Our Big Climb

As you will recall, we have been talking about some of the less well known sights of the Giant's Causeway. Well here's another one!


Yes, it's one of those sad but true facts, that it isn't too often that you see bears out enjoying a picnic in the fresh air and with a great view all around. It should be an everyday sight, but sadly all too many bears seem to suffer from agoraphobia and rarely venture outside the house. The Bears Unlimited helpline for distressed bears, is always available to offer help and advice to any bear needing help to make a bid for freedom.

Anyway, back to the Causeway, we needed that lunch to give us the energy needed to walk back up to the cliff top from the Causeway. We certainly weren't going to cheat and take the easy road which you can even travel by bus. Our route back to the top was via the Shepherd's steps, a climb which is not for the faint-hearted or a bear with an empty stomach.


The steps seemed to go on forever, and while they might be the perfect size for humans, the rise of each step was a mountain to small bears like us. At the time we could have told you how many steps there were, but now we've been back for a few weeks we've forgotten. It's a good job that we spend so much time at the gym that we are very fit bears.

Once back at the top, it was a wonderful 5 mile coast path walk back to the car. We saw lots more rock formations of the same geology as the Causeway that were well worth seeing. We were very glad that we'd decided to incoporate some more coast path walking into our day out.

Lots of love, George, Yorkie, Patrick & Eddie xxx

In the Steps of Giants

The day after Shrove Tuesday was another big day out for us. We headed for the biggest tourist attraction of the area. As we've mentioned the Causeway coast path a few times, you should be able to guess where we were headed.

Yes, we were off to explore the Irish end of the Giant's Causeway. We were very lucky to have our own local guide with us - our very charming and knowledgeable new friend Patrick.

We didn't want to just drive to the Causeway, pay lots of money to park, view it and them drive away as most visitors do. We wanted to make the visit a full day out and to make the most of the stunning scenery of the area. As we had enjoyed our previous day walking the coast path, we decided to park some miles away and arrive and return using paw power.


By the time we reached the causeway we were ready for a rest and relaxed in the sun taking in the incredible sight of all these thousands of basalt columns. Individually, they're pretty weathered and not particularly impressive, but it is the sheer numbers of the columns and the size of the area they cover that makes seeing the causeway close up quite an awe inspiring sight. While we relaxed, Patrick told us the story of the 2 giants, the Irish giant Finn Macool and the Scottish giant Benandonner and also impressed us, David Attenborough style, with his account of the geological formation.


As you can see, we made an attentive audience and it really was a lovely sunny day.

There's so much more to the Giants Causeway site than just the causeway so keep reading to find out about and view the less well known sights.

Lots of love, George, Yorkie, Patrick & Eddie xxx