UK Trip: Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Giant's Causeway, and Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland (July 24, 2015)

Okay, today was a big day.  We were going to be seeing the attractions that we had long been anticipating, namely the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and Giant's Causeway.

And look at the weather we got!  Absolutely perfect.  We started at Carrick-a-Rede.  It was interesting how different the coastline here was from what we saw yesterday.  Here the cliffs were made of limestone like the chalk cliffs along the south of England.

Look how sandy the bottom is.

Crossing back over the bridge.  Not as bad as some had feared.

Some caves in the limestone cliffs.

After a nice lunch along the way, we next stopped at Giant's Causeway.  This seemed to be a bigger tourist attraction than the rope bridge.  There were a lot of people, but you could still get a little piece of the causeway to yourself.  These hexagonal basalt formations are really interesting.

Our next stop along the North Antrim Coast was Dunluce Castle.  It was getting late in the day and we got in here by the skin of our teeth.

We continued on to Portrush and Avarest House, our B&B for the night.  We were upgraded to a nice big room with a sitting area that allowed us nice views of the beach and harbor.

View of Portrush beach from our room.

Although the B&B was very nice, Portrush was a bit too much of a holiday beach town for me.  Next time, a quieter village would be my choice.