Riding the UK - #8 - Northern Ireland and Game of Thrones Route - An adventure on a bike
Northern Ireland and Game of Thrones Route is the 8th video of the 'Riding the UK' series. With these videos, I try to tell my story but also to show the beauty I found.
The last chapter ended up with me on the highest point in the UK. Freezing. After that, I went south to Stirling and then Glasgow. I took a train and a ferry to cross the Irish Sea towards Belfast. There I started cycling around those beautiful filming locations. It takes place between the 24th of April and the 5th of May. Those were my 50th to 60th days of adventure.
FILMING LOCATIONS: 1. Inch Abbey is Robb's camp, the King in the North. 2. Magheramorne Quarry was used as The Wall in the north. 3. Carnlough harbour is Braavos in season 6. 4. Larrybane is a car park used as Renly's camp in season 2 5. Cushendun caves are part of the Stormlands in a scene in season 2. 6. The Dark Edges were the King's road in season 2.
There are many more locations in Northern Ireland, like for example, Invernalia. But they were not as impressive as these.
'Riding the UK' was an adventure around the British Isles on a bike. A journey on a bike for more than 100 days and 6,000 km.
RIDING THE UK: I was a newbie when I started this journey in March 2017. It was my first bike tour and I was doing it alone.
Now, I want to share my experience with you. Because others inspired when I thought I wasn't strong enough.
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MUSIC: - Wandering Sons are musicians I found busking in Glasgow.
- Game of Thrones theme is by Ross Budgen: Artist: Ross Bugden Title: Ice and fire Genre: Cinematic / Soun dtrack Mood: Heroic / Dramatic
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Swanscombe in the Snow, Part 2 - 1962
Our concluding scenes at the Swanscombe Quarries of Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers in North Kent at what is now the Bluewater Shopping Comples shows two of the line's fleet of seven 0-4-0 Saddle Tanks at work. No. 4 is the last of the first batch ordered in 1927 and delivered in 1928 from R&W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co; two more to this standard 25 ton design were delivered in 1929 and 1925 whilst a slightly larger version, no. 7 (seen here) was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns after the War in 1948. It differed from the earlier engines in having larger cylinder dimensions. All continued to work in the quarries until 1971, being replaced that year by Sentinel diesels, the quarries themselves lasting until 1990. Four of the Hawthorn saddle tanks survive in preservation today.