Innovation certainly doesn’t stop, neither it seems does our use of the words “COVID”, “quarantine”, “positive test” or “lockdown”. Thankfully, since all that madness began, life hasn’t been boring. Creativity flourishes everywhere. On a personal level, I finished 5 books and still managed to visit 22 countries in the last 24 months. At home, a Read more about Fun Arty Game To Play During Quarantine: Six Second Scribbles[…]
On this post, I am including some of the best Podcasts I have done through the years. I am not including online videos, radio interviews, television interviews or speeches at events. These are just the actual Podcasts which can be downloaded and listened to. Most of them are still online and I have placed the Read more about Podcasting Travel Writer: The Best Podcasts I Have Been On[…]
How To Buy Backpacking Centurion – Volume 3 – Taints And Honours on Amazon How To Buy Backpacking Centurion – Volume 3 – Lands Down Under on Amazon. My ongoing Backpacking Centurion Series is being released in four volumes. Three are available now and the fourth volume (The Black Volume) will take a bit longer, Read more about How To Buy Backpacking Centurion – Volume 3 – Taints And Honours on Amazon[…]
The Backpacking Centurion Hat-trick ( Trilogy / Trojmiasto / Tri-City) is now finally complete. This post lists the final chapter titles for all three books – Here is the full chapter listing – Backpacking Centurion – A Northern Irishman’s Journey Through 100 Countries Volume 1 – Don’t Look Back In Bangor Chapter 1 – Fool Read more about The Backpacking Centurion Hat-Trick ( Trilogy/ Trójmiasto / Tri-City ) Is Now Complete[…]
“It looks like we might have made it to the end” – Blur. So finally this week, the hat-trick is released. All three of my Backpacking Centurion books with the out-takes to come. 1 – Don’t Look Back in Bangor. 35 chapters, 297 pages. $19.82. 2 – Lands Down Under. 38 chapters. 292 pages. $19.86. Read more about Backpacking Centurion in 2015: Original Chapter Completion Before Splission and Title Changes[…]
I sometimes put my dreams into blog posts to try and help fathom them. I was touring the old town (of somewhere) with Elena (from Ukraine). It was a brick castle and there was a group of us on a hill. Elena had bought a zapiekanka for me. When I went to eat it, another Read more about The Dream About A Castle With Orange Peel On A Bed[…]
“It’s a weird and wonderful world if you come from Wimbledon” – John Motson. Being in lockdown and not having travelled to ANY new city/town/village in 13 months now, and no new countries or even a leaval of this country (Poland) has certainly given me time to release 4 books (a fifth one is almost Read more about Reminiscing The 1990s: The Time Wimbledon Played Real Madrid[…]
As 2008 continued, I started backdating a load of stories from my travels. Some of this I had already written on paper, and in my old diaries, some of it was fresh. A lot of this month was focused on my time at Bournemouth University where I did a lot of crazy things away from Read more about Glory Days Loyal: April 2008 All Blog Posts[…]
“Here am I. Going nowhere on a train. Here am I. Growing older in the rain” – Noel Gallagher. I broke 5 records today in my adult lifetime. Incredible!! Poland is the winner, it has beaten Australia and previously Northern Ireland as the longest time I have spent in one country as an adult. 22nd Read more about Not Backpacking Anywhere But Poland: I Broke My Adult Record of Time In ONE Country[…]
Get ready for this one. As a kid growing up in Northern Ireland, I watched football incessantly. At the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, Northern Ireland excelled and took on the world, playing 8 matches and the only 3 we lost were to World Cup winning countries (France, Spain, Brazil) we even beat Spain 1-0 Read more about “The Back Four” Project Release Their New Single – This Is Where It All Begins[…]