When we woke up this morning it was rather foggy outside -
given that we're right by the coast we presumed this was sea mist rolling
inland, and the weather app was predicting blue skies and sunshine. By the time we reached Carrickfergus, there
it was, and it was WARM!! We visited the Norman castle here which was quite fun.
After the castle we took a walk along the promenade looking
for a sculpture of three knights which we had seen on a brochure, and they
were basically at the other end of the road from where we came into
Carrickfergus. Although, we thought they would have looked better nearer to the
castle....!
We had made our lunch and brought it with us so we sat in
the harbour for lunch before continuing along the 'coastal route' which took us
past Larne where we had come into Northern Ireland, and we travelled up the
same road north until we passed the Glens of Antrim (to be explored later!)
which were featured in Game of Thrones, and a stop off at Layde Church which is a curious little hidden church in ruins, and then on to Cushenden where we found the caves which were also featured in
Game of Thrones. Onward we went the real
scenic route (coastal road) to Torr Head, and it had been bright and sunny for
the whole day. So much so we could see
the Mull of Kintyre across the water from Torr Head itself. The journey to the
viewpoint was very enjoyable as we climbed up and up, I started to wonder if
there were some walks around the top of these ridges which we could do at some
point......
After the Torr, we moved onward along the rest of the
coastal route and back to the cottage, a very enjoyable day and journey indeed,
despite my cold - although it was getting better throughout the day.
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