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

Posted on May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“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[…]

Backpacking in Sark, Channel Islands: Best 15 Things to Do

Posted on April 25, 2014May 20, 2023 by Jonny Blair

I love Sark. It’s just a magical dream like island. No public transport. No major advertising. No worries or stress. Sark is one of the few remaining places in the world where cars are banned from roads and only tractors and horse drawn vehicles are allowed. The population of Sark is less than 600 and Read more about Backpacking in Sark, Channel Islands: Best 15 Things to Do[…]

World Borders: How to Get From Guernsey to Sark, Channel Islands

Posted on May 28, 2013May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

I got to do the Channel Islands on the cheap a few years back. Hotel discounts, boat discounts and travelling there almost every day for 6 months while working as a Steward for Condor Ferries! I worked on a few different routes, mostly Poole (England) to Cherbourg (France) and Poole to Guernsey and then onwards Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Guernsey to Sark, Channel Islands[…]

5 Amazing Tranquil Islands!

Posted on November 20, 2012November 6, 2015 by Jonny Blair

I was thinking about all the islands I’ve visited and trying to narrow it down to the best ones, but I just couldn’t so I’ll compile a few different lists to sum them up in categories. First of all these are my 5 top tranquil islands. Places you can get away to for relaxing, with Read more about 5 Amazing Tranquil Islands![…]

Working Wednesdays: A Quick Post About My Time at Condor Ferries

Posted on September 22, 2010April 21, 2023 by Jonny Blair

2009 was a sad time in my life and this job would have been a dream job for me had I stopped and realised how amazing it actually was. Serving customers on board cross channel ferries was surely a dream come true. In the future I will write properly and more detailed account of life Read more about Working Wednesdays: A Quick Post About My Time at Condor Ferries[…]

Backpacking in Sark: Europe´s Last Feudal State

Posted on October 2, 2009July 23, 2015 by Jonny Blair

Sark was a place I had always wanted to visit, ever since September 2007 when I read all about it in a flight magazine from Iceland Express. Its a mystical, magical island, off the coast of France. It has its own government and was Europe’s last ever feudal state. But where is it? And why Read more about Backpacking in Sark: Europe´s Last Feudal State[…]