Strangford

Day 19 - we decided to stay put for another day and take the short ferry crossing to Strangford, which is Old Norse or Viking for strong fjord on account of the fierce tide which we experienced yesterday.

Strangford
Strangford old quay
It is only small, pop 475, but very picturesque as you can see from the pictures. It has a strong Game of Thrones connection, as do a lot of places in Northern Island, as we have discovered. I will do a Game of Thrones blog soon as there is lots to tell.
It was a pleasant morning and we had coffee in a local pub, the Cuan, in the centre of this conservation village. They were expecting a coachload of GoT visitors and the landlady said that the wolves would be arriving across the square at 12.45 so we decided to go for a stroll and come back. Eventually the wolves did turn up, a bit later than scheduled but we have come to realise they work on Irish time here, in other words an approximation. The wolf handlers had lots to tell us about GoT and they had been extras in a lot of the filming. As the lady on the ferry said "Nearly everyone here has been an extra in Game of Thrones".


In the afternoon, after crossing back to Portaferry, I visited the local Aquarium which also has a seal rescue centre. There were no baby seals but there were two young seals that will be released shortly. A brief blog today but I will do a GoT blog soon. We are off to revisit the Fiddlers Green pub which we sampled yesterday evening and then on to the Portferry Hotel for dinner.

We say goodbye to Ali tomorrow morning as he catches the 9.30 bus back to Belfast and we will continue our journey towards Dublin.


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