ADAM LEWIS
“This was to be my first proper Motley Crew trip; I’ve known Timo and JC for years and always got on really well with the guys so it was awesome to get a chance to spend a bit more time with them. I feel it definitely started in what I imagine to be true Motley Crew style. I was half way to Plymouth to visit my girlfriend’s grandma when I got a call from JC to see if I was up for a trip, I love NW Ireland so just jumped at the chance straight away. Within minutes Timo called me too, there was a snag if we wanted to make it to the ferry in Holyhead we needed to leave Cornwall immediately. We turned off at the next junction and put all family responsibility on hold as I was up against it to get home to Porthtowan in time to meet Timo on the way up to pick up JC in Birmingham. Talk about last minute, but I guess the best calls always are and having read about their trips over the years it definitely felt like a classic Motley Crew trip straight off the bat! After a bit of stress with JC getting on the wrong train, the rest of the trip felt pretty uneventful apart from the no sleep with the 2am ferry and 4am arrival in Dublin. We stopped for a petrol station fry up baguette (which is a must) and made it in record time, arriving to a pumping swell. Having been to NW Ireland before but never to Magheroarty, I was really excited as Ireland is honestly my favourite place on the planet! I had an idea of what to expect, although what we got definitely wasn’t what I’d anticipated…it was even better!