Grey? Joy!
Sep. 6th, 2017 09:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Another wet day, for another Game of Thrones tour. This is the tour to the Iron Islands and various other locations. This time, our guide was named Brian. Another extra.
We ooohed as we zipped past the set for the Wall (didn't get a good look, sadly). We ahhhed as we saw the hill where the lad was executed in episode 1 (also didn't get close, because it isn't interesting). We did stop at the site where Arya crawled out of the harbour and visited the cave where Mellisandra gave birth to a shadow. Both short stops.
Next was a trip to the Carrick-a-rede. A rope bridge used for throwing unwanted greyjoys off.
flickums showed how brave she is by crossing.
Schedule was very tight, so we had to rush back. Sadly the bridge only allows one-way traffic, and we had to wait for ages for people to get photos taken on the bridge... This meant Flick missed a bit of the tour because she didn't get back in time for the next meeting point. I offered to stay but she insisted I go on ahead to see the Baratheon tournament grounds from season 2 (where we meet Brienne) Flick eventually caught up with us before the coach left, and had a short time to admire locations.
Next stop was lunch. The pub had an iron throne, so we sat Flick's direwolf on it and declared it King of the seven kingdoms.
Next we saw the harbour that was used to represent Pike Island. Extremely recognisable. It's mostly 17th century, do the only set dressing they needed to do was thatch some roofs, and hiss the lampposts. Fine was sort though, and we didn't have a lot of time for photos.
This rush did, however, leave a lot of time for dressing up and pretending to be iron islanders on the beach. They had swords and axes and site's. That was fun.
The sure also asked a visit to the giant's causeway. Nothing to do with Game Of Thrones, but it was on the way, and it is fairly magnificent, so we had a stop there. This was one of the places I wanted to see. It's nice. Flick seemed a bit mystified by it all. There is a visitor centre, but that seems a little overpriced, since all people really want to do is see the rock formations. There's no need for the visitor centre at all, and it can easily be bypassed but they make it look like you have to pay.
Once again there was a bit of time pressure. The rule was the bus would return an hour later. Decided to just have a quick look at the causeway and return because I really didn't want to be in a rush again.
Flickums bought me a cuppa to drink while waiting. Bus came about 58 minutes after it had left, and so a few stragglers had to rush for it.
Two more stops. Mostly just photo opportunities of places that had been shot for scenes.
I enjoyed this, but didn't enjoy it as much as the other tour. The guide was spending to much time trying to be funny, and it didn't always come off. And I really felt the time pressure all the time tended to interfere a little.
Still, we enjoyed it and it was a nice way to wrap up the holiday.
We ooohed as we zipped past the set for the Wall (didn't get a good look, sadly). We ahhhed as we saw the hill where the lad was executed in episode 1 (also didn't get close, because it isn't interesting). We did stop at the site where Arya crawled out of the harbour and visited the cave where Mellisandra gave birth to a shadow. Both short stops.
Next was a trip to the Carrick-a-rede. A rope bridge used for throwing unwanted greyjoys off.
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Schedule was very tight, so we had to rush back. Sadly the bridge only allows one-way traffic, and we had to wait for ages for people to get photos taken on the bridge... This meant Flick missed a bit of the tour because she didn't get back in time for the next meeting point. I offered to stay but she insisted I go on ahead to see the Baratheon tournament grounds from season 2 (where we meet Brienne) Flick eventually caught up with us before the coach left, and had a short time to admire locations.
Next stop was lunch. The pub had an iron throne, so we sat Flick's direwolf on it and declared it King of the seven kingdoms.
Next we saw the harbour that was used to represent Pike Island. Extremely recognisable. It's mostly 17th century, do the only set dressing they needed to do was thatch some roofs, and hiss the lampposts. Fine was sort though, and we didn't have a lot of time for photos.
This rush did, however, leave a lot of time for dressing up and pretending to be iron islanders on the beach. They had swords and axes and site's. That was fun.
The sure also asked a visit to the giant's causeway. Nothing to do with Game Of Thrones, but it was on the way, and it is fairly magnificent, so we had a stop there. This was one of the places I wanted to see. It's nice. Flick seemed a bit mystified by it all. There is a visitor centre, but that seems a little overpriced, since all people really want to do is see the rock formations. There's no need for the visitor centre at all, and it can easily be bypassed but they make it look like you have to pay.
Once again there was a bit of time pressure. The rule was the bus would return an hour later. Decided to just have a quick look at the causeway and return because I really didn't want to be in a rush again.
Flickums bought me a cuppa to drink while waiting. Bus came about 58 minutes after it had left, and so a few stragglers had to rush for it.
Two more stops. Mostly just photo opportunities of places that had been shot for scenes.
I enjoyed this, but didn't enjoy it as much as the other tour. The guide was spending to much time trying to be funny, and it didn't always come off. And I really felt the time pressure all the time tended to interfere a little.
Still, we enjoyed it and it was a nice way to wrap up the holiday.