{"id":19407,"date":"2019-07-04T18:47:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T08:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=19407"},"modified":"2022-04-23T08:39:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T22:39:57","slug":"antrim-coast-northern-ireland-%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=19407","title":{"rendered":"Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 2nd July 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 27 kilometres from Ballycastle to Cushendall both in County Antrim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Cushendun and Cushendall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Cushendall, Layde St car-park, free T+B. N55.08485, W06.05667<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 30 days @ \u20ac77 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went to sleep with the waves pounding against the shingle beach last night and woke to the same rhythmic sound this morning. The wind has dropped but the breeze is still cool. We have been joined by a VW camper at some stage but we never noticed its arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee and fruit as usual and we go for a walk… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We walk around the bay for about 30 minutes, finding this small touring park near the headland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back in the Hymer we drive south-east across the Ballypatrick Forest for Cushendun. The large car-park on the edge of Cushendun has a toilet and tap so we service the Hymer before going for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord Cushendun\u2019s Manor House. He once owned all the land here and built the town and its buildings with a Cornish Theme ?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cushendun is now in the hands of the National Trust who basically rent the cottages as holiday lets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You can read about it here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The row of terraced houses seems strangely out of place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A lovely old stone bridge crosses the River Glendun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Panorama of Cushendun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not the most unusual scene we have discovered in our travels, but it\u2019s in the top 10.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The LP recommends checking out the caves around the point so we explore a little further.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Game of Thrones continue…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We eventually find the track leading to the castle ruins that stand on top of the headland. Not much left just a couple of walls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice view back across the bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We thought about sitting it out for the day in Cushendun, but the internet is just non-existent so we drive on to Cushendall a larger town. Mind you the internet is just as bad and we surmise it\u2019s a network issue. If all else fails go for a walk and find a pub. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beach in Cushendall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tiny Chapel just near our parking spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Curfew Tower, built in 1817 by one Francis Turnley, the town\u2019s landlord as the goal house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We find ourselves outside the Central Bar a couple of doors from the tower. We step inside it\u2019s 1860 vintage bar to find a tradie chatting to the Publican. We order a Guinness and Savblonc and the Publican tells us the bars history. I would normally comment about the day sliding by, but a young couple walk in from Parramatta. So we take enjoy chatting with them for an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date: 2nd July 2019 Travelled: 27 kilometres from Ballycastle to Cushendall both in County Antrim Visited: Cushendun and Cushendall Stayed: Cushendall, Layde St car-park, free T+B. N55.08485, W06.05667 Budget: 30 days @ \u20ac77 per day We went to sleep with the waves pounding against the shingle beach last night and woke to the same rhythmic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":19442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,25],"tags":[110],"class_list":{"0":"post-19407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-northern-ireland","10":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19407"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27765,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19407\/revisions\/27765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}