22/05: Switched Countries
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
This evening Ed had a Hop House 13 beer and I had a lovely cider of a different brand.
This morning we left Dunfanaghy and drove south then east and then north again to finally reach Bushmill Northern Ireland, home to the Bushmill Irish Whiskey and the Giant's Causeway.
The drive was mostly routine except for missing turns as we went through Derry. Luckily the turning circles helped out and we did some 360 degree turns to get back on the right track.
A view of the coast in Northern Ireland.
Some more coast.
Arriving in the town of Bushmill we headed straight for the Bushmill Distillery. We had a lovely tour, except photography wasn't allowed. A wee dram of whiskey was included with the tour. Ed did get a few photographs of the outside of the distillery.
Just outside of Bushmill is the Dunluce Castle. Turns out the castle was onced owned by the MacDonnells --- Ed's mother was a MacDonnell.
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. There are two lines of thought on what created the causeway. The first involves a certain giant by the name of Finn McCool. Finn is having trouble with someone across the water. The Scottish giant Benandonner is threatening Ireland. An enraged Finn grabs chunks of the Antrim coast and throws them into the sea. The rock forms a path for Finn to follow and teach Benandonner a lesson. Bad idea – Benandonner is terrifyingly massive. Finn beats a hasty retreat, followed by the giant, only to be saved by our hero’s quick-thinking wife who disguised him as a baby. The angry Scot saw the baby and decided if the child was that big, the daddy must be really huge. The second explanation is the Giant’s Causeway is the aftermath of volcanic eruption and subsequent cooling.
Looking down on the Giant's Causeway.
The causeway from across the bay.
Ed following the giant's path.
The stones up close.
The gateway.
The cliff by the Giant's Causeway. The rock formations are very interesting --- black rock, red rock, and the columns of rock like the Giant's Causeway.
This morning we left Dunfanaghy and drove south then east and then north again to finally reach Bushmill Northern Ireland, home to the Bushmill Irish Whiskey and the Giant's Causeway.
The drive was mostly routine except for missing turns as we went through Derry. Luckily the turning circles helped out and we did some 360 degree turns to get back on the right track.
A view of the coast in Northern Ireland.
Some more coast.
Arriving in the town of Bushmill we headed straight for the Bushmill Distillery. We had a lovely tour, except photography wasn't allowed. A wee dram of whiskey was included with the tour. Ed did get a few photographs of the outside of the distillery.
Just outside of Bushmill is the Dunluce Castle. Turns out the castle was onced owned by the MacDonnells --- Ed's mother was a MacDonnell.
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. There are two lines of thought on what created the causeway. The first involves a certain giant by the name of Finn McCool. Finn is having trouble with someone across the water. The Scottish giant Benandonner is threatening Ireland. An enraged Finn grabs chunks of the Antrim coast and throws them into the sea. The rock forms a path for Finn to follow and teach Benandonner a lesson. Bad idea – Benandonner is terrifyingly massive. Finn beats a hasty retreat, followed by the giant, only to be saved by our hero’s quick-thinking wife who disguised him as a baby. The angry Scot saw the baby and decided if the child was that big, the daddy must be really huge. The second explanation is the Giant’s Causeway is the aftermath of volcanic eruption and subsequent cooling.
Looking down on the Giant's Causeway.
The causeway from across the bay.
Ed following the giant's path.
The stones up close.
The gateway.
The cliff by the Giant's Causeway. The rock formations are very interesting --- black rock, red rock, and the columns of rock like the Giant's Causeway.