Waterfalls Galore

Friday, July 27th

So much for a quiet night!. The seafront carpark attracted the courting couples and with it the incessantly noisy thump, thump of the car radio's base beat! And just when the noise finally stopped around midnight, the couples decided to get rid of the empty beer bottles right in the bin next to us!

Sunset

The close proximity of the bin.

Bleary-eyed and with a raging headache, Ian took pity and cooked a traditional English Breakfast. Lovely it was and raised the spirits no end.

Before setting off we took ourselves off for a walk along the beach. An inviting hole in the side of the rocks drew us in. Intriguing and just had to be viewed. Flash on the camera worked wonders to illuminate the back of the cave....and all the rubbish strewn on the floor.

Looking at the map we located a place called Glenariff Forest Park, Co Antrin. Sounded lovely with its many waterfalls and picturesque walks. But on arrival, we were shocked to see how much we had to pay for the privilege to park just to go for a walk.

 Unsure whether we were classed as a car or minibus, logic dictated that we ask at the cafe for advice. And advice we got in the form of "No need to worry dearies, the warden is away so parked up and enjoy the visit". That is exactly what we did and armed with water and biscuits, walked the 4-mile circular trip. And......the icing on the cake......I saw my first Red squirrel!!!! It had its face in one of the feeder boxes and as we walked towards it, it took fright and disappeared up a tree.

Shame I didn't get a photo of the squirrel

 We still had one more NT visit to make. This time to yet another waterfall in Gleneo. Further south along the east coast and near to a place called Larne.

Tomorrow we hope to do the Gobbins.