Silver Linings: Travels Around Northern Ireland
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I was enjoying myself, it took my mind off cancer. It actually made me feel better. The more people talked, the more things seemed okay. You walked away from every situation feeling so much better.
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It was so therapeutic. But, when Noleen had a rare quiet moment to herself, one thought relentlessly haunted her; the thought that one day her cancer would return and stop her from carrying out her charity work, which she had grown to love. A now well-rehearsed Noleen prepared herself for the fight yet again, but a further blow awaited her. Despite her battle, she and husband Gavin have become foster carers; and as we talk, he foster daughter Caroline 19 , is enrolling for the second year of her fashion management degree at Belfast Met.
The future for Noleen — like any cancer patient — remains uncertain.
But, for the first time in a long time, she is looking beyond the illness which has invaded her life. By Andrew Madden Inmates at one of Northern Ireland's prisons are being encouraged to take up "dog therapy" to deal with mental health and addiction problems. Irish duo Picture This is the first act to be announced for a new festival coming next year to Belfast. It's not every day you meet someone who is thankful for cancer. Daily News Headlines Newsletter Today's news headlines, directly to your inbox.
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It's at this point that the sun comes out, lighting up a glittering path all the way to the Mull of Kintyre, just 13 miles to the east. We're amazed to read in our guide book that local Protestants once rowed this stretch of water to get to church in Scotland.
Moving on, we head for the Giant's Causeway. Despite seeing countless pictures of the site, nothing prepares you for the sheer weirdness of the place. The hexagonal stones are apparently the result of lava cooling after a volcanic eruption.
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The result is a mass of tightly packed hexagonal basalt columns - ranging in height from 40 feet to ones barely emerging from the sea - that makes you forget science and just stare in wonder. It's easy to see why the place was once billed as the eighth wonder of the world. In the evening we stop in Portrush for dinner at the Ramore Wine Bar. In contrast to the ancient mysticism of the Causeway, the bar is a modern, upbeat restaurant that serves dishes such as bang-bang chicken and grilled turbot around a curving sweep of bar.
The next day, under more grey sky, we take a walk in Murlough Bay, a small stretch of coastline that belongs to the National Trust.
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It's a bracing climb from a rugged bay up through old woodland and over crunchy, fern covered fields. Today Scotland is obscured by cloud but this doesn't spoil things for us.
We meet no one and, despite being just a couple of hours from the bustle of Belfast, we feel as if we're in an untouched wilderness. Lunch that day, a delicious bowl of chowder washed down with yet another pint of Guinness, is in Mary McBride's tiny bar in Cushendun. The village bears more than a passing resemblance to a Cornish fishing hamlet.
Silver Linings: Travels Around Northern Ireland and over 2 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle. Silver Linings: Travels Around Northern Ireland Paperback – 5 Apr In this enchanting and highly original book Martin Fletcher presents a portrait of Northern. Northern Ireland has made headlines around the world for three decades. The province has become synonymous with conflict, terrorism and tortuous efforts to.