{"id":589,"date":"2022-08-15T20:09:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/?p=589"},"modified":"2022-08-16T07:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:36:52","slug":"and-they-are-off-on-their-tour-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/?p=589","title":{"rendered":"And\u2026.they are off\u2026 on their tour of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Monday 16th August 2022 : Exmoor to Fishguard <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last night was a surprise when the water supply to our house failed. The water source is a spring in a farmer\u2019s field about half a mile away. The spring has dried up during the recent exceptionally hot weather. We need to arrange for a borehole to be dug when we get back to secure our own water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motorhome was packed and we headed for Fishguard. The journey that should have taken 4 hours ended up taking 5.5 hours due to heavy traffic on the M5 and M4. Our first night was spent at the Harp Inn, 5 miles south of Fishguard. The ferry is tomorrow (Tuesday) at midday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1249.jpg?resize=600%2C800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1249.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1249.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An eedjiot on the roof of the van securing the sea kayaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1245.jpg?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1245.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1245.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1245.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">En route \u2026 well Taunton actually for a fuel and LPG stop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1248.png?resize=450%2C800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1248.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/apethtravels.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1248.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">There is always one thing you can count on in Wales\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 16th August 2022 : Exmoor to Fishguard Last night was a surprise when the water supply to our house failed. The water source is a spring in a farmer\u2019s field about half a mile away. The spring has dried up during the recent exceptionally hot weather. We need to arrange for a borehole to<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/?p=589\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;And\u2026.they are off\u2026 on their tour of Ireland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apethtravels.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}