We were glad not to have booked the earliest train out of Belfast so we could leisurely get to the station for 10.35 in a bit of luxury by taxi. The 2hr train ride went quickly & before we knew it we were in the Republic of Ireland's capital. We took the dart a couple of stops to Grand Canal Dock station which was conveniently right near our hotel. Having looked at lots of hotel options we were happy with where we chose at it was a really nice room with an ex...

We were off to explore the north east coast of Northern Ireland today so after breakfast at the guesthouse we walked down to the tour office to meet our bus. Setting off at 10am with a chock-a-block bus we first stopped at Carrickfergus for a quick photo stop at the 12th century Norman castle only about 20mins north of Belfast. The driver kept up the commentary the whole journey as we continued along the Antrim coast road passing quaint little fishing villages &a...

We had to drag ourselves out of bed at 5.30am for our 7.30am Easyjet flight to Belfast. Sue was lovely enough to get up equally early to drive us to the airport where we just fit in a quick breaky before the short flight. We were soon on the bus into Belfast & then dropping off our bags at the guesthouse before going to find a stop near the very grand Queens University for the Hop on Hop off bus which we purchased as a combo with our Giants Causeway day trip ...

Today we were off to explore the city centre of Bristol. It was only a short bus ride into town where we firstly walked along a street given over to graffiti murals as Bristol is the home of Banksy the street artist. Wandering down towards the harbour side we stopped for a coffee stop at the Whetherspoons & to give Harry some food before we went to learn more about Bristol at the M-Shed which had a couple more painted statues of Grommit from Wallace & Gr...

This morning we were off on the Avon Valley Railway which was only about 25mins from Sue's. It was an hour ride, but it went about 10 mins in one direction, then the engine ran around, then back through the starting station & 10mins the other direction before running around again. It wasn't a bad little train journey & both Harry and Sean enjoyed themselves :-) It was time for lunch so we drove to a pub nearby which sat next to a small lock & weir on ...