The trip up from the IOM to Northern Ireland was a bit harder than usual. It was wet and the winds were against us, The forecast was for North westerly winds becoming Westerly later. So we expected the wind to come round and it did - just as we turned West into Belfast lough. We had a day off in Bangor NI and witnessed a pipe band march -  inocuous in many places but to see the batton twirling and pipes and drums with escorted police did tend to make me feel a little uncomfortable - but its part of the culture.