Coast of Antrim

We drove up north two weekends ago for a short break.

It was Easter break and the both of us were not oncall the whole weekend so we took the opportunity to run away from Dublin.

Basically, we were in need of a holiday to keep ourselves sane. Aidan has been feeling somewhat neglected with the both of us constantly working long hours that he started throwing tantrums everytime he came home from crèche.

Apparently at crèche, he’s all happy and cheerful, then he comes home and turns into a little monster. His sudden change of behaviour happened the week before his second birthday and I was secretly hoping he was going to skip the terrible twos!

Back to the trip.

The Giant’s Causeway was a good 3.5 hours drive from Dublin. We broke the journey halfway and spent the night in Hilton just on the outskirts of Belfast. We got a really good deal with breakfast included the next morning. And despite it being the Easter weekend, we were upgraded to a family size room. Aidan had a whole sofabed to himself

Beautiful Coast of Antrim

I had made two trips here before but both times then, the weather was very unpleasant.

When we left the hotel that morning, the weather didn’t look too promising. I was quite reluctant but hubby remained optimistic we make the journey up north. And true enough, the sun came out in all it’s glory just as we were approaching the place.

Cloudless blue sky

Check out the unique rock formation

Because the weather was very pleasant and sunny, we were able to walk right to the very edge.

It’s usually risky on rainy days as the rocks can get slippery, so we were lucky that day to be able to explore and get spectacular views of the sea.

Aidan the explorer and getting his hands dirty

As you can see, the rocks are naturally hexagonal. So amazing!

Taking a breather with the old folks

We should have been more prepared and brought a hat!

There were a lot of tourists that day, and most of them were very adventurous exploring every nook and cranny of the rocks. We had Aidan with us so our venturing was somewhat confined to the areas I deemed safe for Aidan.

Oh dear, oh dear!

Never trust these two together

Mummy was in no power and I could only watch from afar. I was yelling don't let go of him even for a second!

Back in safe hands Only for a second though.

Before they started exploring again

Can you spot the two of them at the very top of the rocks ? Aidan was the only baby up there and all the while they were up there, I was yelling like a mad mum to hold Aidan tightly. I am pretty sure I sounded rather silly, I didn’t think hubby could hear me. In actual fact, I was terrified of the giant waves behind them.

We spent a good few hours in the sun and came home a few shades darker. The trip did the three of us good and Aidan? Well, he still has his tantrums and we believe this could be because of my current condition. I am sure he will grow out of this phase soon Only time will tell I guess.

Bye bye Antrim. We will be back again

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