Belfast-2-Belfast-By-Bike
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Everybody has heard of Belfast – the Belfast in Northern Ireland! It’s the home town of Van Morrison, George Best, Kenneth Branagh and, of course, the Titanic. But how many Belfasts are there?
Well in 1982, on a visit to South Africa, I found a second one and vowed that one day I would ride from there to the Belfast; Belfast-2-Belfast-By-Bike was born, or more accurately the idea was conceived. The pregnancy would last 37 years, but in March 2019 I left Harare, dropped down to Belfast, RSA, and, over the next year, rode to Belfast, N Ireland, arriving in March 2020.
Somewhere along that long road, the answer to the oft-posed question, “What are you going to do when you finish?” came to me; I would ride to all the other Belfasts in the World. Of course, what else? Why didn’t I think of that sooner?
How many others are there? Not counting the innumerable Belfast Streets, Roads, Parks, etc, I have found 26 “places”: 2 in Canada; 18 in the USA, one each in Australia, New Zealand and Jamacia, and two others in South Africa.
This website is about those Belfasts, and my journey on a 50+ year-old motorbike to visit each one and find out its story.
Join me on the Journey!
Part 1
This was the first stage going from South Africa to N Ireland taking in 3? countries; March 2019 – March 2020
Part 2
This is the current stage taking in Canada and the USA; April 2024 – October(ish) 2024.
Part 3
This will be the final(ish) stage taking in the rest of the world, at a time as yet to be decided.
Belfast City Hall
Belfast Shipyard
Belfast Public Library
Belfast News-Letter
Queen’s University
The Big Fish
Sign up to receive a notification of new posts:
Your email address will not be shared with any third parties and you will receive nothing from me except notifications of new posts.