Famous Five (minus 3) travel further afield

Hello again readers. Yesterday (Sunday) we were up and out by 8.55am and travelled to Port Stewart up on the north coast. Port Stewart is another seaside town which isn't as pretty as Newcastle but it did have coffee shops open on a Sunday! (Unheard of over here, the only places that open on Sunday are churches and pubs). So we duly partook of sweet goodies and then walked up onto the hill to view the scenery. Next stop was Bushmills Distillery where 6 million bottles of Irish whiskey are produced each year, soon to be 12 million.









Then on to Portrush which had been described by one of our Irish friends as a "tatty wee place", it live up to its reputation so we kept driving. Next, the Giants Causeway, a polygonal basalt rock formation which is a result of a massive subterranean explosion 60 million years ago. A mass of molten basalt was spewed out onto the surface which on cooling solidified into what are actually crystals (but to me and you look like rocks) these crystals/rocks are all nicely shaped hexagons and pentagons, which is very handy for walking on, although it was surprising the number of women that turned up wearing high heeled stilleto boots? Its actually hard to believe that the formation is natural it looks so tidy. The coastline along the causeway is spectacular and we went for a bit of a hike, in our sturdy timberland shoes. We will be awarded many brownie points by the National Trust for our footwear.








Next stop was the rope bridge at Carrick-a-rede Island which is a very wobbly bridge that has been erected from the mainland to the island. I think its just a way of the National Trust getting money out of tourists that want to be photographed walking over it, see action man below.









Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go across it as I had to stay on terra firma to take pictures and videos. But it was ok, it was a sacrifice I was prepared to make.