Originally Posted by
adampenrith
Thanks! So it was black and white pudding. I'm sure some of my friends will be like gross, can't believe you ate that.
Originally Posted by
StartinSanDiego
I have to laugh at your "found a horse" statement. I suspect you are like me, marveling over the snaffles in the museums that are 2000 years old because look just like they do today; spending LOTS of time looking the harnesses; spotting horses in distant fields no matter where you are; seeing an arena full of jumps or some such thing and looking looking looking for the riders...
Oh yes, . If you've seen my other three trip reports, you'll see more lots of horses and museums. The internet makes it a whole lot easier but seeing things up close, in person is always better, especially the horses.
Originally Posted by
pacenotes
Great report. Thanks for the info. The GOT trip looks good. Its great for the area a friend of mine is spending 6 weeks in Spain at the moment working for them then back to Ireland for the Winter is coming shots when it is actual winter. Going to base ourselves in Northern Ireland for a trip next year and by the looks of it we could do it all in a day or two.
You're welcome! Guess your friend has a huge NDA on spoilers, but that's cool you might learn some fun anecdotes about the locations for your trip. There was another GoT bus tour that covered more south-eastern spots, but I wanted to do Giant's Causeway as well,so ended going with the one I went on.
Originally Posted by
farbster
Nice trip report. Thanks for taking the time to do it!
Loved the pictures of the wooden horse sculptures.
Local sidenote here...Northern Dancer was a grandchild of the great Native Dancer. The horse Native Dancer is local to me here in Baltimore, Maryland. The farm where he stood was Sagamore Farm and it was owned by Albert Vanderbilt III and is now owned by Kevin Plank (Under Armour founder)
It was interesting how you said that one of the places was turned over to the government. We were on a cruise and saw another place that was like that. I don't remember if it was England, Ireland or Northern Ireland. Anyway, the guide said that when they turn over the place to the government, they also have to provide funds for the upkeep. Otherwise, every family that had a downturn would just dump the estate on the government.
No problem! I thought the horse sculptures were really cool. You can't see it very well in the picture, but the one in Bainbridge also had a forelock and tail made of individual sticks.
Gotta love Native Dancer - I always bet on greys. Maryland has a long history in horse racing - including the only Triple Crown winners who were father and son -- Gallant Fox (1930) and Omaha (1935) were owned by Belair Stud near Bowie, MD. And more recently two-time Horse of the Year Cigar was born in Bel Air, MD.
That was quite smart to make sure they don't end up with tons of expensive estates. I remember on PBS there was an adaptation of Edith Wharton's unfinished novel The Buchaneers, where young titled estate holders married young American heiresses to help pay for their mansions.