Ireland and a parachuting non-starter.
Saskia and I went over to Northern Ireland for a great party this weekend, but also managed to get up to the Giant’s Causeway on Sunday afternoon. Northern Ireland’s top tourist attraction was certainly busy on a slightly overcast bank holiday, but it is an incredible sight and we were really pleased that we made the effort to get up and see it whilst we were over.
Today was spent sitting in the canteen at Netheravon Airfield eating rounds of bacon sandwiches and drinking multiple cups of tea. We were waiting to try and do a tandem parachute jump, which I had won at a charity auction before the expedition, but unfortunately the cloud cover was too heavy and low, and after 5 hours our patience had worn out and we sacked it in. A great pity, especially considering how some of the family had seriously psyched themselves up (Mum had raised over £500), but we’ve already booked ourselves in for another attempt in 4 weeks time. Fingers crossed for weather then!
