Carlingford's castle, in the mist
The Giant's Causeway, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland - 14th August 2019
From Blackrock, Louth, we head up through Belfast - unfortunately without enough spare time to actually stop and explore - and on up to Bushmills and the site of the Giant's Causeway, a large outcropping of hexagonal columns of volcanic basalt which from a distance looks somewhat underwhelming, but which is actually great fun to explore and poke around on. The weather's not great getting up there, and it lashes after we leave, but in between it turns out really nice for a couple of hours as we wander around. But first, we stop off at Carlingford, on Carlingford Lough, where it's all a bit misty, and then there's a pause for some dereliction, courtesy of some sort of burnt-out holiday complex at Ballyonan in Louth - site of the Shrine of St. Jude.
next album: A Day in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland - 15th August 2019
previous album: The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Droichead Átha, Co. Louth, Ireland - 13th August 2019
Isobel and Harry look around as Fred waits in the car
Some other bit of derelict castle-y fortification
A wrecked old boat at Carlingford
Carlingford Castle, sadly no longer accessible
Isobel and Harry stare out over the lough
Down at the Carlingford dock
Carlingford houses
A fairground ride in the rain
Inside the shrine of St. Jude
A Scary Mary in the bushes
Fred pokes around on the shores of the Lough
The Shrine of St. Jude, Ballyonan
Some sort of burned out holiday complex
Derelict buildings in Ballyonan
Burned out window frames
A cross through a burned out window
Render falls off the brickwork
Some badly-drawn neo-fascist graffiti
Crowds mill around outside the Causeway Hotel
Inside the National Trust gift shop
People at the top of a hill
There's a stream of people coming and going
People mill around likes ants on the causeway
Picturesque boulders
Fred, Harry and Isobel march along the road
Some dude sits on a rock
We reach the Giant's Causeway
Harry is almost camouflaged
Harry surveys the scene
Hexagonal rocks
Fred takes a photo of Nosher taking a photo
We start climbing around
Bright green algae amongs the lava columns
Hexagons all round
The gang clamber around
Fred and Harry on a rock
Isobel roams around
People swarm all over basalt columns
The boys look in a rock pool
Fred takes some close-up photos
Big black lava pillows
A nice arrangement of vertical hexagons
Harry sits down for a bit
Isobel strides around
Isobel chats to one of the ranger types
Harry points the way
A couple of green algae hexagons
A big standing pile of hexagons
A nice view
Some abandoned brickwork
The boys on the giant's shoe
Fred sits in the giant's shoe
Harry manages to fall into the sea again
We climb back up the long hill
The boulder announcing World Heritage status
The Causeway Hotel in the rain
We head off back to the car
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Carlingford's castle, in the mist
Carlingford's castle, in the mist
Isobel and Harry look around as Fred waits in the car
Some other bit of derelict castle-y fortification
A wrecked old boat at Carlingford
Carlingford Castle, sadly no longer accessible
Isobel and Harry stare out over the lough
Down at the Carlingford dock
Carlingford houses
A fairground ride in the rain
Inside the shrine of St. Jude
A Scary Mary in the bushes
Fred pokes around on the shores of the Lough
The Shrine of St. Jude, Ballyonan
Some sort of burned out holiday complex
Derelict buildings in Ballyonan
Burned out window frames
A cross through a burned out window
Render falls off the brickwork
Some badly-drawn neo-fascist graffiti
Crowds mill around outside the Causeway Hotel
Inside the National Trust gift shop
People at the top of a hill
There's a stream of people coming and going
People mill around likes ants on the causeway
Picturesque boulders
Fred, Harry and Isobel march along the road
Some dude sits on a rock
We reach the Giant's Causeway
Harry is almost camouflaged
Harry surveys the scene
Hexagonal rocks
Fred takes a photo of Nosher taking a photo
We start climbing around
Bright green algae amongs the lava columns
Hexagons all round
The gang clamber around
Fred and Harry on a rock
Isobel roams around
People swarm all over basalt columns
The boys look in a rock pool
Fred takes some close-up photos
Big black lava pillows
A nice arrangement of vertical hexagons
Harry sits down for a bit
Isobel strides around
Isobel chats to one of the ranger types
Harry points the way
A couple of green algae hexagons
A big standing pile of hexagons
A nice view
Some abandoned brickwork
The boys on the giant's shoe
Fred sits in the giant's shoe
Harry manages to fall into the sea again
We climb back up the long hill
The boulder announcing World Heritage status
The Causeway Hotel in the rain
We head off back to the car