Leaving Donegal we trudged our bags from the hotel down to the car park. Right next to the car park was an old anchor. Reading the plaque it turns out thus anchor is from a French ship that was dropping off Wolfe Tone and some French soldiers to support the 1798 uprising. They cut the anchor to escape a British attack. The ship, was later captured and renamed as HMS ??? and used in Nelsons fleet. Looking at history maps here I didn't realise how many ships of the Spanish Armada sank around Ireland. The drive to Malin Head was relatively quick and easy compared to the previous day's drive. Only lanes for the last 15 or so kilometres. Malin Head is the northern most point of mainland Ireland. It is a very rugged beautiful coastline. We were very lucky to visit while blue skies (but very cold, bit like a Canberra winter morning). There is a square tower on top of the head, this was built by the British in the early 1800s to keep and eye on those pesky French. It was later used as a semaphore then telegraph station. In one of the photos if you look down towards the water you will see in big white letters EIRE 80. This was placed around the coast in WW II to warn pilots this was neutral Republic of Ireland. It was mentioned to us before but we forgot that they are setting up for the filming of the next Star Wars at Malin Head. You can see the camp in the distance but cannot get close to it. We drove up to the closest car park over viewing the camp and took some happy snaps. We wanted to be in Belfast by nightfall so off we trundled heading towards Giants Causeway. Between Malin Head and Giants Causeway is Lough Foyle. Instead of driving south through Derry my brother in law Kevin suggested we take the ferry from Greencastle cutting out the longer drive around. Arrived at the pier to find the sign "No Sailings" and not a soul around. Oh well around the Lough we go. Took about an extra hour to get around but arrived at Giants Causeway about 3.30pm. I wasn't sure what to expect but I did not expect a big reception centre, heaps of tour buses and lots of cars. You pay a fee and can either walk down or get a bus. It is about a 750m walk downhill. It is a very impressive place, you can read more about it here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%2 7s_Causeway . We were again very lucky to have clear skies albeit cold. Wandered down the hill to the rocks and people everywhere. The formation is very cool. People must have been visiting this site for hundreds of tears, some of the rocks are polished smooth from all of the people walking on them. We found a clear carving in the rock from 1878. Didn't have much time to hang around so we rushed up the hill and headed into Belfast. There was no clear border when we crossed from Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland (UK), I didn't even see a sign. We crossed before the Giants Causeway near Derry. It is the same relatively small Island and I expected it to be very similar but was surprised to find it quite different. Nothing I can really put my finger on maybe the different style of housing to start with. We booked into the Hilton Belfast which turned out to be a fantastic location. Dropped our bags in the room and wandered around checking out some pubs. It was Friday evening here and like Sydney everyone stepping out after work. I am still not sure about Belfast, maybe it is still growing after the troubles. We didn't really know where to go so by 9 pm and starving found a bar/American themed diner. One of the burgers on the menu was the "Clonakilty Burger" which had black pudding included in the ingredients. I love black pudding with my breakfast, I Am not sure about it on a burger. We had burgers and headed back to the hotel.