The Lost City: Playing Crazy Golf At Yorkgate, Belfast, Northern Ireland

The Lost City: Playing Crazy Golf🏌️💀⛳At Yorkgate, Belfast, Northern Ireland🔴✋☘️

The Lost City: Playing Crazy Golf At Yorkgate, Belfast, Northern Ireland “Chip Beck. Tiger Woods. Davis Love Hat-Trick” – Golfers Names. I used to play golf a lot when I was younger. Dad had a set of clubs, I had a set of plastic clubs as a kid, and later I had some real golf Read more about The Lost City: Playing Crazy Golf🏌️💀⛳At Yorkgate, Belfast, Northern Ireland🔴✋☘️[…]

Reminiscing My Childhood: Ghost Train At Barry's (Curry's) Portrush, Northern Ireland

Reminiscing My Childhood: Ghost👻Train🚂At Barry’s (Curry’s) Portrush, Northern Ireland 🔴✋☘️

“And I’ve been riding on a ghost train, where the cars, they scream and slam and I don’t know where I’ll be tonight but I’d always tell you where I am” – Mark Knopfler. On my August 2023 return to Northern Ireland, I ticked off some of my childhood memories, 40 years later, to reminisce Read more about Reminiscing My Childhood: Ghost👻Train🚂At Barry’s (Curry’s) Portrush, Northern Ireland 🔴✋☘️[…]

Reminiscing My Childhood: Catching Crabs At Portballintrae Beach, Northern Ireland

Reminiscing My Childhood: Catching Crabs🦀 At Portballintrae Beach, Northern Ireland💚🔴🤚☘️

“I don’t know what tune that the orchestra played, but it went by me sickly and sentimental ” – Neil Finn. It was yet another sentimental return to Portballintrae for me in August 2023. This calm Northern Irish seaside resort was a common place for my early travel days. With my family, we would spend Read more about Reminiscing My Childhood: Catching Crabs🦀 At Portballintrae Beach, Northern Ireland💚🔴🤚☘️[…]

Jelitkowo, Gdansk, POLAND: Sunday's Disillusion: Sea-wind, Re-wind, Re-start, De-start, Re-tox, De-tox (2015 - 2023)

Sunday’s Disillusion: Sea-wind, Re-wind, Re-start, De-start, Re-tox, De-tox (2015 – 2023)

“Illusion never changed into something real” – Natalie Imbruglia. 8 years ago, August 2015 sits high in my life of memories. After a 3 month detox/retox, I went backpacking in Bangladesh, I was loving it!! I was at an all time high…again. Malaga, SPAIN (April 2015) I write “again” because just 3 months before that Read more about Sunday’s Disillusion: Sea-wind, Re-wind, Re-start, De-start, Re-tox, De-tox (2015 – 2023)[…]

Visiting The Fields Of Athenry, Republic of Ireland

Visiting The Fields Of Athenry, Republic of Ireland: Top 10 Sights☘🇮🇪

“By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling” – Pete Saint John. It was a sunshiney day in June 2023, as we toured Athenry Castle, Athenry Town Centre, Athenry Square, Athenry Monastery and the fields that inspired a song back in 1979, called “The Fields Of Athenry“. With all that in mind, Read more about Visiting The Fields Of Athenry, Republic of Ireland: Top 10 Sights☘🇮🇪[…]

Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: Saving Money On Buses Touring The Island

Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: Saving Money By Buspacking The Island

“What took you so long?” – Emma Bunton. In 2022, I finally made it to The Isle Of Man! This was crazy. My parents were here way back in 1972 on their honeymoon and they hadn’t been back since. I had never been either despite the fact that I grew up basically staring over at Read more about Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: Saving Money By Buspacking The Island[…]

Backpacking In England: My Night At The Woughton House Hotel, Milton Keynes

Backpacking In England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: My Night At The Woughton House🏠Hotel🏨, Milton Keynes

As always, I’ll never get time to write all the stories I want to write. I had a glance at my places slept and places visited list today and they are nowhere near  updated – there are a lot of places I have been that I have never mentioned, nevermind written about. Officially, I’ve been Read more about Backpacking In England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: My Night At The Woughton House🏠Hotel🏨, Milton Keynes[…]

The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World's Worst International Football Team

The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World’s Worst International Football Team⚽

“From feudal serf to spender, this wonderful world of purchase power” – Manic Street Preachers. Sark – Europe’s Last Feudal State Sark is one of the coolest and most mindblowing places I have ever backpacked to. This is a mini country with its own island(s), borders, laws, prison, pub and even an international football team. Read more about The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World’s Worst International Football Team⚽[…]