to the local supermarket
Sharyn Sinclair
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Birthplace of the Gallen's
September 13, 2015
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Kilclean Farm, Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Awake before our 6 a.m. alarm this morning. Anxious to return our rental and catch our 10 a.m. flight to Belfast. So nervous about getting lost in Manchester again and circling the city 10 times before finding our way out of the ring roads.
Happily we made it back to the Rental Car Village and across to the terminal with plenty of time to spare. One hour flight across the Irish Sea to Belfast. Collected next rental and set off for Castlederg. Easy drive on excellent roads and found our way to the local supermarket
where John Gallen collected us to guide us back to Kilclean Farm.
Hard to imagine my great-grandmother, Winifred as a young girl working, playing and learning to read and write on this very land with all 13 of her siblings.
First two pics below are "then and now" photos. The "then" photo was taken early 1900's with my great-great-grandfather Jamie Gallen at the top of the lane. The now photo was taken today with John Gallen at the top of the lane. The stone structure on the left of the photo is a lime kiln and the figure sitting on top of it is John's grandfather, James.
John took us on a short sight-seeing drive around the immediate area, then called in to visit his parents, Aiden and Theresa who treated us to afternoon tea and a good chin-wag.
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Hello Hong Kong
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Western Markets
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Kennedy Town
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Victoria Peak
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Old Blighty
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Leaving Lancaster
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Kendal
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Lake District
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Grayrigg & Manchester
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Birthplace of the Gallen's
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Derg Castle
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Belleek and Donegal
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Dublin
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Dublin to Chester
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The friendliness of the Irish
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Rugby & Crick
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Northampton
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Cambridge
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Granada Television
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Afternoon with Anne
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No 14 Bus to Harrods and the Victoria & Albert Museum
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Buckingham Palace
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Westminster
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Supreme Court
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Imperial War Museum, Covent Garden and China Town
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St Giles and Oxford Street
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Trafalgar Square & National Portrait Gallery
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Eurostar to Brussels
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Alone in Antwerp
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Fabulous Antwerp
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Arrivederchi Antwerp, Hello Holland
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Spijkenisse
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Bruges, I'm on my way
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In Bruges
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Still In Bruges
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Last morning in Bruges - return to Brussels
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Back in Brussels
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Another City, Another Hospital
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Brussels to Ypres, oops!!!
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We will remember them
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The Ypres Salient
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In Flanders Fields Museum
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Ramparts War Cemetery and Hill 62
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Ypres to Paris
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Washing Day
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Notre-Dame Cathedral
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The Green Wall of 2nd Arrondissement
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Little French Shrug
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Eiffel Tower
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Sacre Coeur & Montmartre
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A Little Smoke Signal
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Paris to Milan
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Milano
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Window Shopping
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Castello Sforzesco
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Milan to Florence
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Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square)
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A Little Retail Therapy
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Siena, San Gimignano & Chianti
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Porta Romana, Florence
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Viareggio
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Florence to Rome
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Rome
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Villa Magnolia
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St. Peter's Basilica etc
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Aurelio, Rome
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Roman Fountains
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Arrivederci Roma (what else?)
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Kowloon
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