Driving in County Clare

Since we arrived, we have been aware of the relaxed pace of the traffic on our local roads – most of which are less than two lanes wide. This seems to have changed in the last few weeks as the farms are all busy cutting grass for silage and hay. The contractors who are cutting, baling and wrapping, are currently racing around the roads in their tractors as they move from field to field and from farm to farm. Have got used to pulling over to let them pass – I’m not in that much of a a hurry to get anywhere!
Realised this week just how much Linda has settled in. As we drove into Corofin on Sunday afternoon I asked her to stop at the Eurospar to get a newspaper. In true local style she pulled upside outside the shop and stopped to let me out – blocking the only lane and oblivious to the traffic held up in both directions.
Final comment – driving to Killaloe last week to meet my folks, we saw an elderly lady standing at a road junction with her suitcase – waiting for the bus we thought – then saw that she was thumbing a lift and as we passed without slowing, the thumb changed into a two-fingered salute!