Stanley and Karen visit N.Ireland

Not really correct, I have been to N Ireland many times in fact it is my second home, but normally Debra does not take me out. I get to live in her study just hanging around (on a hanger) waiting for the next big adventure. But Karen Brownfield who is an APPs ACE (EBS) who wrote a book on workflow and on the board of OAUG is currently working in England and came over to N Ireland to visit me (and Debra).

N Ireland is a beautiful place but Debra says it always rains and told Karen to bring a coat. Waste of ‘rip off baggage allowance’ that was, as the weekend was glorious. On the Saturday we went for a drive around the coast, We started at Carrick Castle, I tasted the world’s best ice cream, Mauds (but I believe the ice cream Tim Dexter serves is the world’s second best, and this plug had better get me and my friends freebies at the next RMOUG).

I crossed the Carrick a Rede rope bridge and have my very own certificate to prove it. I went to the Giant’s Causeway a fantastic natural phenomena a bit like myself really. We went to the beach and Debra made Karen take her shoes and socks off and paddle in the sea, apparently this is a british ‘thing’ and I had previously seen this in Monterey at my Sibling Reunion, and then we finished the day with another British tradition, fish and chips on the beach. It was a great day.

Then Sunday we went to Belfast and did a tour of the city on a bus. We saw all the walls and places of interest from the ‘troubles‘. My mate Mogens (we are good friends at the moment) laughs at this, how can a country at war for thirty years ‘The Troubles‘? Anyway it was a good tour I saw where the Titanic was built and went for a ride on the Belfast Eye (actually not much more than a Ferris Wheel but very brave for Debra).