After a two week whirlwind driving tour of England, staying in B&B's and tiny hotel rooms, it was so nice to settle into John Benny and Eilís's lovely cottage for a week. It was everything that we expected and more. You don't expect to find Le Creuset cookware in a rental cottage! How nice it was to be able to cook our own meals and do our own laundry (I can't believe I just wrote that!). It was rainy and around 10 degrees Fahrenheit colder than normal for much of the week but one of our favorite days was spent indoors, playing CD's by local musicians and making Irish stew while a fire burned in the fireplace. John Benny's pub has great live Irish traditional music several nights a week, including John Benny and Eilís themselves. They are not to be missed.