Giant's Causeway

Today we went to Giant's Causeway- these pictures do not do it justice and these don't actually show the way the rocks are formed into hexagons, so google it and see them for yourself! They are quite impressive. The last photo is of the traditional Irish breakfast this morning, without the sausage and bacon...So many carbs! We also went to Old Bushmill's Inn for a pint of Guinness and to a little harbor town, Portstewart for Banoffee Ice Cream, banana and toffee. Then we came home and had a nap. The gang is gathering here at the Holbeche's tonight and we are having traditional fish and chips. Tamara leaves early in the morning for Zutphen. Still uncertain what our camping excursion will look like. I have simply been enjoying sleeping in, cool rainy days instead of hot humid ones, and tea in the afternoon.

The Giant's Causeway (or Irish: Clochán na bhFómharach)[2] is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.
The Giant's Causeway is today owned and managed by the National Trust and it is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland.