An Irish Roadtrip | Ireland 2016
For the second time in a month I drove to the Premier Inn at Stansted airport to enjoy an overnight stay before yet another early morning flight. For the second time in 3 months I sent a message to my brother "See you tomorrow" as I looked forward to spending another holiday with him away from England. In June we went to the Isle of Man together. My brother is more than aware of my obsession and love for the Dunlop family and in July he messaged me asking if I fancied a trip to Ireland for our birthday. Part of the plan was to visit the memorial garden for two of the Dunlops, Robert and Joey, and to also visit a bar run by Joey's family in their hometown. Of course I said yes, and although I felt some level of guilt at not spending my birthday with my children I also knew I couldn't turn this down. Not only have I not seen my brother for our birthday for a long time now, but I also didn't have the best 30th birthday last year and felt like this would make up for ...