This entry follows on
from the '
The entry, which arises from my steady progress in 'processing' thousands of digital images that were downloaded and abandoned in the early 2000s, may be of little interest to most readers other than Sue, who also recalls meeting, at Manchester Airport, one of the other delegates to a conference she was attending. Ann was seeing someone off, oblivious to the fact that she should have been seeing herself off, until a 'What are you doing here?' moment with Sue!
Saturday 18 June 2005
Another 5:30 am
start. I drove to
Drove to
Anyway, we
collected some butties and went to Portrush Tourist Information to book a
B&B and restaurant for the evening.
Then off to
Lots of tourists
here, but quite a big site, and enjoyable to visit. The hexagonal blocks are
quite amazing. Lots of legends, but not time or space to relate them in this
entry.
Lots of birds as
well, notably Fulmars, and Black Guillemots - distinctive with their red feet.
After the
enjoyable stroll we adjourned to the tea room before heading a few miles down
the coast to Carrick-a-Rede, where we enjoyed the 1 km stroll to a rope bridge
- exciting for some, but tame compared with its Himalayan equivalent.
Beyond that,
birds were nesting close to us on the cliffs. Very smelly here, but a good
place to be.
We returned to
our excellent B&B - Hillrise, 24 Dhu Varren, Portrush (£54 total), quickly
bathed then strolled 10 minutes up the road to Snappers Wine Bar and Seafood Restaurant
- recommended by Sue's colleagues.
After an attentive start, the wine took some time to arrive and was not quite cool enough. After a long break, the main courses came and went. Then after a short period the starter arrived - a delicious combo for the two of us - then shortly after that the main courses (scallops for me, chicken for Sue) arrived again. Tasty. Then we shared a waffly pudding after another long break. No decaff here so Sue went without and I enjoyed a cappucino, before we eventually adjourned for an early night. After all the problems, at least the dessert and coffee came free, and the food was very good. The restaurant had been sold to some Italians and was in turmoil....
Sunday 19 June 2005
After a good
breakfast and a misty start we had a nice beach walk at Portrush (east, below
the golf course). Superb sand and huge tunes above us.
Then we sauntered
down the Antrim coast in the hired Fiesta, stopping at Cushendun (caves, etc)
for a much needed coffee and a visit to the local wood carver Martin O Kane -
to whom we gave good custom.
There was a
statue of a goat here.
On down to Cushendall for lunch by a
noisy road (lots of bikes) before continuing south to
Then back to Belfast to return from this
short interlude - plane delayed by 2 hours due to storms at Manchester, on the
day of flash flooding in North Yorkshire (Helmsley).
Favourite drink in
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