May Day, new month, new beginnings.

This blog is about our adventures travelling in Europe, life with our dogs, spending time with family and loved ones, a little bit of this and a bit more of that. 

Here the background to the name Sandsmuggler:
We live close to the dunes at the estuary of river Boyne in county Meath in Ireland.
The dunes are a protected environment, and nothing is to be taken from them, including sand. 
But our two hairy dogs love to play on the sand, rumble around in the grass wrestling with each other, chasing and crashing on the beach and usually after they have been splashing around in the waves or got wet in the grass.
The blonde granddaughter Orlaigh becomes brown, the black grandmother Myrica becomes grey, and they carry the sand home in their wet coats. The daily amount of smuggled sand is hoovered off our floors once they have dried out, is probably half a kilo at worst.
I hope we won't get arrested now... :-)

The departure day to leave Ireland is approaching fast and we are busy packing up our possessions and fixing the bus Sandsmuggler for the trip.

Pictures of the Sandsmuggler itself will follow later.

Wishing you sunny May days!