Knowing it was quite a
long way back to Belfast we planned on taking two days. However
another early start to a beautiful morning caused us to check with
the satnav and we realised it could be done without too much effort
in one day, a good proportion of the route being on motorways, the
rest on good main roads. This would also give us the opportunity of
doing the bus tour of Belfast that we missed at the start of the
trip.
Little really to say, a
motorway is the same everywhere but at least we stayed ahead of the
weather system creeping across the country so it was a pleasant
drive. We paused at a small harbour south of Dundalk for lunch after
having made excellent time before joining the heavy traffic into and
through Belfast – we'd managed to hit the early rush hour queues
but were in no hurry. In the end this was actually helpful because
the carpark at Carrickfergus Castle was pretty full but as we arrived
many cars were leaving so we got a similar spot overlooking the
harbour as last time.
As I write, at 10.30 pm
there are a couple of the local lads showing off in their souped up
motors, but we expect, as last time, that they'll shortly go home.
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