After a nice breakfast at the hotel we picked up a hire car at Eorop and set of for the Giants Causeway. We had been advised earlier to go the scenic way on the Causeway Scenic Route. We were glad we did, it was magnificent.
First stop was a place called Cushendun.
Near the bridge there was a, statue of a goat with a live goat tethered nearby. This was to commemorate the last animal culled during the foot and mouth outbreak in 2005.
We them moved on up the hill looking back at the village
Next stop was at a lookout called Greenhill, but not before we saw some sheep perched precariously on the hillside.
At Greenhill on a clear day you can see the Scottish islands of Jura and Islay. It was not clear enough for us though as the weather had changed on the way up.
Moving on we entered a small town called Ballycastle where we stopped for a coffee and a snack. A very picturesque place with a long sweeping beach
Carrick - A - Rede was the next stop with its Rope Bridge. While Tom walked off to find that, I had a look at the largest Lime Kiln ever built in Ireland.
After another short Journey we arrived at our destination, The Giants Causeway and heard the story of the mighty giant, Finn McCool. It is owned by the National Trust now and very commercialised, but you have to visit it if you are in the area.
We had intended visiting Londonderry next but the weather took another turn for the worst so we decided to head back to Belfast. We had a laze around before getting ready to go out and we decided to go back to the Nu Delhi Longe because we had enjoyed it so much previously.
We were not disappointed, te food was great again and we had some interesting company on the next table, a couple of gregarious Americans who we soon got on well with.
This is one place I will always visit when in Belfast and I have to agree with Tom's earlier comment about it being the best yet!
The evening was finished off in a pub called Morrissons where we had a few pints and enjoyed terrific entertainment from a couple of guys who sang and played my type of music. I new it would be a good night when they opened up with some Tom Petty stuff.
The locals were in fine fettle enjoying their Saturday night out.
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