Van Life Northern Ireland: Visiting the Titanic Museum and Hiking Blackhead Path

[@Alan_AB]

Just caught this video now. Glad to see you enjoyed Belfast and County Antrim. I live in the very area where you were fliming. Haste ye back.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

You live in a lovely area Alan. We look forward to a return trip to see more of Northern Ireland one day 🙂

[@Dreyno]

Those flowers are Campanula but commonly called Harebells.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks David.

[@peterdnreynolds777]

Beautiful scenery

[@toooldforthissh]

Pretty sure the blue ones are Harebells. The white ones, a little later on, are Sea Campion ☺️

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for the info Helen 👍🙂

[@ImScottJones]

I taught I noticed your camper at the lagan that day.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

It sticks out like a sore thumb but I like that as it makes it easy to spot in the old drone footage 👍

[@sharonfisher3179]

I've never heard the term brolly before. I just love it. I live in Charleston, South Carolina and will have many opportunities to start using it.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

A good brolly used to be an essential bit of kit over here but these days our kids wander around without even a coat 😁👍.

[@sharonfisher3179]

@@LifeistooshortCK I am currently binge watching your Ireland series while stuck indoors on a rainy day.

[@ethanesmith]

"Being a numpty I left my brolly in the van." I'm learning English English watching your travels! Thanks for taking us along!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Just don’t use it in any business meetings 😏

[@assassinjane]

Hehe, same here - bird whisperer on a daily basis! XD Amazing nature in Éire! :) Brolly rocks! XD Batcave! :D Another great re-watch! Thanks, camper besties! bear hugs, Kata

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Cheers Kata, thanks for watching 🙏😁

[@thumpdrum]

I absolutely love your videos! My wife and I used to have a teardrop camper. We fell in love with the idea of just stopping wherever we found ourselves but the laws are a bit more strict in the US regarding wild or stealth camping no matter how small the camper is so we ended up selling.Wonderful stuff! Thank you! Perhaps one day we’ll adventure again!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Here in England the rules are tighter but the van is so small we can exploit many different options. We follow Nate on Element Van life in the USA. He seems to do quite well wild camping and he also uses an NV200. 👍

[@MisterandMissisK]

What a great idea, vlogging on your camper van showing us beautiful places.. We’ve videos show casing down south.. Watched from Waterford, IRELAND 🇮🇪 Cheers!

[@valerietaylor8072]

Those little flowers are called 'Hair Bells'. V

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks Valerie 🙂

[@mac8775]

Love your videos and love your POV thanks I will be watching.

[@davidwinzor2616]

I think the blue flowers are harebells. I’m really enjoying following your travels. Keep it up! Many thanks, David

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks David good to know 👍

[@trev8426]

I'm from Canada and just recently found your channel (just finished watching your Outer Hebrides adventure and really enjoying it - on our wish list), you do a terrific job, very professional. We toured a good portion of Northern Ireland in 2014 (car rental) staying at B&B's. The Titanic museum blew us away and spent many hours there. We would like to visit Ireland and Scotland again in the not too distant future - it would have been this year except for the pandemic.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Hello Trev. Good to hear you liked the videos. The Outer Hebrides was a great trip. Wish we had the van then as we would have seen quite a bit more 👍

[@martinking4181]

Great video....the walk looked fantastic, fair bit of climbing but the views were worth it. My knees are a bit sore and I'm only watching! The coastline looks stunning and what a beautiful castle.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

That was a mere stroll in comparison to the one we just did. I am knackered.

[@claire0donovan117]

I loved the drone castle ,and the lighthouse walk ,thank you both .stay safe.

[@한리-i5q]

Nice video love your narration I love to enjoy life like u guys do ^^

[@misterg1157]

Those flowers look very much like Campanula, aka the bellflower (campanula means “little bell”). I see someone else has said it looks like Campanula too. It’s a bit difficult verifying it without a close-up of the flowers and leaves. Campanula have five petals just like these. I’m no Alan Titchmarsh. I simply recognise it as I bought some for the garden.

[@jac6274]

Great video, love following you two on your travels, excellent footage and really liked the drone shot of the castle. Like the use of the funnel to fill your water tank, I was wondering if you needed to take the whole thing in and out. Wanting my own van so it’s good to see all the little tips you are using when out and about in your little red van, thank you.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

The funnel makes it easier to refill. The container is designed to come out but its a bit of a faff. We hope you get your van one day 🙂

[@jac6274]

Life is too short thank you, so want a van, working towards it, but in the meantime will carry on enjoying yours

[@dougm1971]

bingeing on your videos past two days....its amazing how video diarys like this can be so engrossing, just watching other peoples travels.....myself and my wife stayed at the titanic hotel at end of july....we're big fans of belfast........anyway, take care on your ongoing journey....what a cool journey it is

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We spent plenty of time binge watching other people’s channels which finally pushed us into buying our van. What is it like at the Titanic hotel. We saw it but didn’t go in 👍

[@dougm1971]

@@LifeistooshortCK well, its themed like a 100 year old ship inside like you'd imagine, and its got a superb restaurant....my complaint was the whole hotel has one type of matress and pillows, both ultra soft...i have back issues and it was so bad for me i had to sleep on floor second night....sorry to hear about yobs driving around you, we parked up there too one evening, just a car though, i'd share photos with you but dont know how i could work that...dunno if you are on facebook....anyway, thanks for reply.....sligo on your travel map ??

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We have an email address in the details of the latest film 👍. A soft bed on the Titanic, shocking.

[@NinjaAndRib]

Fantastic video! Can't wait to see the Wild Atlantic Way!

[@beautifuldream108]

Great ideas to watch out for.

[@pretravels]

Nice video dude. It's simple yet educational. Indeed, the overlooking colorful houses in Blackhead are amazing and super appealing. The hike to the lighthouse is refreshing as well. Thanks for this, man! Enjoy your journey.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Where you stood beside the lighthouse looking across you could have seen Scotland it's only about 25- 30 miles away

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We could see that clearly on our walk to the Giants Causeway yesterday 👍

[@theflippintoothfairyjackie5702]

Wonderful footage and fun traveling with you! The drone shot of the castle was amazing, loved the footage and your hike around the lighthouse too. Beautiful music choices. Thanks for taking us with you 😊

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks Jackie 👍

[@battlebustherapymorton2578]

Hey, you did well there. I noticed you wasn't in the rain all the time. :) how did you manage that. Great footage again thank you.

[@delmiller4184]

That walk looked great. Insider tips are always good. I wish I had known about the walk when I was doing the Antrim Coast in early 2019. I am enjoying following you in Ireland.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

We are National Trust members so we can get in without paying the hefty entrance fee. Having said that the best experience is totally free along that path all the way to the causeway 👍 as long as people can cope with the 10 miles.

[@delmiller4184]

Hi guys, I was actually referring to the walk you did to the lighthouse. It looked really good. I am also a Nat Trust member from Australia. I can't say I was overly impressed with the giant's causeway but did really enjoy my time on the Antrim Coast. I might get a bit behind following you for a few days as I am going camping myself. Bye for now.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Sorry. Sometimes I get confused over which video the comment relates to. Enjoy your trip and may you have good weather. 👍

[@MikeandTriciaOotnAboot]

A bit late in season for bluebells, my guess would be campanula.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Wee Broon Van yes definitely not a bluebell. We are armed with an app now so flowers beware. 👍. Been having a play using my iphone for B roll today on flours. On the 120 frames per second setting they come out a treat 👍

[@jordanb4559]

I would recommend visiting mount Stewart national trust park and Bangor marina, they both make for a nice walk and they are not too far away from each other.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for the tip Jordan. 👍

[@lyndseypoynter6158]

Hi, I’m from Canada, but visited Ireland in 2016 and it’s high on my list of places to revisit when travel is possible again. Thank you for rekindling fond memories with your beautiful videos. Just wondering why you have reflective vests on your seats (sorry if this has been asked before)

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Hi Lyndsey. Thanks for watching and glad we could bring back some fond memories for you. We bought the reflective jackets for our trip to France and Spain last year as it is a legal requirement to carry them in your vehicle there. We put them over our seats as you have to be able to reach them from inside the car. After our trip we decided to leave them on the seats for security as from a distance they make it look as if someone is sitting in the van!

[@lyndseypoynter6158]

@@LifeistooshortCK thank you. That makes sense.

[@TheMISTERTEETEE]

White flower is a silene also known a a white campion

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for that Tony, good to know. 👍

[@alanmerchant1815]

We really would like to see the Titanic museum, shame you weren't allowed to take video. We are hopefully getting our wind deflectors delivered tomorrow as per your recommendation, so looking forward to that also we are looking at fitting windows to our van and wondered if you would recommend the sliding door windows that open as opposed to the fixed ones and also what make of heater do you have in little red ? Continue to have a great trip and we look forward to your next video Regards Alan and Yvonne

[@LifeistooshortCK]

The wind deflectors are really worth it. We use them all the time. The sliding windows do get used but not as much as I thought they would. You can’t really use them in the rain and if it’s windy they make the gas ring go out at times. If it’s really hot in the van opening the side door makes the biggest impact. Carol says they are really worth having mind. Pretty sure our heater is a propex gas heater which runs on LPG. 👍

[@alanmerchant1815]

@@LifeistooshortCK Thanks for that Ken. Are you staying anywher interesting tonight? or would that be a spoiler for the next video lol Thanks very much again for your help.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

It has quite a nice view and we are in stealth mode but we will never disclose our location real time like some do 👍

[@DavidJohnston58]

I'm enjoying following your travels, had a great day in Carrickfergus last week, got a sunny one, took my first driving lesson as an instructor in Carrickfergus in late 2000, worked then from North Belfast through Carrick and Whitehead as far as Larne. Wild Atlantic Way is amazing! I hope that it eventually extends North (it's actually east 😂) over to at least Ballycastle or even down the Antrim coast. Have done WAW in 2 sections in recent years by car staying in hotels and loved it am following the "Travel Trolls" channel on you tube too, you may run into them on WAW! Would love to have the freedom of a campervan and do it again that way. Hopefully you complete your holiday before next lockdown reaches us, so much to see and do in the whole of this Island, sadly just curtailed a lot this year.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Fingers crossed Covid does not halt the trip. We have not had much luck so far. Flooded out in the west country, Covid stopped us in Spain. Maybe we will have some luck over here 👍

[@david_v2.1]

It's a pity filming isn't allowed at the Titanic/Nomadic especially as they really dig the arm in pricewise. Sorry about your Carrick experience...further up the coast there is a quiet carpark at Madman's Window. Your campervan is dead cool and comfy looking. Enjoying your Irish roadtrip.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Kids will be kids and we are learning as we go to identify places that are more suited to a quiet night. Donuts require space so they go for larger car parks. We pulled into that car park you suggest at Glenarm for a cup of tea later 👍

[@Birtybirchover]

The big glacial rocks are known as the “Wrens Eggs”

[@LifeistooshortCK]

👍 Great tip on the walk thanks 🙂

[@Birtybirchover]

Life is too short glad you enjoyed it. Have a great trip, there is so much to see on the Wild Atlantic Way. 😀🚐

[@charm8167]

At least you are both getting about the UK and Ireland. If only the weather was not so rainy. Umbrellas gloves and rain jacket is a must. Very cold at coast.👍🏻 Enjoying your vlog.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

The weather so far is better than expected. Rain tonight though 🙂

[@andycapp2539]

Hi enjoy your videos the only thing is I can't hear what your wife is saying, she needs a microphone

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Agreed. Sound is difficult even with the right mics. We are always trying to improve that aspect.

[@montebank4]

Northern Ireland can be dismal.

[@jigglerjohn]

There's a great app called Seek by iNaturalist which will identify flowers, trees, birds, fish and animals either from live view or photos. Enjoy your trip!

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Thanks for the tip John 👍