{"id":1153,"date":"2012-07-29T17:40:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T16:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2012-07-29T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-29T16:45:28","slug":"secrets-giants-causeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/secrets-giants-causeway\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of the Giant&#8217;s Causeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1173\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1173\" title=\"IMG_0683\" src=\"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_0683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_0683.jpg 500w, https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_0683-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_0683-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Giant&#8217;s Causeway<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Watching the children singing their hearts out at the astonishing Giant\u2019s Causeway in Northern Ireland was particularly poignant for me during Friday night\u2019s spectacular opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing this magical natural phenomenon in all its glory reminded me, not just of many happy hours spent playing on the basalt columns as a child, but also of a feature I wrote a while ago for <em>Coast <\/em>about Caroline Robb\u2019s stunning home on Northern Ireland\u2019s wonderful Antrim Coast.<\/p>\n<p>During our interview, Caroline happened to mention that she\u2019d struggled to find beautiful accessories for her own house which is located between Portrush and Portstewart.<\/p>\n<p>One thing led to another and, soon after our cosy chat, Caroline launched Causeway Coast Lifestyle \u2013 an online business selling contemporary home accessories and stylish gifts inspired both by the Antrim Coast and other parts of this beautiful country.<\/p>\n<p>Bizarrely, while visiting family in my native Northern Ireland a few weeks ago, I bumped into Caroline at Portrush\u2019s popular Ramore Restaurant. A quick catch-up revealed that Causeway Coast Lifestyle is thriving and the entrepreneur is thoroughly enjoying her change of career. You can check out her range by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.causewaycoastlifestyle.com\">www.causewaycoastlifestyle.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1157\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/secrets-giants-causeway\/s0000010190003\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1157\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1157\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1157\" title=\"S0000010190003\" src=\"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/S0000010190003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/S0000010190003.jpg 191w, https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/S0000010190003-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Caroline&#8217;s hexagonal candles from the Causeway Coast Lifestyle range<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Robb.pdf\">To read the full <em>Coast<\/em> article about Caroline&#8217;s home, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching the children singing their hearts out at the astonishing Giant\u2019s Causeway in Northern Ireland was particularly poignant for me during Friday night\u2019s spectacular opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}