Another wonderful day dawned and thoughts of what to do before my evening flight back to Stansted started to formulate. After visiting the Boucher Road shops that include a massive Cotswolds Outdoor branch, we bent the ear of a Kia car sales lady after Muriel had been attracted by their recent tv ad campaign. That took us up to 1030am! As I was restricted by the hand baggage allowance there were no visits to Dunnes Boutique to stock up as usual - except for a sneaky look on Friday when I snapped up a shirt - but don't tell the girls!
Thoughts turned to finding a lunch venue and one out of town - not too far as to be rushed to return to Osborne before leaving for the Airport - but not local either. We settled on Donaghadee which is about an hours drive east to the coast and we headed to Pier 39. Arriving at 1230pm the restaurant was deserted as we were first through the doors but no sooner had we settled to look at the menu a "bus load" poured through the entrance. We chose quickly from the menu to get our order to the kitchen first and I enjoyed the first and last pint of Guinness of the weekend.
Lunch for both of us, was Portavogie Scampi and chips with a side of coleslaw - big on bulk but lacking real flavour. They could easily halve the portion size and concentrate on the taste but then again size matters in rural Northern Ireland. After lunch we had the obligatory walk along the harbour with a cliched Lighthouse and blue sky image at the end of it!
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