SMILE!

As we are having Christmas lunch with the Leggetts we decided to give the hostess a present.

It involved us taking copious photos of her son and grand daughter. Then we bought a frame and put 4 of the best in it.

The rest will go on a disc so she can download them onto her photo frame.

It was very very cold when we took the pics. Can you tell?

OUR BUSINESS IS EXPANDING

This convenience store chain is all around the UK.

TOUR OF BELFAST

Over several days we toured around Belfast city.

One thing I noticed was the increased construction and the large number of new sculptures.

This fish has pictures of predominate people all over it.







As you can see we took the artwork very seriously.

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We even held up the world which an silver lady was standing on.
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Don't know if you can see but this is the side with Australia and New Zealand on it.
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Wonder why I took that?!










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We went on a couple of Titanic tours and walked along the river bank.
This is Belfast town hall.
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Unfortunately, they've erected a 'wheel' on the side.
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It ruins the building and any pictures of it.

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The large clock is actually leaning. It reminds me of the leaning tower of Pisa.

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We even took pictures inside Kath and Jim's wedding chapel for nostalgia.







This was a popular theatre in Belfast.






A modern shopping centre was built in the centre of town. On top was a dome where we could see all the land marks of town.

It also had a motorised blind to keep the sun out of your eyes. Yep, they thought of everything, cause it doesn't get sunny often so the locals aren't used to the yellow disc in the sky.


Your guess is as good as mine.






One day we went on a pub crawl.

Jim took us to all his old haunts and told us stories of his adventures.

Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge

Kath had never seen this bridge before so we decided to take her to it and make her cross it.


We've all heard the storeys of the bridge being three pieces of rope strung across the cliff with another rope linking the others in a V shape. The local fishermen used to monkey climb their way across no matter what the weather.

We'll the National Trust has changed that.

It is now safe for all to cross. It still sways in the wind and apparently only 8 people can cross it at once. I must point out it doesn't say how heavy these 8 can be.

I say this cause we passed a very very very large family of four on our walk to the bridge and they would've weighed at least 10 people combined.

This is the hut purchased just below the bridge on the cliffs edge. The fishermen would shelter here on stormy days or when they were cleaning the fish.

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Even carrying the materials here and building the thing would've been dangerous as it is very steep. Not to mention that Ireland is not named the emerald island for nothing (slight hint here - it rains a lot!)

Just so you aren't under any illusions, here are a few perspective shots. It still would be slippy getting up and down from the bridge on the steep path in the rain. Thankfully, it was nice weather when we went.













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Full of enthusiasm (and the fear that the fat family would be allowed on with us, thus endangering the weight limit of the bridge) we trundled across the bridge. Jim even jumped up and down to make it wobble. Heee heee.

We each posed so we could say 'Been there, done that, got the photo'.


We also took lots of scenic photos.


And some of the local wildlife.


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