13th July 2018 - Joey Dunlop Memorial and Antrim coast road.

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Kms today 272
Kms to date 1,464

This morning I managed to bang my head again!!! Colin put some skin repair ointment on the wound plus mucho band-aids. He cooked up a big breakfast and we did some washing using the machine hidden in one of the sheds. After we hung it out we set off to Ballymoney to see the Joey Dunlop memorial. For the unitiated Joey Dunlop was a famous Irish road racer who died in a road race in Estonia in 2000. Colin used to watch him in his early days racing in Northern Ireland before he hit the big time.
Colin with his idol Joey Dunlop.
 We also visited the Joey Dunlop bar at the railway station.
 

Inside the bar there are a couple of Joey's bikes in display cabinets.

Honda NSR 250cc.

Honda RC30

Joey Dunlop corner at the Isle of Man.
 We had lunch at Molly's down the street. It was recommended by one of the locals at Joey's bar, probably a shareholder!! The tomato soup was magic. After lunch we headed east over the hills to Cushendun to start our ride down the famous Antrim coast road. The scenery on the way was fantastic on a beautiful sunny day. We headed south down the coast road towards Carrickfergus. Colin and I used to ride our bicycles along this road on numerous Youth Hostelling trips.
The village of Cushendun

The Antrim Coast road looking north.

Glenariff off the Antrim coast road.
When we got to Carrickfergus Colin headed off to a friends place on the Malone road to meet up with Morag and I rode back to the house in Quentin Bay.
Carrickfergus Castle.


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