Home for Seabirds at Carrick-a-Rede Island
Crossing the bridge at Carrick-a-Rede was quite uneventful. It wasn’t the first rope bridge that I have crossed and I knew what to expect here. The planks here are made of wood while thick rope support the entire thing. The bridge isn’t really very wide as it can only support one way traffic. There was the usual bounce that you experience when you cross rope bridge but it seems that there are some people who can’t handle the experience. It seems that some people have trouble going back to the mainland after making the first crossing, in which case, they would be fetched by boat, I don’t really know which one would be more harrowing for them since both are just as rough.
Coast of Carrick-a-Rede Island
Anyway, the rope bridge connects us to the tiny island or Carrick-a-Rede, which is where the rope bridge gets it name from. The island is a rocky outcrop of land which you can explore a bit. The island is very small and it doesn’t have a lot of features. There are pastures where sheep and graze but it was fenced off since that part is quite steep. One part of the island seems to have been chopped off as there is a large wall of exposed rock here. The rock face have been turned into homes for sea birds and you can see them nesting if you can crane you neck far enough. Parts of the water are quite shallow, so you can see all the way to the bottom and you can see how clear the water is from here. From here, you get a good view of Rathlin Island.
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