The Carrick a Rede rope bridge locally pronounced Carrick a Reed is on the stunning Northern Ireland
coastline near Ballintoy in County Antrim, just nine miles away from the famous Giant's Causeway.
Even on a really grey may day, the incredible winding roads excite you with what's to come.
Managed by the National Trust, it's a one kilometre walk from the car park to the bridge.
Walking to the bridge is free but a whopping £9.00 charge is made if you want to clamber
over the rope bridge and you'll need to buy that ticket before starting your walk.
The scenery is stunning so you'll enjoy the kilometre walk. You might want to consider
bringing some midgey spray as well because we got bitten multiple times walking down to the bridge.
As you can see it's a really popular site, some half a million people visited in 2019.
There is usually a big queue to get across the bridge as only a few people can pass
each way at a time but this will give you plenty of time to enjoy the scenery.
The crossing is wobbly and rickety but well worth it if you have the stomach for it
and the views down to the jagged rocks are amazing.
The bridge links the mainland to the tiny island of Carrick a Rede meaning "rocking the road",
an obstruction for the migrating salmon trying to find a route to the river where they were born.
250 years ago fishermen built the bridge to help
them catch the salmon without having to bring boats to the dangerous rocks.
There is a hut on the island and this was used by the fishermen
along with a pulley system to lower a boat down into the water from here. It still seems very
dangerous. By the 1960s they were catching 300 salmon a day but with changes to sea fishing
and river pollution the salmon declined and in 2002 the last fish was caught here.
Once you navigate the bridge onto the island there really is nothing to see but the scenery
so enjoy it again as you queue up to cross back over to the mainland.
This completes your trip to Carrick a Rede and all
you can do is head back to the car and find another wonderful place to visit.
Thanks for watching, check out our other island videos and hopefully we'll see you again soon.