Day 4 part 3 - the final chapter (well, of day 4 anyway!)

Full update from day 4 follows;

We awoke to the sound of heavy rain, but by the time we dragged our sore legs down to breakfast the sun was out! Yey! 
After a gorgeous breakfast, we were sent on our way with happy smiles, kisses and waves of encouragement. After a fast run out of Dundalk and Adrian getting dropped for the first time! We hit the undulations up to Newry. The original plan was to get the ferry from Omeith to Warren Point but the low tide put pay to that so a 13km detour ensued. On the plus side we did find a metal stag on a roundabout to have some fun with! Much to the amusement of passing motorists! 
From Warren Point we had a long climb up into the Mourne mountains, followed by a long ish descent and straight up a steep ish climb to the Spelga dam. At this point, Martin decided we were best avoiding the 9m sign to Newcastle (all planned) and we promptly went completely the other way into the wind! After more descending, we hit a pretty unexpected but fairly horrible set of hills - and now 11m to Newcastle! However Bruv was forgiven for a stunning fast coast road into Newcastle, where a stop at the famous Mauds coffee shop for soup and fantastic crepes with their home made icecream was very welcome after a long stint in the saddle.
By the way, Newcastle was even more windy than a certain Tillin Bruv who shall remain nameless!
The next very long, but redeemingly pretty detour, undulated all the way to Strangford Loch, only punctuated by yet more silly photos on roundabouts and more horn tooting by amused drivers! After another nice descent into Strangford we waited for the ferry to Portaferry, in unbroken and warm sunshine (Irish weather forecast was for heavy rain all day!).
At this point it's worth mentioning that Kel managed a whole day without a mechanical, although he did manage to leave his drinks bottle on the ferry! Doh!
Another lovely coast road, although slightly puzzled why the water was on the left when we were convinced it should've been on the right?! Hey ho, we were still following the green lines on our Garmins, the sun was shining, it was warm and the wind was blowing us towards our destination.
A final stop 15 miles from Carrickfergus for some black liquid refreshment followed where we had to sit outside on a wall! (don't ask!) then a quick run through Belfast city centre and some slightly less salubrious parts of town were done at pace, particularly by Kel, who was keen to keep moving!
Out of Belfast, we knocked out the final few kms to Carrickfergus where we were more than happy to see the official ride destination!  But wait? No one about to take any the obligatory picture! A quick door knock later, a very kind lady obliged and we were done (N. Irish people really are the friendliest, and talkative, people in the world). Applause please...........