Post by Phil on Apr 14, 2014 19:47:52 GMT
Wicklow 12th April 2014
Today I decided to go on an overnight camping trip to County Wicklow, the weather was fine when I left home but became more moist as I climbed into the Wicklow Hills.
I followed the R115 ( The Old Military Road ) through the mountains from Dublin, some lovely scenery and the road was very busy with lots of cyclists and ramblers.
The road was very bumpy with some very deep potholes
Along this road I came across the German War Cemetery at Glencree.
Some history from Wikipedia.
Glencree German War Cemetery was dedicated on 9 July 1961.
There are 134 graves. Most are Luftwaffe (air force) or Kriegsmarine (navy) personnel. 53 are identified, 28 are unknown.
Six remains belong to World War I prisoners of war held by the British.
Forty six were German civilian detainees, who were being shipped from Britain to Canada for internment when their ship, SS Arandora Star was torpedoed by a German U-boat, U-47, off Tory Island, County Donegal, on July 1940.
Dr. Hermann Görtz, an Abwehr spy, is also buried there. Dr. Görtz, who committed suicide after the war, feared he would be handed over to the Soviet Union.
It is administered by the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge).
The Glencree River
It's getting late so time to find somewhere to camp for the night, checked the satnav and decided to stay at the River Valley Holiday Park in Redcross County Wicklow ( www.rivervalleypark.ie )
A nice flat well laid out site with spotlessly clean toilets / showers, a good choice for €12 a night for one person, I was puzzled when the girl in the reception said "You can camp in the Secret Garden", it turned out it was a section of the camp site which was for adults only.
So I set about erecting my Mega Horn, it went up very quickly having only one pole
After getting showered and changed I had a short walk around Redcross village, with it being only two streets it didn't take long, two pubs, a shop, a church and a chippy.
So after something to eat from the chippy I decided to go on a pub crawl to sample the Guinness.
Next morning I awake to lovely sunshine, have some breakfast and make my way home along some very nice back roads.
Today I decided to go on an overnight camping trip to County Wicklow, the weather was fine when I left home but became more moist as I climbed into the Wicklow Hills.
I followed the R115 ( The Old Military Road ) through the mountains from Dublin, some lovely scenery and the road was very busy with lots of cyclists and ramblers.
The road was very bumpy with some very deep potholes
Along this road I came across the German War Cemetery at Glencree.
Some history from Wikipedia.
Glencree German War Cemetery was dedicated on 9 July 1961.
There are 134 graves. Most are Luftwaffe (air force) or Kriegsmarine (navy) personnel. 53 are identified, 28 are unknown.
Six remains belong to World War I prisoners of war held by the British.
Forty six were German civilian detainees, who were being shipped from Britain to Canada for internment when their ship, SS Arandora Star was torpedoed by a German U-boat, U-47, off Tory Island, County Donegal, on July 1940.
Dr. Hermann Görtz, an Abwehr spy, is also buried there. Dr. Görtz, who committed suicide after the war, feared he would be handed over to the Soviet Union.
It is administered by the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge).
The Glencree River
It's getting late so time to find somewhere to camp for the night, checked the satnav and decided to stay at the River Valley Holiday Park in Redcross County Wicklow ( www.rivervalleypark.ie )
A nice flat well laid out site with spotlessly clean toilets / showers, a good choice for €12 a night for one person, I was puzzled when the girl in the reception said "You can camp in the Secret Garden", it turned out it was a section of the camp site which was for adults only.
So I set about erecting my Mega Horn, it went up very quickly having only one pole
After getting showered and changed I had a short walk around Redcross village, with it being only two streets it didn't take long, two pubs, a shop, a church and a chippy.
So after something to eat from the chippy I decided to go on a pub crawl to sample the Guinness.
Next morning I awake to lovely sunshine, have some breakfast and make my way home along some very nice back roads.