Why I had to Stop Riding for 2 Months | S1E77

Oh, yeah, so I've been cooped up in the Airbnb for like two months Oh, does it feel ever feel good to ride? Oh my god My journey began at north america's most northern drivable point After riding through canada and america i've crossed over to europe From there i'll make my way across asia and down to australia New zealand's southern most drivable point will mark the end of my journey I'm calling it the big spiral and this is act four A lap of ireland and the united kingdom Oh, yes Okay Oh, yeah, so i've been cooped up in the airbnb for like two months Basically I had to edit videos I had to edit a lot of videos So it just took two months While it was kind of winter and just just edit edit edit Part of the problem is is um I started the trip and I rode a lot and I didn't edit and so there was a big gap Between when I started my trip and when the first videos came out And I realized That if I continue to ride uh, it's going to continue to be a problem or even get worse, so I thought well, I better I better just stop for a bit And just slow down And let the videos catch up to me And uh, yeah, that's that's really it so That's that's kind of why i've been sitting in a airbnb for two months but uh today Well today's going to be cool because well, it's for one is sunny Uh, it's much warmer than last ride And uh, yeah, maybe i'll find a stop and i'll stop and tell you uh, what's finest Oh, does it feel ever feel good to ride? Oh my god Ah, maybe this parking lot will do right here All right. Let's uh talk about the plan So, uh, this is the the north of northern. Well, this is northern island here And we just started in magrafelt And we're gonna head up to here giant's causeway. So that's like Kind of a really cool like basalt column. Like it's it's quite famous. Actually. It's a basalt column Column Uh thing on the seaside. Uh, so you'll see when we get there. It's really odd interesting rock And then we'll head. Um Uh, where are we gonna go? Yeah, we're gonna follow the coast uh to larny And apparently the coast is quite beautiful So i'm not sure if it's if that's larn or larny and then we'll take the ferry tomorrow morning to scotland Which is yeah all this And then uh, we'll do something else around here I'm, not sure exactly what's going to be and then we'll end up in irvine or not somewhere around here somewhere I'm, not sure if it's irvine or not. But yeah, all right, so Let's put this away and we'll get going. Okay And actually it's so sunny I uh, i'm gonna wear my sunglasses. This is the first time in a long time. I've put sunglasses on actually Are they clean they've just been sitting inside my pocket for Oh, yeah, that's better Maybe not so clean though. All right Oh, it's it feels so good to ride again this is Been a bit of cabin fever, you know, just sitting in that airbnb for two months Giant's causeway to the left. Oh, there's the ocean ha ha this is It's good, it's good to be outside again. Oh, man, it's it's been a bit a bit too long Nice to see the ocean So it's kind of funny when When I tell friends i'm in northern ireland, they're all like, oh, have you been to giant's causeway yet? Have you been to giant's causeway? I'm like, uh, no I I i'd kind of heard about it a little bit before Coming to northern ireland, but now that people know that i'm here friends and all that They're like, yeah, you gotta go see giant's causeway. Okay. Okay, i'll go i'll go So here we are Just got my first sight of it that's it over there Oh I think I found it So there's about 40 000 hexagonal columns here And they were formed about 50 to 60 million years ago now the way it works is that Basically lava came up out of the ground and cooled rapidly And when things cool rapidly they they contract And that contraction that process basically makes these hexagonal shapes It's a natural process called columnar jointing So why is it called giant's causeway? Well in irish mythology a giant called finn mccool built it as a bridge to scotland There's another basalt formation on the other side of the sea in scotland called findo's cave He wanted to challenge a scottish giant called ben and donner So when finn saw how big ben and donner is he disguised himself as a baby? And then when ben and donner saw him Uh, he assumed that the father must be even bigger and fled back to scotland tearing up the causeway behind him it's actually uh Quite fascinating. It's really Kind of a surreal place, especially with the way the light is right now Really? You know, I've actually i've seen a similar place in canada Uh outside of vernon bc. There's some basalt columns there And they're they're cool there too because they're uh, they have this like yellow lichen on them And they're quite tall And so it's a bit about like a rock climbing spot. So that's why I went there. It's a rock climb But uh, but it's a lot smaller smaller area This this is like pretty massive pretty big 40 000 columns All right, so we're just gonna follow the coast and actually along the way I found some castle ruins kinbane head unsuitable for coaches Uh, not as busy, which is nice Well, I think there's next to nobody here, which I very much appreciate Oh, look at that There's a waterfall Oh, yeah, there's the castle Just some ruins But that's okay Oh god Slippery slippery slippery slippery Yeah, these boots They're only made for one thing. Oh god Look at that Just a castle up in the hill Look at this Oh, that was nice The irish coastline, it's not bad, right? It's not bad All right, so I just gotta make my way to uh larney larney larna and um Get to the hotel And I should probably yeah, hopefully I can make there before dark I've not been very good at that lately in the last videos Because I have to wake up early tomorrow The ferry leaves at eight and uh, well To be honest, i'm not so good at waking up early Unless i'm in a tent then I then I wake up just fine And it nestled in the ocean And when the angels found it sure it looked so sweet and fair They said suppose we leave it for it looked so peaceful there So They sprinkled it with stardust just to make the shamrocks grow It is the only place you'll find them No matter where you go They dotted it with silver to make its legs so grand Well, that was a fine ride today, um, maybe one of the nicest so far on the irish island, um Yeah, it was sunny Which I really really appreciate I had to wear my sunglasses today, which is awesome Gents causeway was cool, but maybe a little busy for me Um, I think I preferred the second stop even though it was like less Kind of, you know Spectacular. Well, it was spectacular. It was spectacular, but it was just not the big tourist draw And yeah, it was just nice to be out on that. They call it a head It was nice to be out on that head And yeah, just relax a little bit though. The walk back up the stairs was a little a little tiring which is That just shows how how much fitness i've lost riding a motorcycle. But anyways, um Yeah, so, uh, anyways, uh, yeah, maybe we'll finish this video here and then tomorrow we're gonna hop on the ferry and cross over scotland All right. Bye