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IT’S full steam ahead at this stage for four men and a 60-year-old Mor- ris Minor.
Peader White, Gerry Dobbin, Ger Sweeney and Cathal Duddy ofm em- barked from Ennis on Saturday on the Bald Eagle Tour – an ambitious voyage that will take them to the four corners of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The journey is a long one. Taking off from Ennis the Morris Minor head south to Ireland’s most south- westerly Mizen Head.
From west Cork the road continued to Rosslare and onward by ferry to the Welsh port of Fishguard.
The next leg took the crew to Brit- ain’s most southerly point, Lands End. Then it was onwards and up- wards to Scotland and Britain’s most northerly point John O’Groats.
All going to plan, the Morris Minor should be, by now, on the road to the Scottish port of Stranraer. There the journey continues by ferry to Larne and the final leg of this exhaustive trek commences with a drive to Ma- lin Head.
Finally, driver Peader White turns
south for Malin Head. Journey’s end should be reached sometime later this week, when the Morris Minor wheels back into Ennis.
The journey is the brainchild of Ennis man and vintage car enthusi- ast Peader.
It all began two years ago when Peader drove a 1954 Austin A40 450 miles from Malin Head to Mizen Head to raise money for the Clare branch of the Samaritans.
Last year, Peader completed the Same journey raising almost €3,000 for the Samaritans and the proceeds raised this year will again go to the
SPV Le Dae
Gerry Dobbin, Deputy Director of Outreach Services for the Samari- tans and one of Peader White’s co- navigators, said, “I’ve never done something like this before. It should be exciting but I hope we make it all the way. We are hoping that we will be able to stop of at some local branches of the Samaritans at some points along the way”.
Gerry added “Peader has been do- ing these types of journeys for the past few years and we at the Samari- tans have always been very grateful of the support”.