Comments on: A hot day in Belfast

By: Ks2ndre

Ks2ndre — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:46:32 +0000

Hi ! I’m going to Belfast next week, so I’m getting some info…

By: ken

ken — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:02:39 +0000

I’ve been to Belfast. The photos are the best they’ve got. It goes downhill from there pretty fast.

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:41:58 +0000

the good weather does nothing but bring even more scum out onto the streets to mar whatever small enjoyment the rest of us get from it.

Jerk.

I have been to the north-west coast of the Republic, pretty close to the border with the North, and if that is a guide, then the North must be great. My brother used to work for a while in Derry and loved it for the fishing and the scenery.

I am really glad Dale put this thread up, and I hope that Belfast and its surrounding area continues to thrive and prosper. The birthplace of Van Morrison and George Best (RIP) deserves to be regarded as more than just a place where bombs go off.

By: jk

jk — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:22:07 +0000

I have wanted to see Belfast after reading “Eureka Street.” My work used to take me to Dublin and I always planned to drive up. My new position does not involve travel, so it might be a while – thanks for the pics..

By: Michael Bates

Michael Bates — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:44:20 +0000

It’s been 11 years since our last visit, but we loved our time in Belfast. The Botanic Gardens were lovely, and the city center was tidy and lively. And of course, the countryside is beautiful.

By: Dale Amon

Dale Amon — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:32:28 +0000

There are none so blind as those who will not see…

By: rich

rich — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:19:51 +0000

beautiful? now come on. really new zealand is beautiful, japan is beautiful. Belfast is far far from it. it’s a run down dead end. and you know it

the good weather does nothing but bring even more scum out onto the streets to mar whatever small enjoyment the rest of us get from it.

By: Dale Amon

Dale Amon — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:35:08 +0000

I have covered some of the fine music in a few posts over the years. Many of the best musicians on the whole island come from Belfast.

By: Nick Timms

Nick Timms — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:08:28 +0000

My visits to Northern Ireland during 1979 really woke me up to how distorted our views are when they are formed only by what we see in the mainstream media.

During the winter of 1979 I went to Northern Ireland several weekends in a row to sell watches in the vaious markets round Belfast, Cookstown etc. Even though it was winter, and perishing cold, and I had to stand outside all day long and, even though the ‘troubles’ were still at their height, I found the countryside beautiful and the people charming. I do not know if it has changed but the pubs and nightclubs were great fun and the live music of a very high quality.

By: Dale Amon

Dale Amon — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:21:12 +0000

Young Fogey: I have discovered by trial and error that you cannot do scenic landscape photos with a flash

By: Young Fogey

Young Fogey — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:13:54 +0000

Ahhhh, you’re making me homesick Dale.

Notice you didn’t show them the scenery on a windswept day in December when the sun creeps above the horizon for almost a whole seven hours and the rain comes in from the West in horizontal sheets!

By: Nick M

Nick M — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:56:27 +0000

Nice Pics Dale. Looks like you had a good day.

Shame you felt you had to include that first paragraph – I for one have long been under the impression that there was much more to Belfast than Paisley and Adams.

I’ve never been, but I always got the impression from TV that the city’s setting was analogous to Edinburgh with the scenery almost coming into the town so to speak? I hope that makes sense.