Today it was time to move on to our second place between
Belfast and the Mourne Mountains.
We
decided to have showers first thing although the heating wasn't playing today
(of course).
All week we had problems with
the hot water not being hot because we had absolutely no idea how the boiler
worked and there were no instructions.
Just when we thought we had figured it out (yesterday), we realised the
boiler needed something like 2 hours to heat the water to a reasonable
temperature.
I washed my hair and
showered anyway although I regretted it almost instantly after I realised that
the lukewarm water was actually pretty damn cold so yes, you could say I had an
ice shower. Not pleasent but I saw it through!
Mathew decided to have his shower later on when we arrived at our new
place.
On our way, we stopped off at Dunseverick Castle (dated to the 1500s) which is
very tiny and in ruins, Belfast Castle which I thought was going to have large
gardens but it turns out that the garden was quite small (although very very
nice), and was in Cave Hill Country Park. Not wanting any more 'ups' right now, we called the owners of the new
place although it was a little early and they said it was all ready and they
would pop in when then got home.
Turns
out that it took us just over an hour to navigate our way around Belfast to get
there and the directions given were straightforward on paper but not on the
road (naming a road by the place name it leads to is not the same as the actual
road name, and neither is saying 'first left' when it actually turns out to be
the 3rd left), but we found our way there eventually and I have to say that it
was a really nice place.
An open plan
barn loft conversion, modern but quite spacious given the size, no TV (but we
had brought a DVD player and Mathew's Laptop) and no wifi but a cable
connection to the internet. So fairly off grid.
Nice!
Today it was time to move on to our second place between
Belfast and the Mourne Mountains. We
decided to have showers first thing although the heating wasn't playing today
(of course). All week we had problems with
the hot water not being hot because we had absolutely no idea how the boiler
worked and there were no instructions.
Just when we thought we had figured it out (yesterday), we realised the
boiler needed something like 2 hours to heat the water to a reasonable
temperature. I washed my hair and
showered anyway although I regretted it almost instantly after I realised that
the lukewarm water was actually pretty damn cold so yes, you could say I had an
ice shower. Not pleasent but I saw it through!
Mathew decided to have his shower later on when we arrived at our new
place.
On our way, we stopped off at Dunseverick Castle (dated to the 1500s) which is
very tiny and in ruins, Belfast Castle which I thought was going to have large
gardens but it turns out that the garden was quite small (although very very
nice), and was in Cave Hill Country Park. Not wanting any more 'ups' right now, we called the owners of the new
place although it was a little early and they said it was all ready and they
would pop in when then got home. Turns
out that it took us just over an hour to navigate our way around Belfast to get
there and the directions given were straightforward on paper but not on the
road (naming a road by the place name it leads to is not the same as the actual
road name, and neither is saying 'first left' when it actually turns out to be
the 3rd left), but we found our way there eventually and I have to say that it
was a really nice place. An open plan
barn loft conversion, modern but quite spacious given the size, no TV (but we
had brought a DVD player and Mathew's Laptop) and no wifi but a cable
connection to the internet. So fairly off grid.
Nice!
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