“Are teenage dreams so hard to beat? Everytime she walks down the street” – The Undertones. Peel, well it took me a while to unpeel this one. Whether it was orange peel, John Peel, The Undertones or the Isle Of Man one, I was ready to backpack to this western city on this marvellous island…
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Here I was, 203 countries deep into my wacaday adventure around the world and I was finally in The Isle of Man!! This lesser ventured country is the fifth closest country to my home country of Northern Ireland yet it took me until July 2022 to finally make it here. I set about reminiscing, glory hunting,…
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“The courtyard of my heart seems lonely” – Band Baaja Baaraat (song – Mitre). In a lot of countries, and cities I am in, I do love a quirky random pub visit – often I like to visit the oldest pub in a city. I have managed to do this in quite a few places…
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“I don’t know what tune that the orchestra played but it went by me, sickly and sentimental” – Crowded House. Here I was, 203 countries deep into my wacaday adventure around the world and I was finally in The Isle of Man!! This lesser ventured country is the fifth closest country to my home country…
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“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…
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“Here’s to those who bore us; and made us what we are” – The Seahorses. It was meant to be, wasn’t it? Life was all a big circle. Here I was, 203 countries deep into my wacaday adventure around the world and I was finally in The Isle of Man!! This lesser ventured country is…
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