Port Charlotte Hotel

... we were drinking our coffee we decided to do a quick sketch of the train station. As we were sitting there a nice older man in a kilt caught a glance of what we were doing and invited himself over. He pulled up a chair and started to explain to us that he used to teach architectural drawing classes and now is a professional artist who gives presentations on his work. He asked to take a look of each of our sketchbooks and gave ...

... and towards belfast. we left around 1pm and went to a nearby shopping centre to enjoy the cheap northern prices. about 10 minutes later (while driving through some grogeous irish countryside) a warning light came on the dashboard of elaine's mammy's little bmw so we pulled into the next service station. turns out there was an obscenely flat tyre which was supposed to be self inflating so there was no spare (seems like a similar kind of logic that the ...

... checked back at airport but no comment made-told checke I'd filled and I believe he turned ignition on.I unfortunately did'nt keep receipt for fuel-payed cash.I mention this to warn other hirers.! I feel I've been scammed.Tend to use Avis because off AA discount-look at others in future ...

... and a plaque with the names of the people (army and civilians) who were killed just from that immediate area. the houses along the wall had cages on the back of the houses where the porch would usually go to protect them from anything coming over the wall. next we went to falls road where there were lots of catholic murals. we drove past the ira's family garden but didn't stop because the irish flag was raised which meant members and their families were there and they're not too ...

aka. most beautiful place in the world. i don't think thats overstating it much, and i'm definitely qualified to make that statement! we got back on the bus bright and early and drove up the coast to dunluce castle. it was a really beautiful day which was a nice change from the day before. the castle was on the edge of a cliff and it was amazing, the coastline was so beautiful and the views from the castle were fantastic. next we drove to the giants causeway which was also amazing. we took ...

... is to sign up with the distilleries beforehand. Joining up with Classic Malts (www.malts.com) gives you free entry (normally £5 or so), and with Laphroiag (http://www.laphroaig.com) they give you 1 foot square of land, plus your rent (a miniature cask strength whiskey)<br><br>Robert seemed to really enjoy the new scenery, but was a little unsettled at night as all the travelling was breaking up his routine.<br><br>For eating out ...

<br>Next day, we were back on the west coast at Oban, and from there drove to the ferry at Tarbert and crossed over to Islay (pronounced Isle &#8211; luh), home of Laphroaig Distillery, among others. Laphroaig is Bill&#8217;s favorite Scotch, or at least the first real single malt he ever tried, so he has a soft spot for it. I think it tastes like liquid peatmoss. He also belongs to the Friends of Laphroaig, and so is entitled to a free dram of Scotch annually ...

... at Giant's Causeway which is an eye-popping, surreal locale. The geology is almost unreal and we found it somewhat frustrating that more information wasn't available to describe the details of how such a natural phenomenon as this was created. From what little we were able to distill from the bookstore, millions of years ago a volcanic eruption occurred that caused a great deal of lava to spill into a river ...

... et Irlande du Nord, sous couvert du Scottish National Trust. Parmis ces réserves, l'île d'Islay possède une situation particulière : c'est le seul pays (et en particulier cette île) d'Europe où une espèce, le Râle des genêts, est en population croissante (80 couples en moyenne actuellement, 1145 mâles chanteurs en Ecosse). La France ayant stabilisé une ...

... the meals are great! lots of yummy yummy homemade food and always the best puddings, tonight was chocolate pecan pie... mmm... tonight we got awards for being volunteers.... i got the 'queen of fun games' award for my mini golf, speed scrabble and party games...! that was fun... im glad im finally queen of something. rod got a practical joker one...mmmm. well i think id better get to bed because im doing aerobics again at 7.30am!!!