Sunday 29 September 2019

Day 8 - BELFAST

The next morning we were up and on by the bus by 5am for the drive to Birmingham Airport to catch a flight to Belfast. After saying goodye to Joe, who had been our bus driver for the past week we boarded the plane and touched down in Belfast less than 1 hour later. So far on our trip we had been blessed with great weather and Belfast was no different. We jumped on a new coach and headed off to the Titanic Experience by the old ports of Belfast where the Titanic had been built and left for its maiden voyage. I think we all know how that one ended up. The museum was amazing and provided a great insight into the past. It was then off to the Giant's Causeway;an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. 

Next was a walk down to Carrick a Rede rope bridge; a bridge suspended almost 100 ft (30 m) above sea level, the rope bridge was first erected by salmon fisherman 350 years ago. After a couple of long walks we were all tired and were very grateful for the lovely homecooked meal we received that night at the Hostel.




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