We drove up from Belfast one cloudy day, and parked in the car park at the top of the cliff. There are a few buildings there, a couple of shops, an Information Center, that sort of thing. We spent a bit of time there, mooching around before heading down to the Causeway.
It was quite a pleasant walk down, despite the mist, and it gave Claire & I chance to catch up on news. It could have been anywhere, and I must say that so far I wasn't overly impressed. Towards the bottom there was a rocky beach, and the waves were quite dramatic, breaking in a flurry of foam before crashing down, but again, all stuff I'd seen before. Then we went around the corner.
There isn't really a way to describe how much better the Causeway was than I'd been expecting, the hexagons were almost perfectly regular, and the Causeway extended a lot further than I'd anticipated, it would have taken a good few minutes to get to the end. Mind blowing. If that wasn't enough there's the added bonus of trying to get your head around why they're all different heights, and why some are concave and some are convex.
We spent some time there, along with quite a number of other people who had also vetured out despite the weather. Afterwards, we carried along the path to the very end, where subsidence has forced its closure. I'd recommend that you do that as there are some more amazing rock formations further on, for example at the Organ you get to see the same type of rocks as at the Causeway, but from the side as they disappear up the cliff.
It is quite a long walk to see everything, but it's not at all difficult, we passed quite a few families with pushchairs, so unless you've tired yourself out completely doing something else then skip the bus.
I decided I wouldn't bother telling you about the legends, as others already have. If you don't know, take a look at IWW639's Journal by clicking here.