Bangor NORTHERN IRELAND

County Down NI 2003 FROM WHEELCHAIR NOMAD DIARY... We then drove along the coastline, through a series of villages, threaded together like beads on a necklace; including Groomsport, North Down, Donaghadee, Millsle, Ballywater, Portavogie, Cloghy, Kearney, and Portaferry. Each village was highly scenic, built on the seafront, usually with a long sandy beach, with an artificial breakwater creating a yacht harbour. Yachts are moored along the coast, reflecting off the blue water below cloud-flecked skies. Buildings lining the stone breakwater walls are usually three or four stories in height and like most Irish buildings are usually freshly painted, usually a bright white colour. At Portavogie we encountered a genuine fishing harbour with twenty or so ocean-going trawlers crowded into the harbour, sporting a confusion of masts, radio antennas and booms. Each boat flew a union jack, the breakwater was painted red, white and blue and murals were painted on the roadway and nearby buildings. There can be no mistaking the loyalty to England offered by this small fishing village or the strength of the local Ulster Volunteer Brigade. We moved further south passing local pubs, but Richard was getting tired of driving these very narrow roads with sharp curves, and a constant stream of oncoming threatening traffic hogging the tarmac

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[Cruithnig]

Its not loyalty to England, just to the Union as a whole =). Hope you enjoyed your stay!

[UnknownOconnor]

@miggymoe2008 Wrong - Bangor is a settler town.

[miggymoe2008]

I'm from Bangor too. It's not that Loyalist and it isn't a city.

[rhondasmy08]

Had to comment on this as I live in Bangor--kind of nice to see the place through a "foreign" eye. Strangford Lough isn't enclosed as it's open to the sea at one end--the name is from the old Viking name strang fjord--literally the strong current and they had that right! lol cuased by sea and fresh water currents meeting.

Anyhow--nice video!