I think I have it figured out. I arrive in Edinburgh Tuesday morning, 10 Sept, and then take a Flybe plane to Belfast. I have an Airbnb near the city center of Belfast for Tuesday-Friday, and then fly back to Edinburgh Friday evening to meet our Jim Malcolm tour on Saturday. Jim and Susie run the most active tours I've ever seen, so there will be very little free time on the tour - but lots of singing, so what the heck?
All my free time before the trip is in Belfast. If anybody wants to walk the streets of Belfast with me Wed-Fri, I'd love to have company.
Thanks for all the ideas.
I would have preferred Gallus Moll's bus-rail-ferry alternative, but I couldn't make it work in the time I have allotted.
-Joe-