First we drove to Carrick-a-Rede, (the rock in the road) where a rope bridge was installed by fishermen 250 years ago, 30 metres above the sea, onto Carrick Island so they could launch their boats and catch the salmon below. The bridge sways in the wind (closed on really windy days) and yet we crossed it. The bulk of the island, however, was closed for winter regeneration. They get up to 400 tourists a day, half the number at Windsor castle the same time of year! Fantastic walk to and from the bridge.
 
David, the ranger, told us Ireland as a whole is to drive on the right side of the road, at a date to be set . The changeover will be staggered; coaches and trucks one weekend, cars and bikes the next!!
 
Then on to the Giants Causeway. The giant Finn McCool built this amazing basalt column stairway so he could visit his girlfriend on Staffa in the Scottish Hebrides opposite, without getting his feet wet! (we took the kids to Staffa and looked at Fingal's Cave in 1989.) 
 
Brilliant UNESCO site, with a new visitors' centre that opened summer 2012. We walked the kilometre to the causeway then climbed around on it, watched by Rangers who would blow a whistle at you if you ventured too near the waves!
 
Returned to the Boomer and drove to Londonderry. We had been lucky to avoid the rain all morning, with just the wind, but now it rained so we headed for a camp site. Londonderry tomorrow.