irish and british passports

Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Dual Nationality, Holding Multiple Passports

Today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials it’s time to take advantage of all the passports you can get. You’ll need them – trust me. When you go travelling, your passports fill up quickly with visas and stamps so it’s essential to have a back up – dual nationality and multiple passports is the best way to Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Dual Nationality, Holding Multiple Passports[…]

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Westray to Papa Westray: The Shortest Flight in the World at 47 Seconds!

If you follow Don’t Stop Living you will know that I NEVER write about places I haven’t been unless it’s in a “I want to go there” way and this post is just inspired by my love for unusual and off the beaten track destinations. I haven’t been to Scotland since 2008 and despite spending Read more about Westray to Papa Westray: The Shortest Flight in the World at 47 Seconds![…]

Jonny Blair Dan Darch and Neil Macey at the Scotland border

World Borders: How to get from Scotland to England (Glasgow to Carlisle train)

On my series where I cross borders of the world, this ranges from passport stamping borders, internal country borders and indeed the Equator. While England and Scotland are very much separate countries, they use the same currency (British Pound) and are both part of the United Kingdom. That doesn’t stop there being a border though! Read more about World Borders: How to get from Scotland to England (Glasgow to Carlisle train)[…]

Backpacking in Australia: Touring Maclean, The Scottish Town

Australia has a few Scottish towns and influences of course (Perth for one, and Bothwell for another). But Maclean is in the north part of New South Wales and I popped in to see what was there. Advertising itself and promoting itself as “THE Scottish town in Australia”, tartan designs, bagpipes, murals, Scottish names and Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Touring Maclean, The Scottish Town[…]

DUN – EDIN / EDIN – BURGH: Same City, Different Hemisphere *

The question “Which Scottish settlement is Dunedin named after?” would have an obvious answer…and from the Scottish capital city of EDIN- Burgh, we find ourselves in Dun – EDIN. The “Burgh” obviously translating itself somehow as the word “Dun” in either Maori or Kiwi speak. Either way it wasn’t an obvious place for me to Read more about DUN – EDIN / EDIN – BURGH: Same City, Different Hemisphere *[…]

Cherries fans on the Carlisle Party Plane 2008

Party Plane Carlisle, England to Glasgow, Scotland: Class of May 2008

It all began in February 2008. Myself and Cornish Cherry Dan had decided we were going to the last AFC Bournemouth away match in Carlisle no matter what. The reasons for going were many and various, one of which was we realised we could actually get there for cheaper and via Scotland on the flights Read more about Party Plane Carlisle, England to Glasgow, Scotland: Class of May 2008[…]

The St. David ferry from Larne to Stranraer

World Borders: Getting the Ferry from Larne, Northern Ireland to Stranraer, Scotland (The 1980s…)

As I have mentioned before I always had a fascination with transport and travel. It was more the doing of it than the technical and manufacturing side. In the 1980s, back in them days Summer holidays would be spent in Northern Ireland (we would have seen no need to leave our home country). This meant Read more about World Borders: Getting the Ferry from Larne, Northern Ireland to Stranraer, Scotland (The 1980s…)[…]