Derry
Travel Blogs from Derry, United Kingdom
Off again. China 2007.
Thanks for taking a look at my travelogue. I still enjoy taking an occasional look at the original diary and my favourite photos of the trip. As time goes on I am all the more glad I kept it This year I am off to China in September for the Foyle ...
Meet The Charities.
... The Foyle Hospice provides care and help for terminally ill people and their families. It is now very much a part of the community in Derry and the surrounding area including Inishowen in Co. Donegal and parts of Co. Tyrone. I'm sure, like me, most people ...
The End of The Story.
Well, the grand tour is all over bar the shouting. Looking back over some of these entries brings back great memories. I'm really glad I kept this, although at time it was hard work, some I wrote when I was tired, some when I was a bit drunk, some when I ...
Derry/Londonderry
... . Today actually marked the first day in almost 40 years that there has not been a British military presence in Derry. As of midnight they officially withdrew their peacekeeping force. Up until 2 months ago the "bogside" was surrounded with watch ...
EU Charity Cycle -- The Challenge
The Idea As you know, the EU increases from 15 to 25 countries on 1st May 2004. This provides a unique moment in time in which to explore the ten new member countries, eight of which are former communist bloc countries. I love cycling, camping, ...
Where Are We?
... political scene to understand that they might not necessarily have a 'Welcome to Northern Ireland' sign or even a 'Welcome to the United Kingdom' sign. But it would be handy if in some form there was something that stated, 'While you are still ...
Diving In
Since I have been diving over the years, there are places I have always wanted to go, to dive in even, and then I found the place that I knew could quite possibly be the Mecca of diving. It wasn't Truk Lagoon even, but happened to be in Ireland, and I ...
How you can help the charities.
I hope that some of you who explore this travelogue will, like me, decide that these three charities are very worthwhile causes. If you do wish to donate a bank account specially for this event has been opened. Myself and a representative of one of the ...
The Three .....
... SLASH Slash Why is it called Slash. Well, some people know this, the only remaining walled town on the island of Ireland as Derry/Londonderry. I prefer Slash. It has a nicer ring to it, but it ain't no Paradise City !!! We found our digs, and ...
The Hands that Built America
... to the Reds has grown, so what could be more exciting for a little Red Devil than a two day training course with Manchester United Soccer Schools! Even though he knew his hero Wayne Rooney and namesake Sir Alex wouldn’t be there, Alex was a little ...
Sligo,Glencolumbkille,River Swilly,LondonDerry,
... beaches Attempted to go to Grianan Ailigh ( Grianan Fort) Got pictures of River Swilly Drove to LetterDerry (Derry). Arrived around 8pm at night, went to see the murals and also got to walk around a mall. ...
Derry had Good Craic
... to spend a few nights in one place. We already had two nights booked in Derry in Northern Ireland so we turned it into five nights. Derry is a fantastic place. It has a ton of Modern Irish History. It is on the border of N Ireland and The Republic and has ...
Amelia Earhart Slept Here
... city center today though as I looked around at some architecturally pleasing buildings encircled by a complete city wall. (London)Derry's wall built between 1613 and 1618 is worth mentioning because it is the only original complete one in ...
Glenveagh National Park to Northern Ireland
lunga giornata al glevenagh national park e poi qui a ...
(Legen)derry (aka Londonderry)
... a second hand war memorial statue - for a tour of the city walls and murals. our tour guide was really interesting, he'd lived in derry his whole life and had some amazing stories. it was dark by the time we got there but it was very dramatic to see it ...
Londonderry, the walls, the army and rains...
Drove into town and went on a sightseeing. Saw the fort, the shops and the museeum. The battle of Boyne, the Apprentice Boys and the British army precence. But still, the holding of the day, was the irish streetsinger who performed "Country Roads" with ...
The Troubes
... Very sad. =( Even killed a couple tourists, and a woman pregnant with twins. Final stop for the day was Derry (also called Londonderry, depending on your loyalties). I noticed a couple new damaged buildings on our way in. They ...
Day 4 and County 4
... round them, where there were cannons, unspectactular views of housing estates and an awful lot of wind! The weather definitely did for Derry I'm afraid. But on the plus side it was the closest we got to Ireland :) We took the road down the border in ...
A Day Without (M)Eee
Being woken yet again by the heat of the sun, we were up and about early Monday morning and by 9am we'd taken down our tent, packed everything up, said farewell to a sleeping Uncle Trevor and Auntie Fiona and were in the car on our way to Liverpool. Why ...
3 month Northern Ireland
... not meant to me at that time. Instead I ended in a different project and was accepted to gain language experience in Derry in Northern Ireland. Everything happens in perfect time. Off I went in March to June 2000 with a project called "Leonardo ...
Native Son
... home town ... often referred to as "stroke city" with tongue in cheek since the title "Londonderry/Derry" both pleases and offends both sides equally ... unless you're bothered by which name is listed first... With ...
Day 5: Belfast, 9 Glens, Giant's Causeway & Derry
... and unionists) refer to the city as Londonderry. There is quite a bit of confusion as to what the city's name is, many tourists believe Derry and Londonderry to be two different cities, in reality they are the same city. So what do you call the city? That ...
The Donegal Loop Tour
October 15, 2010 Thursday Shortly after breakfast we headed out to spend the day traveling the loop trip on the Donegal Highlands in Northwestern Ireland. Our first stop was at Glenveagh Castle and National Park. Louch (Lake) Veagh is 3 miles long ...
Westport to Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
... is on the Board of Directors. He had mentioned to us that a group of Bluffton students were spending approximately 3 months in Derry taking classes and absorbing the local culture at the University of Ulster. Terry asked our host Peter on the off chance ...
this is halloween, halloween, halloween
... anything unless it gets really bad. Actually ... this is how intense Ireland remains in some areas ... especially 'Free Derry' ... Cops wear these absolutely obnoxious yellow vests, and walked around all night with their intimidating glances ... and ...

