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LE Orla moored in Dingle.
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LE Orla moored in Dingle.

  • Monday, 2nd August, 2010<br /> <br /> "Arthur" and her crew arrived in Dingle from Kilrush on Thursday, 29th July, 2010 and spent the following couple of days enjoying Dingle. Meanwhile, Besie (Shane & Alice Ward) had made a solo run to Cahersiveen in mid-July and this morning they made the relatively short (2hrs) trip from Cahersiveen to Dingle to join up with "Arthur".
  • Besie's crew: Alice & Shane Ward. Besie's home berth is in Carrick-on-Shannon and heding to sea always involves a couple of extra days negotiating the passage from C-o-S to Limerick.
  • Wednesday, 4th August, 2010.<br /> <br /> LE Orla, having arrived in Dingle the previous day, is set for a transfer of captaincy. For some reason, which is not fully explained, LE Orla enjoys a special relationship with Dingle.<br /> <br /> N.B.<br /> Since returning home I have discovered on the Defence Forces website that whereas Haulbowline is the home port for all vessels in the Irish Naval Fleet each vessel enjoys a special relationship with a designated town/city as follows:<br /> <br /> LE Emer - Cork<br /> LE Aoife - Waterford<br /> LE Aisling - Galway<br /> LE Eithne - Dun Laoghaire<br /> LE Orla - Dingle<br /> LE Ciara - Kinsale<br /> LE Roisin - Dublin<br /> LE Niamh - Limerick
  • Guard of honour is deployed on the quayside and the ceremony is about to begin. I manged to video the entire proceedings and will hope to put together a short video clip of same in due course. Weather was glorious for the occasion.
  • Official party and guests duly arrive before the ceremony commences.
  • LE Orla moored in Dingle.
  • Alice, Shane and Mary enjoy the proceedings.
  • Paul, Alice and Shane on the quayside.
  • Outgoing and incomng captains share a handshake after the official ceremony.
  • LE Orla moored at the quayside in Dingle.
  • I was intrigued with the cartoon-like figure which I would previoulsy have associated with US fighter planes!
  • LE Orla....62.6 x 10 x 2.7 meters in dimension and weighing 712 tonnes!
  • Enjoying a pre-dinner drink in Dick Mack's after the LE Orla ceremony. No, we were not invited onboard!
  • Dingle Marina, circa 6pm.
  • Besie (centre of picture) with LE Orla in the background.
  • Apres-dinner wine and cheese onboard Besie.
  • Not sure which of us had consumed the most wine when this was taken!
  • Thursday, 5th August, 2010. <br /> <br /> We have been watching the weather like hawks. The coming weekend offered so much promise several days ago but now we have narrowed it down to a small 'window of opportunity' on Sunday morning.
  • Good quality restaurants abound in Dingle. Mary and I mad a mistake by going for an upmarket meal on the evening that we arrived. Why was it a mistake.....because we were too tired to really appreciate and enjoy the fine food that was on offer in the restaurant that we visited. Lesson learned!<br /> This photo bedecks the front of the 'Out Of The Blue' restaurant which we did not manage to gain entry to...it was full! We eventually managed to get a table in 'Fentons' which had a wonderful range of seafood and meat dishes and where we enjoyed superb fresh lobster. Next time we will ensure that we are not so tired when we visit this fine restaurant.
  • Saturday, 7th August, 2010. <br /> <br /> We pay our last visit to the local fish shop which is adjacent to the marina. Fresh fish available six days a week. We enjoyed super fresh and very tasty place, scallops, as well as smoked salmon, spanish prawns (gorgeous when lightly cooked in hot olive oil), and fabulous crab claws. Highly recommended for lovers of fish/seafood.
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