Looking at the map and guide books we noticed that the prominent pilgrimage hill of Slemish (437 metres) was nearby, where Saint Patrick had lived for a few of his younger years, so after parking at the visitor centre, I set off up the steep and rocky track although I didn't make it to the peak. We headed for the coast at the pleasant village of Glenarm where we gathered lots of useful tourist information from the very helpful assistant at the newly opened tourist office. Continuing along the coast road we turned off to Cushendun, a pretty National Trust coastal village and found the caves, one of many locations for the Game of Thrones television series so popular with American tourists who were on guided tours of the various sites.

We headed inland to the Dark Hedges, another very popular G-o-T location where we were able to stay in the hotel car park since we had joined the Irish Safe Nights scheme for motorhomes. Another sunny day followed as we drove back to the coast and stopped at the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, another very popular National Trust attraction. As the queues to cross the bridge were so long we just watched as several visitors set off then froze and had to be helped back. (Originally it was just planks and a single rope to hold on to). We spent the afternoon at White Park bay, a huge virtually deserted sandy beach with very limited parking, before returning to the Portaneevy picnic site for a quiet night with a few continental motorhomes. It was a popular coach stop overlooking the bridge and we were amused by the German tourists who sampled a Mr Whippy and photographed the traditional British icecream van.

From there it was a short drive to the Giant's Causeway and the massive new NT visitor centre (£11.50 for non-members including parking. It is possible to get to the causeway along public footpaths but there aren't any other parking places nearby). It is a 1km downhill walk, or shuttle bus, to the causeway which was crowded but once away from the main area of the amazing basalt rock formations there are quieter paths along the base of the cliffs to the impressive "organ pipes" rock formations.

After a couple of days staying near Portrush to visit a friend we continued west along the coast visiting Mussenden Temple, perched on the cliffs at Downhill.