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walkinggirluk

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antrim coast giant causeway
« on: 09:52:13, 21/09/06 »
This place sounds and looks very interesting its in Northen Ireland the giant causeway deep pools of lava
« Last Edit: 12:35:32, 21/09/06 by walkinggirluk »
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Re: antrim coast
« Reply #1 on: 10:41:59, 21/09/06 »
Northern Ireland's rugged and beautiful Antrim coast attracted little attention long ago. But in 1692 the bishop of derry visted and returned with word of some spectacular rock formation.  Its a place of beauty encompassing 18 miles of spectacular cliffs which the rock rise to over 300 feet the bizarre formation include more than 38,000 polygonal basalt columns many over 40 feet high. But i kid you not these rock the causeway was the result of in tense volcanic activity that took place some 60 million years ago( now there a place to go). Molten rock poured out over the landscape to form deep pools of lava the contraction of the rock as it cooled in the air and water resulted in the formation of the many sided columns of basalt. this place as got MYTH AND MAGIC. Legend told that the causeway was in fact the architecture of celtic giant and the Irish hero Finn McCool this is the most common one that a rival giant Benandonner lived across the Irish sea on the Hebridean island of Staffa . A fight had been brewing for some time but Finn couldn't find a boat big enough to take him across the water.So he began to build a causeway-a pathway from land to land across water. But when Finn saw the size of his rival , he chose brain over brawn.Instead of crossing the causeway to challenge the much bigger Benandonner he let his Scottish nemesis come to him.When he arrived, Finn disguised himself as a baby and jumped in to a cot. Some stories then go that Benandonner attempted to touch the baby and the disguised Finn bit off his finger .Others say his wife gave him rock to eat and his teeth fell out. Either way ,when the scot saw baby Finn he wasn't hanging around to see how big his father was so hotfooted it back across the causeway as fast as he could. Nothing was left but the columnar foundations at either end. Across the water on staffa island is a 227-footcave-fingal'scave-is formed of similar hexagoally joined basalt a must see place
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Re: antrim coast giant causeway
« Reply #2 on: 12:11:02, 21/09/06 »
here are more pictures of the giant causeway
« Last Edit: 12:15:15, 21/09/06 by walkinggirluk »
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Re: antrim coast giant causeway
« Reply #3 on: 15:21:55, 22/09/06 »
This is a great walk as you can do other things in the area once you walked the giant causeway you can go on to enjoy these other things around Ireland. Follow the cliff path and you can enjoy the spectacular views of the whole site surrounding headlands. Walking down the Sheperd's steps takes you diectly to Port Resostan and you get a  great views of the giant's chimney stacks look out too for the giant eye or as locals call them round nuggets of basalt. Walk the other way along the coastal path and you come to the giant boot back on the foreshore of port noffer inland detour through the giant gate brings you to the most famous attraction the honeycomb steps of the causeway if you need to rest your feet sit in the wishing well chair and be thankful that Benandonner isn't striding over you to pick a fight with you. then theres the giant granny on the other side of port granny the camel in portnaboe and the ruins of dunseverick castle and than on to the The Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, swings high above the waves, linking the tiny island of Carrick-a-Red along the dramatic Giant’s Causeway coast. which swings high above the waves at a height  30 metres above steep cliffs and crashing waves, spanning some 20 metres to the stack cliff of Carrick-a-Rede. This name translates to ‘the rock in the road’, the road being the sea.The bridge is just 16km away from Northern Ireland’s famous World Heritage Site the Giant’s Causeway so this is a great day out oh and by the way the bridge is  Not for those scarred of heights or the not for the faint hearted.
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