Sunday, September 29, 2019

September 29, 2019 - Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

Today we took the ferry from Cairnryan, Scotland to Belfast, Northern Ireland and then headed up the coast to Ballycastle.  The place we stayed last night was a B & B run by Margaret who is also the owner.  The building is 350 years old and it has been in her family for several generations.  She.was a lot of fun and told us all about her family history from the area.  She and Susie even got on her computer and Margaret tried to help us locate some of my Clark ancestors but to no avail.  I recorded 19 minutes of Margaret talking about her family and I'm going to try to find a way to post it here.

To listen to Margaret click HERE

The ferry ride was.fine and we spoke with an Australian couple who were spending 2 months touring around by car.  When disembarked in Belfast we took off north and arrived at our hotel in good time.  We are staying at a hotel called the Salthouse Hotel.  It is only 3 months old and really nice.  We're here for 2 nights.

Glenarm Castle

Glenarm, Northern Ireland

Glenarm, Northern Ireland

Coastal drive north of Belfast

Coastal drive north of Belfast

Coastal drive north of Belfast

Getting ready to get off the ferry

Our seating area in the ferry


Making sure they strapped down the GS properly

Margaret and Susie at the B & B at Cairnryan, Scotland


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