I’ve written here before about our delivery runs. And, yes, we are still travelling all over the country with pork deliveries.
I recently drew the straw to do a run to Cork and Kerry. It was a long drive, but an enjoyable one all the same.
Sometimes I just love being in the car on my own…. listening to the music I like and ‘singing’ along at the top of my voice too! Not something you’d do with company 🙂
I’ve said before that we do the delivery runs ourselves so that we get to meet our customers. However, we also get to see lots of this beautiful country of ours. The disadvantage, however, when you are doing the deliveries is that you don’t have time to stop and admire. You are constantly aware of time to deliver and the meat in the car.
Some of the highlights of my trip to Cork and Kerry – besides the wonderful scenery. Mind you I am not sure allowing Mrs. SatNav to guide me was my wisest decision – she seemed to take me a very peculiar route!
- Sometimes you come across place names that you just cannot figure out how to pronounce them, or what the origin of the name is…. there’s a place called Bweeng – so how’s that pronounced?
- I know I was aware that there was a Gaeltacht area in West Cork, but I actually drove through it this time around.
- I spotted some Zwartbles sheep on a hillside somewhere along the way – thought Suzanna over at Zwartbles Ireland would be proud to know that because of her I can now recognise them 🙂
- I spotted Mannings Emporium which I only know via twitter!!!
- You can’t imagine my excitement when I spotted Future Forests! I have read so many articles about them…. and yes, it does look just like this. Oh, how I wished I could have stopped for a couple of hours browsing.
- And then…. who knew… did you know such a business existed? Imagine somewhere on a tiny road in Cork or Kerry there is a toy soldier manufacturer! I am impressed.
This country of ours is truly amazing…. the scenery, the people, the ideas!
A Year In Redwood 
Never mind Bweeng, I’m having trouble pronouncing Zwartbles sheep! I think it’s wonderful that you make deliveries so you can meet your customers in person.
I know Paula…. we should be adding phonetics to our blogs! 🙂
Hi,
Your blog is a pleasure to read and it sounds like you have a fine job, delivering your produce and driving all over Cork. It’s lovely that you make the effort to personally meet all your customers. You do mention some interesting places to go to as well. In particular, Manning’s Emporium sounds like a treasure trove! The buildings at Future Forest look like a mix of a tropical resort and a mad man’s folly, but totally original. The information on the toy soldier manufacturer is great because we do get all kinds of questions here at Tourism Ireland. Thanks and good luck with your deliveries and finding unusual places to go to!
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Jan,
Thank you for your lovely comments! I just wish we had time to stop when we are going about. I bring the camera with me on every trip but never seem to get the time to stop!
Isn’t the Toy Soldier thing just amazing? Whoever knew.
Margaret
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Hey Annette,
Thank you so much for the reblogging!
Margaret