April 2, 2022, Day 3 - Rostrevor

 This morning was clear and sunny, off and on, so we thought it would be a good day to see the Cloghmor Stone on Slieve Martin, part of the Mourne Mountains. After a rough start with the unfamiliar car we got going, the destination is just minutes away. However, we were foiled in our attempt to get to the highest, and closest, car park to the Stone as there is a two day mountain bike event going on. We parked at the bottom of the mountain and decided to walk the Narnia Trail instead. We didn't do all of the trail, it was wet and muddy and it started sprinkling rain sporadically, but what we did see was enchanting. We also figured out that we can easily walk to the trail from our place, no need to drive just for that, it's just up the hill through Kilbroney Park. The next good weather day we will walk the whole Narnia Trail.

You can see part of Rostrevor and more of the Mourne Mountains

 We drove back home and changed shoes (our hiking boots were muddy) and walked to The Church Coffee Bar and Cafe This place used to be a Methodist Church, the first one built in N. Ireland, in 1901 and then it closed about 2010 or so. It was then bought in 2014 and turned into the coffee bar and cafe, it has the original pews, light shades, doors, and stained glass. It's a really pretty setting and they have an outdoor patio. Lunch was tasty, we'll be back.

We took a stroll around the neighborhood to walk off lunch and came across this wonderful row of houses.

Street scene

We also discovered this ancient graveyard, there was no entry allowed, there was a danger sign, the monuments are unstable.

Heading back to our place we saw this on a building that is just blocks away from where we are staying, thus completing our Narnia Trail walk.

 We're staying in tonight and cooking dinner, we bought more supplies at the store, and stopped in at the off-sale and purchased a local bottle of gin for Don, Killowen Native Irish Botanical, and two airline size bottles of Mourne Dew Single Malt Irish Whiskey for me, the same stuff I drank last night at Fearon's, the shop was sold out of the full size bottles. Slainte!