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The Wicklow Trail, Cross Country International Trip with Calliaghstown Riding Center

Day 1, we definitely saw more sheep than people in Ireland
Day 1 - 4:00 - We stop in a village at a pub - Tony and Aoife sponge down the horses
Tony loads Ollie at the end of Day 1 - to meet us the following morning (Mom checks out the lorry)
Terry!  our driver, Irish guide, friend, and helper holds Simba in front of Blessington Lake
Riding out of town, morning Day 2 (Barbara and Tanya)
Day 2 - afternoon
Mom doing her stretches on Simba
Lunch in the forest - Day 2 (me, Mom, Barbara, Tanya, Aoife)
Mom and I on Lacey and Bonnie - Day 3
After riding all day Wednesday we rested up Glenmalure Lodge - probably out favorite spot of the trip
Mom on Simba waiting for Aoife to close the gate
Day 4, headed for the heather-topped mountains
The view of the heather from Bonnie - Day 4
Mom and Barbara
Nikki and Talula avoiding a soft patch in the bog
Aoife took this picture of Mom, me, Barbara and Nikki
Lacey overlooking the upper lake, Glendalough
Getting closer to Glendalough village
Following Nikki in Glendalough
Talula, Lacey, Simba and Bonnie after a night's rest - Day 5
Following Aoife out of town into the mountains, Day 5
Sheep dotted hills - Day 5
Day 5 - I could never get enough pictures of the gorse!