We were going to have lunch with Barbara McCartney in Donaghadee today so before we went we did a tour of our old holiday location, Cloughey. We checked out Brackendale where it looks like the individual houses have been sold. Some have had serious renovations done whilst others have just had a lick of paint.
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| Brackendale Cottages |
We walked down to the beach and along the strand. There was a lot of sea mist as the breeze was cool and not warm enough to burn it off. We went to check out the shop near the school but it is now a private home.
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| Admiring the view of Cloughey beach |
Next we walked back down the road to the Kirkiston Golf Club where we used to play as kids. The new clubhouse is quite impressive and the Pro shop is in the same location as it was in 2002.
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| Kirkiston Golf Club |
The course is looking in great nick. David had done enough walking so I went up to the top car park and drove the car down to where David was sitting. We motored through the village up to the 'T" junction at lifeboat station and bought an Irish Times at the petrol station.
Next we headed north along the coast road to Donaghadee. On the way we stopped at Ballywalter and I went for a walk to the harbour whilst David read his Irish Times. The tide was low so all the boats were sitting on the mud flats.
We got to Barbara's place a little early so we had a chat and David gave her some photos he had found of Robin and Denis.
At 1.30pm we went to the pub for a light lunch. Barbara has had some pretty horrific surgery over the past year but she was well recovered. We reminisced about Kincora and Cloughey. I managed to find a few photos of her and Denis on my phone.
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| David, Barbara and Alan |
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