Mutkia matkalla / Windy and "squiggly"

Irlanti on kylla mutkaisten teiden luvattu maa. Me saimme osamme naista. Mutta ilman naita mutkateita emme olisi loytaneet kaikkia ihania paikkoja, todellisia aarteita, joissa pysahdyimme matkan varrella.
Irlannin tiet on kaikki numeroitu (pienimmatkin). Tiet on luokiteltu M, N, R ja L. L tiet ovat kaikkein pienimpia. Kirjaimen perassa oli aina numerosarja. Mita enemman numeroita, sita pienempi ja uskomattomampi tie oli. Mieheni keksikin teiden luokitteluille maaritelmat. M: Mostly ok, N: Not so bad, R: Relatively dangerous, L: Leathal.
Mutkatiet ja vaaralla puolella ajaminen (auton liikkeet tuntuvat vierailta takapenkilla) saikin aikaiseksi vanhimman tyttaremme masun kipristelyt. Onneksi ei sentaan ihan oksentamiseksi mennyt.
Kaikkein upeimmat paikat ja nakymat loytyivat naiden pienten mutkateiden varsilta. Vaikkei linnuntieta matkaa hirveasti ollutkaan niin teiden mutkaisuus ja kuinka nopeasti paasi/uskalsi ajaa vaikuttikin siihen kuinka paljon aikaa autossa vietettiin. Ensi kerralla matkan suunnittelussa voi hyodyntaa tata kokemusta.
Tassa vahan kuvia mita naille mutkateilla naimme.

Ireland is really the promised land of windy and "squiggly" (as my daughter said) roads. But without these small and windy roads we wouldn't have found all the beautiful and wonderful places, true treasures, where we stopped along our way.
The Irish roads have all been numbered (even the smallest ones). The roads have been categorised into (from biggest to smallest) M, N, R and L roads. After the letter there was a number. And the more numbers it had the smaller and honestly quite unbelievable the road was. My husband made up definitions for these letters. M: Mostly ok, N: Not so bad, R: Relatively dangerous, L: lethal.
All these squiggly roads added on top of driving on the wrong side of the road (the car movements feel completely different at the back seat) got our oldest to feel squeeze in her tummy. Luckily that was all there ever was.
The most gorgeous places and scenery were found along these small windy roads. Even if the distance didn't feel very long, all the squiggles and then the speed you were able to/or was not afraid to travel in. Next time I'll use this experience to plan things a bit differently.
Here some pictures of things seen on those windy squiggly roads.