Lamb, lamb everywhere...the lush, green countryside of Northern Ireland was filled with lots of baby lamb. It is lambing season. They are adorable and so fluffy and white you just want to squeeze them! As a big city girl, I had to ask the lovely driver to pull over a few times for pics; the driver was a farm child so was laughing at my oohiing and ahhing at all the animals.
Easter in Northern Ireland was a treat, lots of green space, lots of gorgeous countryside framed by moutains, beautiful beaches and coastline (we followed the Coastal Route from Belfast to Londonderry)and lots of interesting people. Basically I could not understand half of what people were saying and they also could not understand me too?! So quite entertaining.
Good Friday in Ballycastle saw us waiting an hour at a local fish and chip shop by the sea for the fresh cod. Saturday we had dinner in Portrush at Kelly's nightclub - which was, for the Canadian readers, more like Ponderosa in the 70s with a dance floor (we didn't go to the Lush side where Pete Tong was playing today so can't comment on that side). When we stepped into the restaurant it felt like we stepped into a scene out of Eastenders. The bar was strangely decorated with stuffed moose, deer, tigers and other safari animals staring down at patrons - all very eclectic for Portrush, it was going for a glamouros, Harrods-y, colonial, safari, wilderness feel with a bit of nautical, which all doesn't really mix too well, non?
Also we were quite exotic there as we didn't have fake tans or look like a WAG wearing too much jewelery and have many tatoos. I wish I had the camera that night as some of the people in there could be made into new characters for Little Britain.
Sunday we ate the traditional Sunday roast at the only pub that was open in Derry which unfortunately wasn't a traditional Irish pub but a Wetherspoons (eek!) Needless to say, am glad to be back in London, eating my tuna and chickpea salad and muesli breakfast!
As they say in Ireland, good craic!
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