After the beauty of the Antrim coast and the glens of Antrim we continued along the north coast of Ireland. AMong the highlights was the Carrick a Rede Rope Bridge out to a windswept island and the famous Giants Causewaydestroyed by the Scottish giant Finn running back steps to Scotland when he saw the Irish giant dressed as a baby in a cradle.
We visited the distillery at Bushmills...only with our organisation we arrived at 9.30 am just after a full Irish breakfast - not the time to be tasting whiskey. We bought supplies for a cold night on the sea near Iceland.
The Dunluce Castle was hauntingly beautiful. Then on to Londonderry with its famous walled city where we visited the cathedral and the Tower Museum. We finished with a walk around the town walls.
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There never is really a good time to be tasting whiskey, unless it is after many previous drinks, and even then you just THINK it's a good time :)
The giant tale though does sound very interesting.
Yeah, just what I was thinking. Blech! But I do like the story of Finn McCool. Did you know one of the lumps of dirt he chucked at the Scottish giant became The Isle of Mann.
In Scotland the other end of the causeway comes up on one of the islands of the west coast. We will think of Finn McCool scurrying back to Scotland as we drive by.
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