Flying✈️Transatlantic🌊In 4 Hours 17 Minutes⏱️!!: My Trip From Saint John’s, Newfoundland🇨🇦To Dublin, Republic Of Ireland🇮🇪

Posted on July 21, 2026July 21, 2026 by Jonny Blair

“Birds go flying at the speed of sound to show you how it all began” – Chris Martin. Nope, I was NOT on the defunct Concorde nor one of Richard Branson’s sky rockets!! I flew from North America to Europe in 4 hours 17 minutes!!! This was the fastest I have EVER done that. I Read more about Flying✈️Transatlantic🌊In 4 Hours 17 Minutes⏱️!!: My Trip From Saint John’s, Newfoundland🇨🇦To Dublin, Republic Of Ireland🇮🇪[…]

A List Of Every Airline✈️🛫✈🛩️In The World; And Those I Have Travelled With

Posted on July 16, 2026July 16, 2026 by Jonny Blair

“As the day was dawning, my plane flew away with all the things caught in my mind” – Noel Gallagher. I have now been on over 1,000 flights – a milestone I passed in late 2025. Airline travel is the fastest and often the cheapest, easiest and handiest. It is also the scariest, the highest Read more about A List Of Every Airline✈️🛫✈🛩️In The World; And Those I Have Travelled With[…]

Backpacking In Bournemouth🍒Airport: Where The FIRST USA🇺🇸To UK🇬🇧Commercial Plane Landed After World War 2

Posted on March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 by Jonny Blair

“We’re from Bournemouth, sunny sunny Bournemouth” – CherriesðŸ’fans. I have backpacked Bournemouth (Dorset, England) almost as many times as I have backpacked Belfast and Bangor! I spent 6 glorious years living in this marvellous seaside town before deciding to emigrate in 2009. I haven’t lived in either England or Northern Ireland since taking that plunge Read more about Backpacking In Bournemouth🍒Airport: Where The FIRST USA🇺🇸To UK🇬🇧Commercial Plane Landed After World War 2[…]

West Coast Wilderness Railway Part Seven – Tasting Honey at “Lower Landing”

Posted on August 22, 2025August 22, 2025 by Jonny Blair

The name of the next station on my Tasmanian tour was “Lower Landing”, I didn’t really like that name actually. It’s a bit false. And the name was totally false. It’s a custom built station for the sake of the Western Wilderness Railway. That took the shine off the stop there, but didn’t take the Read more about West Coast Wilderness Railway Part Seven – Tasting Honey at “Lower Landing”[…]

Moving On: The Last Van Out Of Warszawa's Definitely Gone

Moving On To Olsztyn🏞️: The Last Van🚐(Train🚂)Out Of Warszawa’s Definitely Gone

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Moving On To OlsztynðŸž️: The Last VanðŸš(TrainðŸš‚)Out Of Warszawa’s Definitely Gone “I travelled round the world from year to year, and each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear…I tried to find a place to settle down where my mixed up life could mend” – Cold Chisel. I’ve moved on again. Read more about Moving On To Olsztyn🏞️: The Last Van🚐(Train🚂)Out Of Warszawa’s Definitely Gone[…]

Backpacking In Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Getting The Ferry From Ballycastle To Rathlin Island

Posted on June 12, 2024June 16, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“The liberty ship disappeared a long long time ago, searching the seas for love” – Noel Gallagher. Since I was a kid, I have always loved ferry travel. I used to build Lego ferries and I often took ferries on summer holidays. Caught in the here and now, whackpacking a world that’s been and gone, Read more about Backpacking In Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Getting The Ferry From Ballycastle To Rathlin Island[…]

World Borders: How To Get From Italy 🇮🇹 To Seborga 💙🩵🤍👑👸Local Minibus From Bordighera

Posted on May 10, 2024October 23, 2024 by Jonny Blair

World Borders: How To Get From Italy ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡¹ To Seborga ðŸ’™ðŸ©µðŸ¤ðŸ‘‘ðŸ‘¸ – Local Minibus From Bordighera “I know the roads on which your life will drive” – Noel Gallagher. I thought it would be a wild one. I knew it would be a wild one. Yet despite all that, and my years of backpacking ðŸŽ’ Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Italy 🇮🇹 To Seborga 💙🩵🤍👑👸Local Minibus From Bordighera[…]

Backpacking In Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Getting The Ferry From Portaferry To Strangford

Posted on May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“All this talk of getting old, it’s getting me down my love” – Richard Ashcroft. My early days of travelling were walking, cycling, car and ferry. I wasn’t really aeroplane loyal when I was young. Last month, I realised that I had Jumbo-jetted my aeroplane status by taking my 747th flight! Yes, I have now Read more about Backpacking In Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Getting The Ferry From Portaferry To Strangford[…]

Backpacking In Belgium🇧🇪: How To Get From Brussels To Charleroi Airport✈️🛫🧳🛬

Posted on January 21, 2024August 22, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Backpacking In Belgium: How To Get From Brussels To Charleroi Airport I have visited Belgium five times now, having first backpacked it in 2007. However it wasn’t until 2023 that I first had a flight out of Charleroi Airport. On other adventures, I was in Brussels, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp and some small border villages with Read more about Backpacking In Belgium🇧🇪: How To Get From Brussels To Charleroi Airport✈️🛫🧳🛬[…]

Backpacking In Cuba🇨🇺: Getting Picked Up In A Dodge 56 Vintage Car At Havana Airport

Posted on January 4, 2023October 28, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Kidnapped to the promised land. The bay of pigs and Baby Elian” – Manic Street Preachers. In December 2022, I decided to finally backpack in Cuba, flying into Havana from Madrid after my stay in the cool Scout Hostel there. This was to be my second Christmas in a row backpacking the Caribbean. After COVID Read more about Backpacking In Cuba🇨🇺: Getting Picked Up In A Dodge 56 Vintage Car At Havana Airport[…]