to the coast. it s only 15 minutes up to a place that s just reopened after two years. this is the carrick a rede rope bridge, first built by salmon fishermen over 250 years ago. it s pretty bouncy! up until the 70s, this wasjust a single rope bridge with a handful of gapped planks, so i m super glad it s been updated because this is amazing and i wouldn t have done it back then. much like at the dark hedges, the national trust says it s noticed how nature s recovered on the site with fewer people going. now, numbers are limited to help nature thrive, so if you want to cross the bridge and explore the little island, you have to pre book online first. from carrick a rede, it s a beautiful drive along the coast, passing some noteworthy sites from ballintoy harbour, the giant s causeway, the beautiful dunluce castle ruin.
mostly unknown until game of thrones came along and decided to use it for a tiny little part of a scene in season two and then, that kind of put it on the map. so, as a tour guide now, how have you found it in the past few years? most tourism completely shut down and it gave it an opportunity to kind of recover from the over tourism, you know? yeah. did it get quite damaged, then? especially the verges, you know? right. even though the road is closed, and it has been closed to traffic and has been since 2017, it gave it a chance to recover a little bit, you know? now that s ticked off my list, i m headed back out to the coast. it s only 15 minutes up to a place that s just reopened after two years. this is the carrick a rede rope bridge, first built by salmon fishermen over 250 years ago. it s pretty bouncy! up until the 705, this wasjust a single rope bridge with a handful of gapped planks, so i m super glad it s been updated because this
and it has been closed to traffic and has been since 2017, it gave it a chance to recover a little bit, you know? now that s ticked off my list, i m headed back out to the coast. it s only 15 minutes up to a place that s just reopened after two years. this is the carrick a rede rope bridge, first built by salmon fishermen over 250 years ago. it s pretty bouncy! up until the 70s, this wasjust a single rope bridge with a handful of gapped planks, so i m super glad it s been updated because this is amazing and i wouldn t have done it back then. much like at the dark hedges, the national trust says it s noticed how nature s recovered on the site with fewer people going. now, numbers are limited to help nature thrive, so if you want to cross the bridge and explore the little island, you have to pre book online first. from carrick a rede,
it s only 15 minutes up to a place that s just reopened after two years. this is the carrick a rede rope bridge, first built by salmon fishermen over 250 years ago. it s pretty bouncy! up until the 70s, this was just a single rope bridge with a handful of gapped planks, so i m super glad it s been updated because this is amazing and i wouldn t have done it back then. much like at the dark hedges, the national trust says it s noticed how nature s recovered on the site with fewer people going. now, numbers are limited to help nature thrive, so if you want to cross the bridge and explore the little island, you have to pre book online first. from carrick a rede, it s a beautiful drive along the coast, passing some noteworthy sites from ballintoy harbour, the giant s causeway, the beautiful dunluce castle ruin.
even though the road is closed, and it has been closed to traffic and has been since 2017, it gave it a chance to recover a little bit, you know? now that s ticked off my list, i m headed back out to the coast. it s only 15 minutes up to a place that s just reopened after two years. this is the carrick a rede rope bridge, first built by salmon fishermen over 250 years ago. it s pretty bouncy! up until the 70s, this wasjust a single rope bridge with a handful of gapped planks, so i m super glad it s been updated because this is amazing and i wouldn t have done it back then. much like at the dark hedges, the national trust says it s noticed how nature s recovered on the site with fewer people going. now, numbers are limited to help nature thrive, so if you want to cross the bridge and explore the little island, you have to pre book online first. from carrick a rede,