Tour of Ireland part 4

[adrianclifford]

Onto quieter times for the last two days. This is Rathlin Island, it lies six miles off the Antrim Coast and twelve miles from Scotland across the Mull of Kintyre. Cars have to obtain special permission to drive on the island, it's eight miles by two so we walked and took the little mini-bus.

The Rathlin ferry :



Rathlin Island (most of the buildings anyway) :



The mainland in the background :



Maybe the islands claim to fame ?



Found a nice chair for Dawn after a long walk to the lighthouse :



They have a nice pub (just the one though) :



Centuries ago, the Vikings invaded, nowadays they are towed across for the regular invasion festivals (sign of the times ?) :



Pearl on the A5 in Snowdonia on the way home :



Whoohoo, the A5 empty, let's go home :

[daz]

Great pics, looks like you had a lovely time. Ireland is on my list for next year. The last two pics look like the lake on the A5 outside Bethesda heading towards betws y coed, one of my favourite roads.

[adrianclifford]

Yep, that's it well spotted Daz. I'll be doing write up's on both tours for FasTForward if anybody is interested in going themselves in the future. You will never forget it.

[VR 14/30]

Beautiful Pictures Adrian !
It must be super to drive on empty roads in such great landscapes; I would love to do that.
But Belfast city looks not as my preferred city in the world !!!

[adrianclifford]

Marina, then you must allow us to take you and Christian to Wales, I know some lovely people there and some beautiful places to stay. Bring the MGCF, they will enjoy it. Maybe you can visit next year before or after MGF20.

True, Belfast is not what you would usually see in any city, it has it's troubles but walking or driving there provokes such intense feelings and an insight to a life unknown to us. You have to see both sides of the story, I will never forget our visit there. Now you see why we didn't know if we wanted to go but we knew we would regret it if we didn't.