Friday, July 2, 2021

Day 33


 Today was a rest and recuperation day in Balleycastle.  The boat needed a good clean inside and out, we also needed water.  In the evening we had dinner in the Basement restaurant.  The food in the restaurant was pretty good and a lot better than the local delicacies Paul treated us to.  Namely Wheaten Bread and Dulse.  We were spared Yellow Man, as Paul couldn’t find any for sale, although as it is honey based it probably would have been better than the Dulse.  Dulse is purple seaweed, very salty and tough as old boots, you have to have strong teeth to make a dent on it.  The Wheaten Bread on the other hand was very good with cheddar or smoked salmon.

Balleycastle is an old town with lots of history in farming and a very famous (in Northern Ireland) song expounding it’s virtues.  The Old Lammas Fair.

https://youtu.be/LDJTpUDYXXo 



Balleycastle beach

Dulce in the middle of the Wheaton Bread sandwich




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