The Salty Dog Bangor
Cliff Road Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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The Causeway Coast
We packed up the tent early in the morning and headed off to the Giant's Causeway. As National Trust members we had free entry but we did have to pay to park the car...
We did the circuit by starting off with the walk along the clifftop, getting a great view of the Causeway and coastline from above before descending down to see it and the …
End of whistlestop tour
We finished up in the pretty seaside town of Bangor after a lovely drive along the coast road. We were there for Jono's brother's wedding which was great fun, & we flew back to London (tent pegs and all) on Sunday from Belfast City airport.
It was a whistlestop tour of Ireland, and we covered a lot of ground, but we had a really good …
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One Final City
The last stop on my world-wind United Kingdom adventure was the city of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland. Before living in London, i had never heard of Belfast, and i actually knew very little about the country of Northern Ireland, except that it existed. When i thought of Ireland, naturally Dublin was the first thing that popped into my head, so when Natalija told me she wanted to visit Belfast, i didn't really know what to think. Growing up, the only thing ...
More Sea Trials
... cleaning out the fuel tank!!
We then headed out to sea to "prove" the engine, which involved running the engine at 50% the 75% and 100% for fifteen minutes at a time. It is exceptionally windy here, but thankfully
not a massive swell.
Back in Bangor marina coming alongside was difficult because we were continually blown off the pontoon in the high wind. But there were a couple of kind souls who grabbed lines for us ...
McMillen's Bar And Restaurant
... drop the chips! I'm not sure how he got so upset and frustrated with the staff. I confused a fillet steak with a sirloin also one night, but later working in butchery (2002 - 2003) I realised this was a ridiculous mistake to make!! So I was mainly a bar man on the downstairs bar, with the odd time doing the nightclub and the odd time doing the restaurant, where at least we did earn tips to make up for having ...


