I am indebted to Alan, because his own blog, Alan In Belfast, inspired me to create Lord Belmont in 2007.
I wonder if he recalls my contacting him for advice about it five years ago? A year or so later, several of us met at a restaurant on the Belmont Road, Belfast, for a natter and meal.
You played a part in creating the Belmont Phenomenon - or should that be the Phenomenal Belmont? - Alan!
Alan has written another great post about his trip to the new National Trust Giant's Causeway visitor centre today; articulated to a far greater degree than my post about it three weeks ago.
To be truthful, my posting was slightly - shall we say - diplomatic, given that I really do whole-heartedly concur with Alan's sentiments on his experiences there, and the virtual golf-course he alludes to.
You took to blogging like a duck to water! And you even obey the cardinal rule of building an audience by being very consistent in your subject matter!
ReplyDeleteI do remember those early conversations ...
Hope you enjoy another 5 years and more of blogging, together with the events, meetings and random experiences that it throws up in somewhere so small as NI.
You are a champion blogger; keep up the good work. Your best blogs are observational - let's have more about your experiences in NI eating houses, pubs and, especially, coffee shops. Did I read recently that you have never had a coffee on the Belmont Road - shame and disgrace!
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Well many thanks for the kind words. You are right, Wombat; I really must sample the Strandtown coffee-houses.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you suggest I begin?
I'd suggest a project, starting at Bennett's (bottom left) and working your way up to Belmont Towers; not all on the same day! I'm sure you will enjoy the exercise and many of us will enjoy reding about your tour of his Lordship's demesne.
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