In a way I
feel for him, there is very little there now and I would imagine that in the 18th
century 6 hours on a carriage from Belfast to see a few rocks may have been just a little
difficult to bear. They hadn’t even had the decency to have invented the
digital camera so Dr Johnson could never have had his picture taken on the rocks
as a keepsake.
Now however
with the invention of the motor car, a fairly decent road system ( you will see
why I say fairly decent) and the ability to have your own little snapshot of the
time we were in Antrim, I say GO!
Rebecca and
I went yesterday, we flew in early morning, had a day in
I can never understand why you have to be at an airport 90 minutes before a 30 minute flight. It meant that we had to get up at
4am for a 7.10 flight and had to be
back at the airport for 7.30 for a 9.10 flight (delayed).
No matter,we
got sun at 23 degrees and a cloudless sky, I am told that is rare, but so is
the two of us having a day away so maybe it was kismet.
We hired a car from Budget at the airport, a Honda Jazz that didn’t seem to use any petrol at all, no matter how far we drove it.. As it was last day of May yesterday I was a little surprised when I got home and looked at one of the pictures to see that the car was taxed to Feb 08. Good job the local police didn’t pull me in.
I have sent
budget the picture and explained that as I paid an extra £18 for zero liability
at the airport, and that as with no tax the car isn’t insured I would like my
£18 back. No word so far but I will let you know how long budget try to ignore
me.
Other than
that the Honda Jazz has no power at all, but as it uses no petrol I suppose you
can’t complain.
We went
from there to Bushmills where I purchased a bottle of 1608 which is undoubtedly
one of the finest mid priced whiskeys I have ever tasted. If you have never had
any find some, try it. Don’t forget Irish Whiskey with an ‘e’ Scotch whisky
without.
From
Bushmills to the giants causeway where many people were taking advantage of the
invention of the digital camera. We also took advantage of our National trust
membership which meant we could ride for free on the causeway bus. (Thank you…you
know who you are)
Rebecca got snap happy and took some great pictures. I just took my usual rubbish ones.
From there
we followed the coast round to a gorgeous little harbour called Ballintoy. It
was like someone had picked it up out of a fairy story and just dropped it on
the coast of
The water was so clear we could
see the fish swimming.
We carried
on to a place called Tor Head which used to be a lifeboat station and ship
spotting point for Lloyds registry. You can climb onto the roof and see across the Mull of Kintyre to the
coast of
It is easy to forget just how
close
I also noticed that another Northumbrian our friend Tim had been up Tor Head before us.
On to the
waterfalls at Glenariff then we met up with some friends for as Chinese at a
great restaurant called the Bambou.
After
flying back we picked up youngest daughter from her waitress job and then I got
followed home by the police who pulled me in because they thought I was driving
gingerly.
I had been up since
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