Northern Ireland, April 2022

Journey and Causeway Coast Way

On learning that we would be taking the overnight ferry from Liverpool to Belfast, where they built the Titanic, Megan got quite distressed.

"The ferry will sink!", she wailed.
"It'll be fine," I reassured her, "it's a brand new ferry."
More howls from the child: "That means they won't have tested it! We're going to die!"

On boarding the ferry, I spotted a brass plate proudly announcing its Chinese origin. Maybe she was right to be worried after all. Though as it happens, it didn't sink (obviously), and it was like crossing the Irish Sea in a nice hotel.

The best weather was the day we arrived, Sunday, and because the ferry got in quite early, we managed to get a decent walk along the coast to the Giant's Causeway. Long ago, I kayaked to Fingal's Cave, off the west coast of Scotland. It was interesting to see the other end of the bridge from the legend of Fionn mac Cumhaill (legend aside, it is geologically the same structure).

The next two days involved mostly cowering indoors (including the fascinating Titanic Museum in Belfast, and the very informative Ulster Museum, also in Belfast), with the occasional run along the Causeway Coast Way.