Derry To Torr Head And More

Travelling takes a bit longer than one might want or expect with four young kids and everybody affected by jet lag. It took a few days, but about day 5 things started to settle down into a much more normal schedule.

 

ire 2013 blog 05Despite this, getting breakfast, getting everybody up, dressed, figuring out where we are going to go as well where it is and how to get there, well, often we are lucky to get out of the house before lunch. As we adjust to Ireland and the time difference this gets easier and easier and our treks have become more adventurous.

 

Travelling to Derry, just over an hour away from Ballycastle, we arrived about lunch time. After a stop off at a sandwich shop we headed over to the Free Derry section. I’ll not go into the history of this place here, but leave you to read about at the link. It was a pretty powerful area.

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Next to this area is the old city wall, which you can walk on top of. This was a cool bit of history with some interesting views.

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ire 2013 blog 13Driving back to Ballycastle we took the (literally) scenic route more along the coast. This took a bit longer, but was certainly a more enjoyable drive.

 

The next day we drove in the opposite direction and checked out some of the glens, particularly Glenariff National Park. We took a couple of small hikes in the area, and I told Déla to keep an eye out for fairies.

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Along the way we stopped off at Torr Head, which is the closest spot between Ireland and Scotland.

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We hiked part of the way also to Fair Head, but got lost along the way. That path almost exclusively through private farm land and not marked. A lot of sheep poop.

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More pictures later.