How To Buy My New GAWA Book: Champian Stewartnova – Supporting The Northern Ireland Football Team 1980 – 2009

Posted on February 26, 2023March 13, 2023 by Jonny Blair

*** ChampIAN STEWARTnova *** 🍾🏆☘🔴🤚⚽️🥅 Yes! Phew! 14 years after finishing this football travel book, I finally have a copy in my hand.😂😍 Writingwise, geekwise, factwise it’s easily my favourite book yet. It was the easiest one to write🖊📖but the hardest one to publish. My next 3 books should be a lot quicker in coming Read more about How To Buy My New GAWA Book: Champian Stewartnova – Supporting The Northern Ireland Football Team 1980 – 2009[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Touring Over 50% Of The Bars Of Alderney In One Weekend!!

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Alderney on loneliness; motorcycle emptiness” – Manic Street Preachers (altered lyric). On arrival into Alderney in July 2022, I picked up my usual maps and guides to this small island country. It was my first time to visit magical Alderney having previously been in only Guernsey 🇬🇬, Lihou, Jersey🇯🇪, Sark and Herm. Their fellow Channel Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Touring Over 50% Of The Bars Of Alderney In One Weekend!![…]

This Is The Next Century: My Upcoming Book Trilogy

Posted on February 3, 2023May 10, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Despite my rage, I’m still just a rat in a cage” – Smashing Pumpkins. Currently, via a local Earl Grey Beer, I am going through all the travel chapters I wrote on my journeys – I wrote them on buses, in airports, in hostels, in cafes, anywhere really…I initially wrote them for future books/blog posts Read more about This Is The Next Century: My Upcoming Book Trilogy[…]

How To Get A Cape Verde Visa Online Before Your Trip

Posted on January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 by Jonny Blair

What has started to annoy me is the amount of countries that fake that we don’t need a visa – what utter bullshit. If you need to pay for entry to a country or need to fill in an advance form before a flight/boat/train/bus etc. then that’s a visa!! Yes it’s a visa stupidly disguised Read more about How To Get A Cape Verde Visa Online Before Your Trip[…]

How To Get An Immigration Pass For The Dominican Republic (Another Visa In Disguise)

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“You lied to me” – Mark Morrison. My recent two trips to The Caribbean have involved a lot of red tape. I’ve always been paperwork loyal but since COVID began in December 2019 it’s been manic street preaching for all sorts of documents. It was 17 PCR tests in 2021 for me as I backpacked Read more about How To Get An Immigration Pass For The Dominican Republic (Another Visa In Disguise)[…]

Backpacking In Scotland: Visiting Side By Side Football Stadiums in Dundee

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Jonny Blair

For years I have known that the two closest top division football stadiums in the UK are those of Dundee FC and Dundee United FC. However, until 2022 I had never even been to Dundee. So if I finally made it to Dundee, my main focus was to simply go to both stadiums and see Read more about Backpacking In Scotland: Visiting Side By Side Football Stadiums in Dundee[…]

Backpacking In Northern Ireland: Visiting The UK's Two Closest Separate Football Clubs - Bangor FC and Bangor Amateurs FC

Backpacking In Northern Ireland: Visiting The UK’s Two Closest Separate Football Stadiums

Posted on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“The day we went to Bangor” – Fiddler’s Dram. Some people might glorify the fact that Notts County FC and Nottingham Forest FC in England are separated by a river – the Trent. Other people might glorify the fact that Dundee FC and Dundee United FC are separated by a road – Tannadice Street. And Read more about Backpacking In Northern Ireland: Visiting The UK’s Two Closest Separate Football Stadiums[…]

How To Get A Haiti Tourist Visa On Arrival At Port Au Prince Airport

Posted on January 6, 2023January 10, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“As the day was dawning my plane flew away with all the things caught in my mind” – Noel Gallagher. On my December 2022 to January 2023 backpacking trip, I decided to backpack both countries I recognised on the island of Hispaniola. This meant Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 and Haiti 🇭🇹. Haiti was much more famous Read more about How To Get A Haiti Tourist Visa On Arrival At Port Au Prince Airport[…]