I have been so excited about this day.
When I was a young boy, my family always went up to Portrush for our holidays and I loved it. The wonderful beaches, the amusement arcades, such as Phil's and Barry's and going to Grahams Toyshop and Ice Parlour, to enjoy some amazing icecream mountain while watching Tom & Jerry or some other Warner animation, they always had showing. They are some of the best memories I have and cherish they greatly. I wanted Finley to start of his great memories of this, ofcourse, this year he's too young to remember but I have the photos and the memories to tell him.
As normal now, we were up early and got into the car. We played the game "First to see the sea", spotted the awesome caravans/beach homes which are now built at Kelly's caravan park. The world famous Portrush Golf Links and parked up in the main carpark.
The sun was out but not too hot as to annoy the wee man, we had a great walk along the coast and through the shops, amusements and into "The White House" at the top of the street.
Sadly, as we already knew, Graham's is no longer there, with their amazing toys and scrumpy ice-creams but the amusements are......
Although, there was no Graham's ice-cream, Morellis had these beauties.
Finley stepped on sand for the first time, another memory! We walkwd down by the water and there were many families on the beach and even in the sea (which I was amazed by because that water is cold!)
Finley on the beach, wearing his amazing sun hat. Daddy with his radical new haircut.
Then we hit Barry's, what a fun place to go! So many happy,smiling faces. It was wunderful. Zoe managed to win Finley a "Barry" Bear and even had enough tickets left over to give to a other family to help them get a 'memory' of their day out.
Unfortunately, Finley was too short to enjoy many of the rides on his first trip to Barry's.
By the time we left Portrush, Finn was done in. His first of many trips to Portrush was complete. Now to find another date to go back up and to show him more of this wonderful town.
I hope the local council there continue to keep Portrush growing, helps to get the closed B&Bs and shops open again. The beaches are wonderful and the scenery is some of the most amazing anyone will ever get to see. The next time I'm up, I'll take more photos to show you all. If anyone has any that they would like to share, please do.
Panoramic view of some of Portrush.
Becoming Dad......
