Carrickfergus-Whitehead-Glenarm.

Monday 17th June 2024.

Our first stop today was Carrickfergus we parked in the car park next to the castle where there were plenty of spaces, we were looking forward to exploring the castle.

I don’t know what it is but sometimes our luck isn’t in, closed Mondays, yesterday we went to explore Antrim Castle and Gardens only to find it had been taken over for a flower festival😵‍💫

We drove on from Carrickfergus to Whitehead which is a large seaside village which hosts a railway museum. We parked on the sea front and after lunch walked the Blackhead Path.

The path follows the coastline and walked along it until we were at the point below Blackhead Lighthouse.

The information we read said there was a staircase of 99 steps to get up to the level of the lighthouse, we assumed they would be at the point below the lighthouse but this wasn’t so. On the route back we found a grassy path that lead to the steps but sensibly decided not to climb them as there were probably 90 more than I’m capable of with my arthritic knees.

From there it was a short drive to tonight’s stop at Glenarm Marina.

It’s a pleasant village with good facilities on the sea front, there is a castle here with wonderful gardens but sadly we arrived too late to go in.

Tonight is our last night in Ireland after spending 28 days here and circumnavigating about 80 % of its coastline, we have had a good time and will certainly return in the future, tomorrow we sail to Cairnryan in Scotland.