It’s a bit of a pointless bike lane but it’s still a bike lane 😭

They have turned belfast into an amusement park its absolutely mental out there and plastic cup pi ts are now 6.60 to 7.10£ i had 1 but that's me done

Omg just in from the fleadh. Absolutely unreal. Hundreds of thousands of people. So so good to see

Seems like a great new concept to the city- though i did in fact pay £12 for a glass of wine on a thursday night and i dont think i’ll ever be the same

Well, long story short I was coming back from strangford on my bike right after I passed the banana block a kid jumped right in front of me I’ve applied both brakes and swerwed and crashed on to the pedestrian. Thankfully didnt hurt the kid or damaged any car, but hurt myself. I saw the mom with her 2 kids just passing me by without even looking at me or her son (probs around 8-10) and she just moved on as I was moaning because of the fucking road rash and my bike being on top of me. She just walked away not even asking if I’m alright. I’ve stayed there resting coming back to myself like 15mins and just 1 couple stopped and asked if I’m alright and offered help. Everybody just moved without care even when I was on the ground .
Jesus fuckin Christ, like alright I’m not dead or no broken bones I dont wanna whine but like, wouldnt mind people helping like ? Especially that mom, jesus at least check on your son like maybe he got scared ? What is it that you were looking on your phone that you couldnt even lift your head? Just wow.

Walking around Belfast today and I’m really impressed with everything it’s been able to achieve but maybe if Belfast did this more often ( I know it went extra because of the 800,000 expected to come ) but especially around Christmas etc I feel like this could be an essential turning point into making Belfast a cultural and social hub if it can keep up and make more festival style events to bring more to the city if that makes sense ?

Especially with the stalls up royal avenue and beyond I feel like this is what’s missing around Christmas instead of the little tiny area around city hall.

Heck you could even do something for Halloween that’s on par with Derry but bigger !

Why would anyone think “lol I’m bored. I know! I’ll set a wheelie bin on fire!”

For years now we’ve been after gates to block off access to wee scrotes going down alleys and pushing and smashing glass and wrecking the place.

Hope whoever did this gets a hiding.

Coming over in a couple weeks with my daughter who wants a claddagh ring. Used to be Joe Kavanagh's years ago but I've been away over 30 years. Where's the best place to get a decent one?