PLEASE NOTE THAT THE OPENING HOURS DETAILED HERE ARE FOR JULY AND AUGUST…read more My family has a love-hate relationship with Waterworld. The kids love it and the husband and I hate it. Honestly, I find it almost physically painful to go there but my children get so much unadulterated pleasure from it that I grit my teeth and go. They don't see the heaving crowds, the film of god knows what on the top of the water and the toddlers with dangerously loose swim nappies. They don't hear the ear splitting noise or feel the cold blasts of cold air. What they see is the large pool with a Jacuzzi along one side, the water slides and best of all the huge pirate ship in the middle of the second pool, complete with water blasters, slides and rope climbs. When I describe it like that I can see why they love it so much. If your kids can swim, they will just love this place. You could still take non swimmers but you'll have to be very vigilant and follow them the whole time as they can go under the pirate ship where the water is about 4 feet deep. If your kids can be left unattended, you can have a rest in one of the Jacuzzis which are for adults only. Tinies can also enjoy the paddling pool. I am a bit of a germ phobe and thought the changing rooms and toilets could have been cleaner on our last 2 visits. Here's my top tip - if you are going during the summer hols, ring ahead and ask if they have a summer scheme booked in that day. If they say yes, then don't go as it will be unbearably busy. Ask which days there are no summer schemes expected and go then instead. You'll spend a couple of hours there so at about £16 for a family of four, it's pretty good value for money and will totally exhaust the kids for the rest of the day.

Waterworld in situated on the Harbour in Portrush and run by Coleraine Borough Council. It provides…read morea greatand safe environment for a day out for all the family with the slides and water fun for the kids and the jacuzzi and sauna for the adults. Just a pity it doesn't offer a bigger swimming area. There is a small cafe with a limited selection but ok for a snack. Children will have a great day out no matter what age they are. You will probably have a bit to walk as parking is not close by.

Kinnagoe Bay is a secluded beach in Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland. It is known for being the…read morelocation of the wreck of the Spanish Armada ship "Trinidad Valencera" in 1588; in memory of which a plaque is mounted. The beach is accessible by a weaving road from the top of the hill. There is a small car park at the beach which gets very busy during the summer. the sat nav co ordinates for the car park are N 55° 15.517" W 07° 00.770" It is one of the places of interest on the Inishowen 100 scenic route. Fishing: Kinnagoe bay attracts fisherman from all around Ireland. The wreck of "la trinidad valencera" attracts a lot of fish. By either spinning from the rocks or casting from the beach there is plenty of fish to be caught, including species like : pollack, wrasse, coalfish, dogfish, bass, flounder, and more.

Played the strand venue with my son and loved the scenery, lay out and challenges…read more Stop at the shelter between nines was refreshing. Very nice gift at the first tee and a remarkable 1st hole.

One of the reasons I went to the Irish Open is that I could spend some time watching some epic golf…read morebut also not bore the hell out of my wife. Why? The course is so beautiful, so scenic, she never got bored. The other great thing is you can play the Championship-level course. They offered the opportunity to play the course 4 days after the tourney, and with championship tees for £190. Awesome. I wished we had stayed longer, as you can get a whole week in the summer for £150. Fall and spring is £90 and winter is £60. Since it only gets into the mid 40s in the winter, I'll be back. Also, the Club did a great job with the Irish Open. The links course was immaculate and held up in the wind and the constant drizzle of rain.

Drop in to Portstewart Football Club and enjoy a relaxing pint in the award winning clubhouse…read more Happy Hour on a friday evening. Come watch a match on a Saturday afternoon

great new adventure park for 3 to 10 year olds opened this summer. park in general offers good…read moreclean facilities. new astro turf football centre of excellence looks very impressive.

good clean gym. well kitted out. not very many posers which normally puts me off most gyms…read more membership costs quite high but if you can get in on a week day before 4 you'll more or less have the place to yourselves

As a golfing novice, I wasn't filled with enthusiasm at the prospect of an early morning lesson…read morewith the husband and nippers, especially as we were enjoying the kind of weather where it's rainy enough to get in your eyes and soak you, but not enough to put up an umbrella, especially a golf umbrella. So there I was, behaving in the manner of a surly teenager at a family dinner when the friendly coach turned up, equipped us with clubs and balls and had us teeing off before I had the chance to even tut or sigh. And here's the shock, I actually really enjoyed it. Bob totally knew his stuff, and had a great way of teaching us the technical bits without making the kids' eyes glaze over. Not easy to pull off but he did it. We had a full hour of tuition at the fab price of £20 for the four of us. Considering I was quoted four times that at another club, that's excellent value. If you already know what you are doing, you can also just turn up and play and as you are right on the coast, the views are truly spectacular. I was so fired up by my first lesson that the husband had to restrain me from buying the full outfit and a set of clubs in the on-site shop. Moderation never has been my friend.