A Giant time up north

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September 14th 2008

Published: September 14th 2008

Northern Ireland has been a highlight of the trip and my trip to Portstewart on the coast to see the Giant's Causeway was spectacular. I finally met up with my friends in Galway and had a bit of craic (a good laugh) with them as the sun shined down on us. It was another lovely day and as we chatted about memories of Prague and what the future had in store for us athletes were running and biking... Read Full Entry

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A waterfall in the distance

Like I said it was beautiful.

More beauty

A ruined castle on the hill

Cliffs and coast

A little wider shot of the coastline past the beach

Cliffs

The start of really steep cliffs leading the the Giant's Causeway

More cliffs

The ledge

Me standing out on a point on the cliffs

The Giant's boot

One of the unique formations at the causeway

The Giant's Causeway

Hennis and Tim and the Causeway

Basalt columns

Some of them were near perfect shapes

The next day

The Baltimore girls, Dani and Nicole as we set out on our blustery hike along the dunes

The dune trail

The wind picked up but it didn't rain as much as we thought it was going to, hardly at all actually.

Nicole and the dune

I stole one of Dani's pictures (she is a photographer) as she posed Nicole.

Sea yaker

You can barely see the sea kayaker trying to catch some waves.

My rainy walk to Bushmills

The weather finally caught up to me as I trudged along to the distillery.

Amazing coast

The views were still stunning despite the dampness

Dunluce Castle

It offered some shelter from the elements as well as a great sight

More castle

It was a great old ruin, but I left the cover and pushed on to Bushmills

A treat from the road

Some of the delicious and plump blackberry's I enjoyed as I approached Bushmills. The rain gave me a break too, excellent.

The distillery

I finally reached my goal

15th September 2008

Mom
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Hi Honey! Just love all the pictures you've posted. Ireland seems like it will be hard to leave - except for that darn wind and rain. What a fun thing to do - have a scavenger hunt across a city! We'll have to remember that on our Caribbean adventures. I always wanted to go to Londonderry just because I adore the name. Too bad there wasn't a hostel close. Have a great time with the rest of your travels!! Hugs, Mom

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