Retirees all packed and on the road

With a freezer full of sausages and steaks, Michael Neary and Joe O’Grady yesterday set out on what must be one of the longest campervan trips from Ireland to Poland.

The two retired men reckon they will have run up more than 3,400km by the time they return from Poznan and Gdansk to their homes in the village of Mountcharles, Co Donegal.

Michael, 61, retired early from his job as an environmental health officer because he is battling throat cancer. Joe, a retired court clerk, is 63.