The Antrim Coast

In early October, i took a road trip with my father and Joyce along the Antrim coast in northern Ireland. We took a bus to Derry, stayed a night and rented a car the next day to spend 4 days at leisure, stopping where we wanted to and staying in B&B's along the way. Seeing as i had already been in Ireland for 6 months, it was decided that i would be the principle driver, since i had the lay of the land and used to "watching" driving on the wrong side of the road. Well, after the first day, you can see why my dad took over! It was still hair raising but we managed. We stopped at some pretty beautiful places as you will see from the photos. Come and take a tour with me as we drive down the Antrim Coast!

OOPS!!!!

Storm's a brewing!





Carrick-a-peed Rope Bridge

The Giant's Causeway

The Giant's Causeway was my main reason for seeing the Antrim Coast! I was not disappointed. The ancients thought that this was made By giants, that it was a bridge to Scotland, as there is the same formation right across the water. It is the only place in the world where these regular, closely packed, hexagonal basalt stone columns exist

Bushmill's Distillery

The oldest working distillery in the world!

Carrickfergus Castle

As you can see, i seemed to have been enthralled with the stone stairway! Oh, and my new man!

Carrickfergus Fishing Village

Dunluce Castle

This place was so beautifully looked after, i could have spent hours here. It was built on a very high, rocky basalt crag. In 1639, part of the castle, including the kitchen, fell into the sea, taking with it 7 servants and the night's dinner with it!