Lastly a few other sights along the coast. Here is Portcoon Bay, an inlet just to the west of the Giant’s causeway


and this memorial has been placed here close to where the two airmen lost their lives –


This photo shows one of the many “dykes” along this part of the coast which were formed by lava extruding through fissures in the earlier rocks



At one time the northern half of Ireland along with Scotland formed part of North America but around 60 million years ago it split away as the Atlantic widened and this splitting caused the crust to thin allowing these lava dykes to form, much as they are doing in Iceland nowadays where the centre of volcanic activity has shifted..

Travelling on westwards you come to the pretty little village of Portballintrae –



which was once a bustling salmon fishery but is now just a collection of holiday homes, virtually deserted except at weekends.

Here is the beautiful Bushfoot strand, very popular with surfers


And how could you go to Ireland without seeing a “Paddy”. And here is his “wagon” to prove it