Living The VAN LIFE DREAM on an Island In Ireland 🇮🇪
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Join us this week as we experience Van Life on Achill Island in Ireland 🇮🇪
For a wild camp up next to the beach before we spend 3 nights at Keel Camping.
Is this the dream life? It's definitely our dream life and we've been living this way for over 2 years now! Crazy how fast time flies when you're having fun 🤩
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Home ed mum here, for a more accurate history lesson there was no famine in Ireland it was a genocide....all crops livestock etc was taken and exported this is well documented,fab video new sub here❤
Thanks for the sub 👍😎 glad you liked the video x
@@Touringwiththekids you are very welcome, love to see families home Ed 🥰
There was a famine in ireland. It was caused by a blight on the potato crop. Was the main food for everyone at the time. Other things would have had a effect. But the loss of the main food for 70% to 90% of people was the main reason for the loss of life at the time. As an irish person this is what we learn in school as our history.
@@oliviagreene7421 nah look up your local records,what we were taught in school was inaccurate, Irish here also
Nahhh there was no genocide.. it was a crop failure of a staple food supply.. for it to be a genocide it would have to be acknowledged by a goverment who corrupted and concluded irish citizens had no place in their sovereignty. .imagine the stain of yet another historic atrocity on the royal family..lets call it a famine hush hush wink wink @catL156
Looks a very nice place, glad you had fun, sounds like kids had more fun, good to get a break from the kids but it's also good for the kids to get away from parents 😂 awesome vlog 🌹❣️🔥
How to eat a langoustine:pull the tail away from the head with a gentle twisting motion, hold the tail with the underside up then use your thumbs to crack the shell open peel the shell away from the meat.Or use kitchen scissors to cut down the back of the shell, then enjoy eating the delicious meat. Those empty homes are a sad reminder of the potato blight that ruined all potato crops which a third of Irelands population depended on to survive. Between 1845- 1849 a great famine quickly spread over Ireland about 1 million people died of hunger and more than 2million emigrated. My husband’s ancestors were among those that left Ireland at that time. Some of his family came to Scotland others went to Canada, Cape Cod in America and Australia. It’s a long sad story that should never be forgotten. If you go to County Cork that’s where my husbands family came from❤
I feel like i had a holiday watching that! Lovely video guys, it looked like you all had a great time and perhaps a well deserved rest. Safe travels!
Brilliant! We definitely felt the laid back vibes of the place
I'm glad you've allowed yourselves and the kids to enjoy Ireland and all it has to offer. My parents took myself and my brother camping all over Ireland, those sights, i've exprierienced . And what an experience as a kid. We camped in every county in Ireland, apparently it was a goal for them. But as a kid, everywhere was somewhere to play and enjoy. Lol. Co. Kerry is so beautiful, especially, around the ring. I'm planning in doing what you're doing and do the whole circumference of Ireland. In the process of buying a van. However, minus kids, other than my Border collie, though I think that may be the same thing. Lol. Live the the life guys.
Good luck with the van purchase! Gives you so much freedom! Are you gonna head back to Ireland first?
@@Touringwiththekids Mate, i'm Irish. I live in Belfast. I'm planning to do the coast of Ireland. Then the Scottish, English and Welsh coastline, not necessarily in that order, except the Ireland bit. Lol. Already sourcing things for fitting out. TH-camrs van conversion vids must be redhot for what the amount of times i've been watching them. LOL Mucker, take care and all the best to you and your family. Have fun.
Lovely Video, lovely to see the children playing and running free. Glad you enjoyed Achill Island, but please stop saying Akeel. Made my teeth grate. 😂 it’s Achill ( AkHill) 😊 I missed the Sligo bit and Connemara National Park. Just so lovely, rugged and full of character. ❤️
Great place for the kids to run free, they really enjoyed it!
Just revisited your channel after being engrossed in the build series, having wanted to do the same for many years. I spent 25 years living in Mayo, including some time driving the public bus route from Achill to Westport. Was great to see you all enjoying some fantastic summer weather in the west of Ireland, its such a rarity and the reason i now live in Spain 😁
Really enjoyed the video and great to see the kids being kids, keep it up guys 👍
Thanks for popping back ☺️ glad you enjoyed the video. I bet its warm in Spain at the moment ☀️
Great the kids enjoyed themselves in Achill. A lovely place
Such a beautiful place!
If your in county mayo try somwrhing called boxty its amazing my family live in county mayo...... great video
Glad you are enjoying Ireland
We are indeed ☺️
If you have trouble finding parking or services in Galway send us a message 10 km from city. Welcome to stay the night if you can get in.
Appreciate that, thankyou x
Another stunning video ... being a Graphic Designer, I am a very 'visual' learner, so visual and tactile learning is often the way to go and makes a great change from the books! 📖
Nice to see you guys having a good time
Thanks Sean ☺️
Glad you are enjoying your Irish trip you confused me when I saw you pop up on the homesteaders video I wasn’t expecting you to stop by their place 😉enjoy the rest of your stay
You’ll see them pop up in one of our videos soon ☺️❤️ great family x
Hey guys I always look forward to your videos every week love it 😍 xxx
Thankyou!! Means a lot x
Happy VANniversary!
Thank you so much 😀
You're so entertaining! Ric with the nudge nudge wink wink and Keira Nooo stop it now! 😂 Such a typical male first thought! 😂 Aquarium looked a bit naff!
We just had langoustines in Dorset, very delicious once you get into them! Did they have a veggie alternative for Piper or did she have to have just chips again?
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They are delicious aren't they! No veggie alternatives, apart from chips which get a bit boring, so we nipped over the road to get a pizza for her ☺️
Get a run out on Clew Bat charter boats or indeed climb the Reek. On leaving Achill that is... Only 12k to Westport. Also plenty for kids to fo at Westport House
Ak-ill not a kill!
We parked at the exact same spot, next to the beach. I think Piper would love Race Across the World because I love it, and we have the board game too! We didn’t go to the aquarium when we were there but it sounds good. We are leaving on our big van trip in a few days so we won’t be able to watch your videos but we look forward to catching up in September. We are going to the Olympics and most exciting Disneyland, and then Switzerland. Love from Beth x
Sounds like an amazing trip! Have the best time ❤️
I had to hold my breath while yous explored the ruins. Look around..most of the walls have already fallen and the rest could go at any time..I mean one inch move of a stone is all it could take.
Oooh! Shush! The health and safety man has utterly ruined our country. Don’t give him anything else to meddle with. All our heritage, be it structure, mechanical, or literature/art, has all been fenced off at such a distance that it’s no longer possible to properly view it. With a couple of notable exceptions, even classic car or tractor shows have to keep the public behind a fence, in case somebody might break a nail.
Leave our heritage sites alone, so we can visit them in peace.
Hey guys a safety warning if your on a smart motorway and brake down highways won't put a red x to close lane on for you to join just a arrow for traffic to move over and they don't move over saw it on a u tube video gdp Stafford tyres and recovery so take care on the smart motorways guys
Another fab video. Have you guys ever thought of Geocaching with the kids. Geocaches are hidden everywhere in the world and often hidden in great places you might not go otherwise.
Haven't tried it yet, but the kids would probably love it!
@@Touringwiththekids it’s great fun and easy to just pick up as and when. The Geocache app is good to navigate to your nearest one. Maybe you could set a TWTK group??
It will be quite around Galway. Armagh won the all Ireland.🎉🎉
Aquariums are hit or miss, you want the deep in hull for the best one when you next pass yorkshire.
149 days till xmas too!
The Deep in Hull is on the bucket list!
@Touringwiththekids it's not bad value and a ticket lasts all year after purchase you can use time and again which is nice.
Achill Aquarium is a must. Guided tours with great staff
You need to visit Keem beach - it's just amazing
A very steep hill down to it though. Not for the faint hearted. My favourite beach.
Have a nice week, and be carefull.
Thanks, you too!
hi love video have a good week love the dog is geting big😊😊😊
She's growing for sure!
Always handy when kids can be sent off for a while from the van…caravans rocking don’t come knocking 😂
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If you are going to the Cliffs of Moher just be careful as there have been 3 fatalities in the past few months.
Thanks for the heads up, so sad 😞
Just found your channel looks like awesome travels. I’ll soon be converting 7.5t daf myself. Subscribed, got a lot to watch now. Could you tell me what’s weight of your truck? Have you had any issues in staying within its payload limit?
Hey, our truck was quite heavy to start with at 5.5t. Our final weight came in at 7.2t. Mercedes are known for being heavy
By a cheap hand mincer and make your own lamb burgers guys 😊
Good job will the cooking, Jack!
Thankyou! Loves his baking
I have never met a family like yours! yous are amazing and the kids are funny little things I have 2 boys 2 girls hard work lol meet yous one day! I have also had a look at the merch yous have.
Thank you so much!! Yes, lots of hard work, but all worth it 🙌
100%
Hi I enjoyed your video and some stunning scenery from your drone . Also can you use Surfshark at home .my sky router dosent support a vpn . So can I just set it up on my iMac device ?
Yes you can use it at home, you just download for your Mac 👍
Hi Keira.
Sadly, you’ve discovered the problem with tourism dependent industries, here in Ireland. We’re a small country with an inherently high cost of living, mostly due to our location, out on the fringe of Europe. Add to that the relatively small tourist numbers and you end up with high costs, to provide a service, being distributed among a small number of people who actually use the service. Despite the price of admission, the Aquarium is not a money spinner and really only exists, at all, to give the tourists something to do while they’re in the microcosm of island life.
How many times can you walk kids around a small island and through the same ruins, before you have a mutiny? Unless you want to learn the Irish language and attend Irish themed ceilighs (Kay-lees), to watch and participate in Irish music and dance, you really have it all seen and done in a couple of days. BTW, I’m sure I’m spelling ceiligh incorrectly, but auto correct has changed it to so many other words and I’ve had to manually change it back so many times, I’ve confused myself now and I can’t spell in Irish.
Welcome to Mayo 🍏🍎
Thankyou ❤️
The way you yank on that poor pup you can damage the trachea.
You missed out on all the beautiful beaches and waterfalls in Donegal and Glenveagh National Park
Second that 👍
@@alexanderbrown8455 absolutely, I have a caravan up that direction and it's just a magical heaven in Donegal, anytime I'm there I sleep like a baby as do my children all that sea air and stunning beauty 😍
The plan was to go to Glenveagh but our route changed (because of the weather). We don't mind missing out on places because it means there is always a reason to come back!
"Ackle" island is the proper pronunciation FYI. Amazing content
Thankyou, that's awesome to hear 😍
Kid friendly if ye drive up the reservior
Pronounced "Ach-hill " not "A-cheel "
Actually, for the benefit of English or American speakers worldwide, it’s “Ack-hill” or even “Ack-ill”, depending on where you are located on the bigger island.
Nice family, but as a vegan, i can't watch you eating 😂 every thing else is great 👍 ❤
So when your kids need room of there own are you going to get a house or just driving round with them as if you what to drive round living out of a hgv then you can but your kids will need a room of there own as they get older
Climb croaughan
Ach'll Island NOT ach-heal Island 🙏
I love ur video about achill but for a Irish place ur pronuncing it wrong
Ack hill. Not ac-hil.
Just letting u know. It’s pronounced Ah-kill
thanks :)
It's Ireland not island
The Ire is pronounced like Dyre😊
its ack as in back, ill as in hill, ack-ill, say it quickly, not ahhkeel.....👍
Oopsies! Xx
Remember to think about buying a waterways card. Cheap parking and facilities. Have fun.ill leave you to argue about cheese.
Thanks 🤩 so cheese or no cheese? 🧀
@@Touringwiththekids no cheese
gross
It may sound a bit gross but try it and you might like it. One of my brothers came to visit me and he sprinkled sugar on his tomato, my reaction at first was like yours now but when I tried it I quite liked the sweetness of the tomato
The cheese? Or the mayo?
sugar on tomato yes please I also like sugar in lettuce cups - not sure what variety of lettuce has the small crispy cups but this is great on a summer day@hanshartfiel6394