Are you tired of long, uncomfortable flights? Do you dread the thought of being squished into a small seat for hours on end? If so, then this blog post is for you! In today’s post, we are going to discuss some tips that will help make your travels more comfortable. Whether you are flying across …
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You’d think that a 37-acre park, and what is probably the main outdoor recreational and sports facility in Bangor, would be well signposted and heard of. Not really. A massive park within metres of Bangor Main Street (following a slight detour along Hamilton Road). While Ward Park in Bangor is a popular escape for locals, …
Bangor was touted recently as becoming the new foodie destination of Northern Ireland. Something I can get 100% behind but with an equal amount of scepticism. From what I remember restaurants in Bangor were all about stuffy pub grub, lean steaks, and traditional British seaside fare. Which does make sense given the tourist draw of …
As of May 2022, there are 6 cities in Northern Ireland since Bangor in County Down was awarded city status after scrapping it out with 39 other towns and settlements in the UK to win city status as part of the Queen’s Jubilee (2022 Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours Competition). An honour that set the former …
To truly appreciate the greatness of a proper fry up, you really need to escape the safety of the basic English Breakfast and venture over borders to the morning staples of the wider British Isles. Journeying to Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland even, and probably not Wales. As the only way to truly appreciate the Best …
Covid has taken its toll on tourism and hospitality in Ireland (as expected), and after the lockdowns and strict restrictions, uncertainty still remains now, 2 years later, in 2022. But Ireland is slowly recovering and returning to normal, as lockdowns and restrictions have been lifted, and tourism is finally… hopefully, nearly, back to normal. Or …
Fanfan’s Thai Food Delivery is Currently Closed for the Winter. Check our Facebook for further details. During lockdown (2020) I started a local food blog (Fanfan’s Kitchen: Proper Thai Food) to share my passion for Asian and Thai food, along with weekly deliveries of home-cooked Thai food to keep friends and family entertained (and fed). …
Did you know you could circle the entire coast of Ireland following 4 interconnecting road trip routes? In Northern Ireland we have the Causeway Coastal Route and Mourne Coastal Route. These then connect to the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East respectively. But here we are specifically covering Ireland’s Ancient East with a road …
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Hot Pots… our new going out! With the whole lockdown in Bangor in Northern Ireland, hot pots have become our new weekly date night, where we’d fire up our cheap and cheerful hot pot in the garden sun house, and enjoy with some drinks, some music, and a spicy Chinese Sichuan hot pot soup. We …
Bangor Market takes place every Wednesday (07:00am to 13:00pm) in the ASDA car park next to Market Street. And were I to sum it up in one word it would probably be ‘underwhelming’. But it does have potential. And I guess there is a bit of cultural and tourist intrigue for those looking for ‘authentic’ …
