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Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone, Renly’s Camp, and a Trip to Dorne

04 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by misterselfish in Europe

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Carrick-A-Rede, Dorne, Downhill Beach, Dragonstone, Dragonstone Northern Ireland, Game of Thrones Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Port Stewart, Renly, Selfish Year, Selfish Years

This is the fourth of seven posts on the Selfish’s customized Game of Thrones tour. Check out the other posts here:

  • The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour
  • Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins
  • Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman
  • Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone and Renly’s Camp
  • Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters
  • Day 5 in Croatia: Walking in Khaleesi’s footsteps in Meereen
  • Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

After an exciting day traversing the North Eastern side of Northern Ireland, Mrs. Selfish and I settled into our new base camp at Port Stewart. Located just west of Portrush and Giant’s Causeway, Port Stewart is a quaint, seaside town.

After a brief chat with our B&B owner, we learned we had just missed the Game of Thrones crew, who had been in the town a week earlier filming on the local beach!

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Zounds! We were hot on the trail. (Also, not my pic)

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Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman

03 Saturday Jan 2015

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Cushendun, Dark Hedges, Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones Northern Ireland, GoT Tour, Iron Islands, King's Road, Northern Ireland, Selfish Year, Selfish Years

This is the third of seven posts on the Selfish’s customized Game of Thrones tour. Check out the other posts here:

  • The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour
  • Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins
  • Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman
  • Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone and Renly’s Camp
  • Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters
  • Day 5 in Croatia: Walking in Khaleesi’s footsteps in Meereen
  • Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

During Day 1 of our Game of Thrones Tour, Mrs. Selfish and I drove from Dublin to Belfast, which was a bit too fast if I’m honest.

Availability to Ireland was tight, so I ended up booking us on 2 Red-eyes to Dublin – TWO! I didn’t even think that was possible, but it is if you do one red-eye to Charlotte North Carolina, crash in a Hyatt Place for 6 hours, then jump on another red-eye to Dublin.

So yeah, kind of brutal. Fortunately, by Day 2 of our unofficial Game of Thrones tour, the jetlag was starting to wear off. Partially thanks to an excellent sleep at the Hilton Belfast, star hotel of Season 1 of “The Fall.”

the-fall-highres_8colThe Fall

Yes! A cameo show location WITHIN another show location tour. Wha??

Ok, ok. So no one watches The Fall. But you should – it is an excellent show about a cop (Gillian Anderson) hunting down a serial murderer in Belfast. Plus, said serial killer is played by the dude that’s slated to be Christian Grey in the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey adaptation (squeal!). But again, I digress…

Day 2 saw us jumping back in the car and tackling Northern Ireland’s North Eastern coast. Despite Northern Ireland’s notoriously shitty weather, it is absolutely gorgeous.

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Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins

02 Friday Jan 2015

Posted by mrsselfish in Europe

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Castle Ward, Game of Thrones Northern Ireland, Game of Thrones Tour, GoT Tour, Haunted Forest, Selfish Year, Selfish Years, The Twins, Tollymore Forest Park, Winterfell

This is the second of seven posts on the Selfish’s customized Game of Thrones tour. Check out the other posts here:

  • The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour
  • Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins
  • Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman
  • Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone and Renly’s Camp
  • Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters
  • Day 5 in Croatia: Walking in Khaleesi’s footsteps in Meereen
  • Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

After spending two nights in Dublin, Mr. Selfish and I embarked on our Game of Thrones tour proper. On our drive to Belfast, we had three filming locations on our list – the Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins.

Tollymore Forest Park is the Haunted Forest

First on our list was Tollymore Forest Park, otherwise known as the Haunted Forest in GoT. The most notable scene in the Haunted Forest/Tollymore is in the first episode of season 1, in which the Stark family discovers the dead dire wolf and her pups.

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Tollymore is a beautiful park with a very large area for exploration. We had to pay admission for our car, which was only 4.5 pounds. As soon as we arrived, we knew we were in the right place to start our GoT tour.

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Yes, that’s a Game of Thrones tour bus with a tour guide all dressed up.

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