Sending it overseas for a year

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Horn Head- the view of the head itself, and the view from the parking lot below Coast Guard Hill.

 

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Donnelly’s Cabin, Arranmore Island. Took the ferry over and stayed a night on the island. Well worth the trip. Lots of dirt/bog/gravel roads to explore. I didn’t have a whole lot of time so will have to go back.

 

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Borrowed a dog for the day to explore Wicklow a little. No off-road opportunities but fun backroads, great scenery and lots of hiking.

 

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Interesting find. Local motor parts store in Dublin had an oil filter to fit the 3URFE. Really odd as there doesn’t seem to be an application for this filter in Ireland. Guy behind the counter was as surprised as I was.

 

[2021 LC200]

That sounds fantastic! I did 2 weeks in Scotland essentially just driving a lap around the island. There were many places where I imagined the trip in my 200 that would have been awesome and camping there would have been very cool. There were also places we went that driving a 200 would have sucked due to the size and specially the width of the 200. We were in a mid sized Mercedes sedan and it felt huge, especially when we would explore off the main roads or in villages. Once I recalibrated and understood that 2 lane roads were really only 1.5 lanes wide it was ok. Many times, the two way roads were one narrow lane with periodic wider spots to pass on coming cars. My favorite sign that we’d often see on blind curves was “be prepared to stop.”

Did the same thing in Greece. Had a friend navigate while I drove. Problem was he couldn’t tell how wide roads were from google maps. We would get stuck in narrow alleys and have to back out with locals just shaking there heads.

The 200 is not much wider than a BMW 5 series so with a bit of care should be fine.

 

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Things have taken a turn. I bought a house in Ireland. The cruiser will only stay for the year though so I’m having fun with it where possible, given the cost of fuel here is now running $9 per gallon. Seen here on the beach in Co Louth near Dunany. Not legal to drive on the beach so I didn’t, just parked at the base of the lane. Decent camping spot. Walked 3/4 of a mile to see the Mad Woman’s Chair.

 

[gasman4u]

Awesome pics and cool developments. Did you meet a “nice Irish girl” to settle down with?

 

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New shoes this week at McManus Tyres in Drogheda. Took a few weeks for them to arrive- 285/65/18 KO3s, naturally fitted laces out. The original KO2s had 35k on them, plenty of tread left but at 5 years old and having been run extensively at low pressure- I figured it was time.

Brake pads still >50%.

 

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County Kerry this weekend. Found a decent camping spot out on Slea Head- Ferriter’s Cove. Some pretty impressive sea cave/blow holes around.

 

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Some more around the campsite.

 

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Who’s this next door to me? German plates…what a beast!

 

[Dragos80]

Try the European forum.

Trips and Trip Reports - https://www.landcruiserclub.net/community/forums/trips_and_trip_reports/

There is also a 200 subsection too.

Forum list - https://www.landcruiserclub.net/community/forums/

 

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More traipsing around County Kerry.

 

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Back to Wicklow this weekend. Camping in Glenmalure (tight quarters) and some random exploring of national forest (Coillte) fire roads…gates left open conveniently.Found an old mine spoil pile to play around on. Via Glendalough back to Dublin.

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[Dragos80]

Back to Wicklow this weekend. Camping in Glenmalure (tight quarters) and some random exploring of national forest (Coillte) fire roads…gates left open conveniently.Found an old mine spoil pile to play around on. Via Glendalough back to Dublin.

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What antenna is that? (the one on the left)


Those look like human bones. I guess they shoot humans too not just dogs.

 

[gasman4u]

My bet is cow remnants.

Awesome pics! What’s the most surprising experience you’ve had so far with your 200 in Ireland? Aside from eye watering fuel fill ups.

 

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What antenna is that? (the one on the left)


Those look like human bones. I guess they shoot humans too not just dogs.

WeBoost- cellphone signal booster.
Somewhat redundant these days with Starlink being so convenient.

 

[gluaisrothai]

My bet is cow remnants.

Awesome pics! What’s the most surprising experience you’ve had so far with your 200 in Ireland? Aside from eye watering fuel fill ups.

Lots of positive reactions from folks who want to ask about the truck….nothing really surprising. I guess one thing is that even though the 200 has separate brake and turn signal lights, they are combined in the trailer connector so I needed to buy a “smart” converter harness to run a trailer here.

 

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This is the house. On the coast just north of Dublin. Big project to remove those trees starts today. They are Leylandis that were neglected for too long, now super dangerous.