Inverbann B&B
Travel Blogs from Larne
Intervarsities
... following day. We won all 6 games we played, which were against all the possible teams we could play the next day. The 4-seed ended up forfeiting so we had an auto-bid to the championship game for the Plate. When we played in this game, we simply were outplayed by the other team, who we had beaten twice the previous day, and we lost in two. I had a lot of fun playing a lot of volleyball, though, I've missed playing ...
Sea cliffs, rope bridge and some men with a ladder
... that the reason for this is to celebrate the forthcoming anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, though that is still almost three weeks away on 12th July.
We settle in to our home for the night in a B&B that we share with a group of bikers over from England on their annual Northern Ireland bash and we roam the streets looking for somewhere to eat, finally settling on a Chinese ...
Northern Ireland
... the Protestant/Loyalists and Catholic/Republicans. It is really two radical (maybe even terrorist) organizations that don’t get along. The tour guide even told us that they notify both of the groups about the tours and get their permission for security reasons. Currently the situation in Ireland is relatively calm, and the violence is in the past. The tensions have existed for many years and it has many factors. The ...
Goodbye Ireland
... we rose to glorious views of valleys, cliffs, and the sea beyond. Met a very weary cyclist all on her own going in the opposite direction. From what I could see (besides the excitement of the downward coast) was that she had had quite a grueling climb. But it wasn’t until taking off that I truly understood…Proceeded to descend at break-neck speeds down a road winding through forests and over bridges, swerving back onto itself for ...
Let's Celebrate N. Ireland Independence Day
... that were in the tank like a boa constrictor hunts a mouse. Exploris also has an important role supporting Ireland. They take in injured or abandoned baby seals and nurse them until they are ready to go back into the wild. The youngest seal was 48 hours old.
We went up the coast to Portaferry to take a ferry (duh!) to the town of Downpatrick. The ferry ride was great and was the inspiration for some ...