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Nice room you have and decorated so well! Nice shots of the cows and looks like a very nice dinner!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Sunday 16 April – part one: Quick… move… she’s no good at reversing!
We woke up about 7:00am, and got going slowly, as we had no rush, as breakfast was only being served from 8:00am. When we got down there, we found we were the first ones there. We did meet a Canadian couple who were also staying there. We later watched them reverse out of the drive, and it wasn’t pretty. They were also going to the Giant’s Causeway, and we saw them later on in the car park. Mark’s words? Quick… move… she’s no good at reversing!
When we got downstairs, this was waiting for us… see what we love this place so much?
As well as all of this, I went for scrambled eggs with local smoked salmon, although I also got some different salmon. I think Pat said that it was a salmon joint that had then been smoked, although I didn’t hear her, and I didn’t like to ask again. It was nice, but I did prefer the ordinary smoked salmon in all honesty…
Mark went for the full breakfast, made up of grilled bacon, sausage, tomato and mushrooms, served with free range eggs, fried, scrambled or poached.
While we had breakfast, we had some excitement outside, as the horses were let out into the field, and then seemed to spend most of their time running around…
We also saw a heron fly over, although there was no way I was going to capture that with the camera, as it takes so long to start up. It was cool to see though.
We headed back upstairs, packed our stuff away, and were soon saying our goodbyes to Sam and Pat, and saying that we hoped we’d see them for a third time, as we both want to return, and make sure Mark’s parents do make it across on that occasion…
We set off, and it was cloudy, with some rain, a bit like yesterday, with the weather all over the place. We certainly had a straight road ahead of us.
As we neared the Giant’s Causeway, we were also near the sea, which made for some glorious views, even with all the cloud around. Northern Ireland is the sort of place that looks beautiful even when the weather doesn’t fully cooperate.
When we got to the Giant’s Causeway, we were in a different car park to last time. I guess this is the one they fill up first, then they must go to the other one, which I suspect is an overflow car park, and that’s where we were last time.
We headed straight through to walk down to the Causeway, hoping that the rain would stay away long enough for us to get down there and then back on the bus. The walk down is quite pleasant, especially as it’s downhill all the way, although we did hear a young girl saying to her dad as they made their way back up “it’s a long way, isn’t it?” and we had some sympathy for her… there was no way we’d be walking back.
As you can see, it was pretty overcast when we started out…
We got to the bay of cows, which we remembered from last time. Sadly, cows used to graze around here, and occasionally one would get too near the edge and, as the audio guide told us, would “take an early retirement”.
Last time we were here, neither of us had been able to figure out the shape of a camel in the rocks, but this time we both saw it.
It was about here that I heard what sounded like a scuffle from behind me, and I turned around, and Mark was just about righting himself. Apparently, he’d managed to trip over a post that was poking out of the ground. Having said that, he wasn’t actually on the path, but on the uneven ground nearby, so I told him in no uncertain terms to get on the paving and not leave it again, as I didn’t want any further accidents.
We walked a bit further, and the weather became a bit more foreboding. We could both feel rain, but neither of us were sure whether or not it was actually rain or just spray from the waves that were rolling in…
I put the super zoom on my camera to good use… here are Finn the giant’s chimney stacks with no zoom…
… and here they are zoomed in on, with a bird photobombing it!
I also captured two birds on their nest high above us in the cliffs…
Next: they’re definitely a) braver and b) fitter than me to do that!
Now I could eat this version of Mark's full breakfast - no baked beans!
I am trying to figure out where a salmon has a joint? (And just came up with a few punchlines to my own question, seeing it in print)
Giants Causeway is way up on my list of places I must see! I love the mythology around it!!
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Quite a nice breakfast and quite a spread they have here. Nice photos from your arrival at Giants Causeway! It's quite a place and so beautiful!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Quite a nice breakfast and quite a spread they have here. Nice photos from your arrival at Giants Causeway! It's quite a place and so beautiful!
I absolutely love it. It's one of those places that I think is stunning whatever weather you see it in, as it suits some of the worse weather in that it's a desolate, but beautiful place.
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Your meal sounds lovely as well!!
Nice shots of the cows and looks like a very nice dinner! 
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They were also going to the Giant’s Causeway, and we saw them later on in the car park. Mark’s words? Quick… move… she’s no good at reversing! 
It was cool to see though. 
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