Homeward Bound

With time to spare, on our way back to Larne, we made two stops. The first was at Loughareema, known to most as 'The vanishing Lake'. Some days it can be dry and the next full. Not suprisingly this fosters a range of 'tales' including stories of drowning horses as well as sightings of Kelpies and Ghosts. 

The lake is one of Northern Ireland's unsolved mysteries, as its drainage system isn't fully understood.

Our final stop was at Cushendun. It does strike me that every little village in Northern Ireland has some sort of story, be it geological, archeological, zooloogical, historical, botanical or sociological to tell. What will I remember about Cushendun? - well either Johann the Goat or the Puddingstones....

The last animal to be culled in northern Ireland during Foot and Mouth...

    The caves at Cushedun are formed from Devonian puddingstone, which has been eroded to form the the spectacular caves. These rocks were laid down by flash floods in a desert environment, and contain clasts with a huge range of sizes. Needless to say - they appeared in Game of Thrones.

The village too, is of interest. Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis (of Port Meirion fame), was the architect who was commissioned to design many of the buildings in the village.