Visiting The Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast, Northern Ireland: Home Of The World's First Competitive International Football Match

Visiting Ulidia Playing Fields, Belfast, Northern Ireland💚🔴🤚☘️⚽️: Home Of The World’s First Ever Competitive International Football Match ⚽🏆🥅

Posted on July 2, 2024November 19, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“This Is Where It All Begins” – The Back Four. “Can’t stop this thing we started” – Bryan Adams. Football Question: Where was the world’s FIRST EVER competitive international football match played? The correct answer is of course: BELFAST, Northern Ireland(then known as Ireland, but still the Irish Football Association/IFA). What’s the craic with it being Read more about Visiting Ulidia Playing Fields, Belfast, Northern Ireland💚🔴🤚☘️⚽️: Home Of The World’s First Ever Competitive International Football Match ⚽🏆🥅[…]

Backpacking In Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸: My Stay In Antico Castello (The Old Castle)

Posted on June 21, 2024October 23, 2024 by Jonny Blair

In May 2024, I made the crazy trip from the coastal town of Bordighera in Italy up the mountains to The Principality of Seborga! Of course, Seborga borders Italy but it’s easy to organise such a trip away from the UK these days. A brand such as awayresortsuk are currently running Hundreds of June getways under Read more about Backpacking In Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸: My Stay In Antico Castello (The Old Castle)[…]

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[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: 9 Bars And Cafes I Visited In Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Thirsty Thursdays: Bars I Visited In Guinea-Bissau ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡¼ Well who’d have thought Guinea-Bissau would wire me up to inspire creative writing via bar hopping, poetry and the room of hope? I flew in from Guinea, just after the unfortunate timing of arriving in Conakry the day after the Oil Explosion. I was able to get Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: 9 Bars And Cafes I Visited In Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼[…]

Hat-Tricking The SMOOM: Backpacking To Every Part Of Sovereign Military Order Of Malta🪖🗝🟥⬜️⬛️

Posted on June 10, 2024June 11, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“I’d like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand” – The New Seekers. In my ongoing World Borders Series, the SMOOM – The Sovereign Military Order Of Malta was a peculiar and welcome addition. Way back in 2017, this was counted as country 156 on my wacaday tourist journey on planet earth. Read more about Hat-Tricking The SMOOM: Backpacking To Every Part Of Sovereign Military Order Of Malta🪖🗝🟥⬜️⬛️[…]

Friday's Featured Food: Lunch At The New Quays, Portavogie, Northern Ireland (The Most Easterly Pub in Ireland)

Friday’s Featured Food: Seafood Lunch At The New Quays, Portavogie, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️(The Most Easterly Pub in Ireland)

Posted on May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Take me back to the town where I was born, because I’m tired of being a stranger and I’m miles from home” – Noel Gallagher. I grew up in North Down, County Down, Northern Ireland. It’s my homeland and I’m a beach boy and a seaside city boy at heart. I spent most of my Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Seafood Lunch At The New Quays, Portavogie, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️(The Most Easterly Pub in Ireland)[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Visiting The Oldest Irish Pub In The World, Grace Neill’s Donaghade, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Thirsty Thursdays: Visiting The Oldest Irish Pub In The World, Grace Neill’s Donaghade, Northern IrelandðŸ”´✋️☘️ Grace Neill’s, located in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, is often cited as the oldest pub in Ireland, and as you can see on its website, it claims the title of the oldest, although this is often disputed. The history of Grace Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Visiting The Oldest Irish Pub In The World, Grace Neill’s Donaghade, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Drinkpacking A WHOLE Country – I Pub Crawled EVERY Bar In Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸

Posted on May 25, 2024October 23, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Thirsty Thursdays: I Pub Crawled EVERY Bar In Seborga Back in 2022, I thought I was hardcore by visiting over 50% of the bars in Alderney in one weekend. On Rathlin Island in the same year, I did 1 out of the 2 bars there (the other was shut) and on Sark in 2009, I Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinkpacking A WHOLE Country – I Pub Crawled EVERY Bar In Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸[…]