We cycled to the Giant's Causeway from Ballycastle. We waited until maybe 2pm for it to stop raining before leaving Ballycastle, on our way out we met the Alaskan couple who are also doing a similar route to us but much shorter distances each day. They were telling us about couchsurfing which they've had some really good experiences and Air BnB's which are a lot more like hostel prices apparently.
They've finished the visitors centre at the Giant's Causeway which looks very impressive. Bit pricey! We had a pint in the Causeway Hotel before heading onto Portush. Nice roads plus lots of downhill which is always good!
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| Trying to dry the tent in Ballycastle |
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| Some castle...? |
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| Timolo's first time at the Giant's Causeway |
We stayed in Portrush in Hilltop Caravan Park which is hugeeeeeeee! I have never seen so many caravans! You can even rent DVDs from the little shop there. The next day we packed up in the rain and headed for Derry, got to Castlerock and I was really getting cold, my trainers were drenched, most of my clothes were soaked so headed on the train to Derry. We could avoid the big main roads this way too as it was quite hard to avoid them but remain on relatively flat ground. Stayed in the Independent Hostel which was lovely and just like someone's house. Met another cycle tourer called Michael, he's been backpacking for about 4 years and is about the start a 5 1/2yr round the world cycle tour! He gave us some good advice and was a really cool guy.
We then met up with Conor from climbing who helped us fix Timolo's pannier, it had started to break a bit and bend at the attachments. After all that was sorted we went to Flaming Jack's and had loads of food! :) 30% off too which is always good.
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| Castlerock train station |
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| Timolo's camera has magic settings |
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