Overnight we have moved up to Belfast. The day is little dreary, a bit of light drizzle. As the day moved on it cleared a little for the sun to come through at times. As down in Holyhead it is much cooler up here in Belfast 13 C, and almost winter like. A cool breeze too, how different to back in the Mediterranean!

We have a short tour planned for today that visits the Game of Thrones studio housed in former linen mills at Banbridge. Many of the outdoor scenes in the TV series were shot around Belfast and the surrounding countryside.

But first we have a spin around the city taking in some of the main sights. We had been to Belfast back in 2007, quite a few changes in the intervening years. Including a big new Titanic Centre and the old hotel we stayed in back then has changed its name from Days Inn to Holiday Inn. Still looked the same!

Allthego is a bit of a Game of Thrones tragic, one has to look through some of the more violent and unsavoury scenes. The studios were an eye opener to modern TV production.

The tour takes you through major scenes and themes of the TV series, interspersed with costumes and props. One of these themes is ‘Winter is Coming’.

The Night King who is Master of the Living Dead has a mission to bring ‘winter’ from the deep cold north to the south. The south spend most of the series fighting themselves and only at the end seek some sort of common unity to defeat the Living Dead, the White Walkers. Enough of GOT!

We returned the ship and then returned to the city centre for a late lunch and wander. Found the old pub The Crown, but it was packed so headed next door to Robinsons another old establishment that had been recommended for a feed. Weren’t disappointed with the Fish n Chips and Irish stew.

The weather closed in again and we had some light rain on the way back to the ship.

Next stop is at Greenock, mouth of the River Clyde, Glasgow’s port.