A visit to Rathlin Island may sound like a full-day itinerary in itself, but really it can be easily added to a wider itinerary along the Causeway Coast. On our visit, for example, we started out from the seaside city of Bangor, we stopped for breakfast on Belfast’s Laganside, before making a detour past Ballymoney …
In Asia, I found the secret to many a girl’s hearts was through cute, fluffy, adorable, sheep. And this was no different with Fanfan, and I remember on her first visit to Bangor in Northern Ireland, when she’d sit in the back seats of the car, with my 3-year-old nephew, glued to the window, and pointing out …
We do spend much of our years in Asia, where I find myself with unlikely cravings for Northern Irish food. As in Southeast Asian cooking, it is rare to find even an oven in a home kitchen, and I can think of few regional beef dishes other than Thai Massaman, Indonesian Rendang, and maybe a Filipino …
I am new to Bangor’s Open House Festival, partly because I’ve not spent a summer in Bangor for 7 years, but I also have about 0% interest in near all of their events. As I’m a fella of few interests. But it also feels like a wasted opportunity to let the entirety of the festival pass …
I’ve really only visited Pickie Fun Park in early the mornings, to take photos when it’s empty, as it can be a bit creepy for an adult to photograph in a kid’s play park. Regardless of how juvenile I am. Otherwise there’s not a whole lot to offer at Pickie Fun Park for sober adults, …
Bangor Pier is officially known these days as the Eisenhower Pier, or occasionally the North Pier by some local folk who really aren’t fussed for change. The pier is located pretty much next to the Bangor Marina, to the north, where there’s a free and not-so-busy car park at the entrance. So it should be easy enough to …
For the past few years, I have been watching my hometown of Bangor Northern Ireland from the other side of the world through social media, where it seems to receive a never-ending slating by those who live there. But in many ways, it was these negative comments of locals which ultimately sold me on a …
The name ‘North Down Museum’ is a little misleading for visitors to Bangor, given it’s named after the local borough council, just to keep the regional neighbours happy. But most people still call it the Bangor Museum, as it is obviously located in Bangor, or the ‘Bangor Heritage Centre’, which was an earlier and better name for …
I’ve found myself in an unlikely routine with Bangor’s old folk, where I’d wake and be working at 05:00AM, before joining the retirees of the family for their routine cafe breakfast. At the same time, I’m really not one for cafes or coffee shops, and my only incentive would be for a good traditional Ulster …
