| Jul 21, 2006 - Portrush and the Antrim Coast
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 | The Antrim Coast
| | The 'Giants Causeway' from above
| | Basalt columns at the Causeway
| | The Giants Causeway
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 | Stephen on the causeway
| | closeup of one of the columns
| | Tammy & Bob at the columns
| | Chris and Tammy acting as whiskey tasters
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 | coast near rope bridge
| | rope bridge
| | Bobby crossing the rope bridge
| | Dunluce Castle
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 | the castle ruins
| | Bob & Tammy inside the ruins
| | inside the ruins
| | the manor house
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 | the ruins
| | more of the ruins
| | on the Antrim coast
| | Bob, Tammy and Stephen
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| | Today was yet another busy day. We left bright and early, heading to some ancient basalt rock formations on the Antrim Coast, known as the 'Giants Causeway'. It's a series of hexadiagonal basalt columns, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions, but the locals say the columns were formed by giants who made a bridge or causeway from Scotland to Ireland. They were pretty amazing, and we had a nice hike along the cliffs above down to the causeway. Then we headed to the Bushmills Distillery, one of the oldest whiskey distilleries in the world. After the tour, they picked 4 volunteers to be tasters of several different types of whiskey and scotch, and Tammy was selected as one of them. Then we headed to a rope bridge further up the coast, which connects the mainland with a small island for fisherman. The scenery was spectactular, and it was a beautiful little hike. Finally, we visited 'Dunluce Castle', perched on the edge of a cliff. The castle was abandoned in the 1600's when the kitchen collapsed into the sea one night, taking several servants with it. It was a fun place to crawl around and explore. |
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