Beach Days in November in Northern Ireland
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Beach Days in November in Northern Ireland

I love it when we are up at our cottage, there is a clear blue sky, and we head to the beach – even if it’s November! Belfast might be going MTV Awards mad, with celebreties being spotted all over the city. It was a HUGE event, held in Odyessy Arena, and showed Belfast at…

Summers End at Downhill Strand, Northern Ireland
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Summers End at Downhill Strand, Northern Ireland

This afternoon we headed over to part of the North Coast of Northern Ireland which we don’t visit so often, the beach at Downhill, just beyond Castlerock. Downhill beach is a 7 mile stretch of golden sand from Magillan Point to Mussenden and apparently is one of the longest beaches in Europe. It was a…

I Heart Northern Ireland – top images of Northern Ireland
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I Heart Northern Ireland – top images of Northern Ireland

Here are my favourite collection of photos I have taken of Northern Ireland. I struggled to narrow down which images to include, but the finished result includes : Ballintoy, Portstewart Strand, Giants Causeway, Belfast Shipyard (where the Titanic was built), White Park Bay and Dark Hedges. This week at the photography challenge site I Heart…

Sharing the North coast of N Ireland Part 1 – Giants Causeway
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Sharing the North coast of N Ireland Part 1 – Giants Causeway

Last weekend  Two weekends ago we had a superb weekend up at our holiday cottage near the Giant’s Causeway.  We had the pleasure of the company of a good friend from England, and we keen to share a wee bit more of what Northern Ireland had to offer. We arrived up at the cottage just…

Home Exchange – ready for a change!
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Home Exchange – ready for a change!

We have been fortunate to have spent 4 great summers at our holiday cottage on the north coast of N Ireland. However we feel it is time for a change, and to spread our wings a little and travel a bit farther. Not sure when I first heard of home exchange / house swap, but…