We arrived at Old Bushmills at 4:06pm, and the last tour of the distillery for the day had left at 4:00. But all was not lost – We were delighted to see that the visitor center area was paved in slabs of shale with tremendously large, well-preserved trace fossils – sinuous burrows parallel to the bedding plane, in some cases cross-cutting or looping back over themselves!
Great stuff – balm for the disappointed whiskey tourist soul.
Posted, and acted out like a true geologist! Hope you make it to Saint James Gate. Enjoy your geology very much. Thank you for your blog.
Thanks. Yes, we stopped by St. James’ Gate when we were in Dublin the previous week. Sláinte!
“Well, what do you know; here we are at Bushmill’s and the last tour has left for the day. What to do… What to do…”
Funny, but I missed those when I was at the visitor center. Good catch!