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thanks pal! The Ballygally castle hotel is lovely

Ah nice one mate😅, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thanks so much, definitely blessed to have this on my doorstep 👍

@@shadowmanNI you are soooo lucky to have the the whole Antrim Coast on your doorstep. My son is near Ballygally. I hope to be over in January 😊

Ha ha, deal 😆

@christophermcgukien6549 sorry to hear that, can understand why some people would have that phobia. Hopefully these give some help, however small. Thanks for watching 👍

Thanks pal, yeah love that drive, especially early morning or nighttime 🚗 👍

Thanks for watching bernadette 👍

Cheers Martin

Yeah, definitely similar vibes to American neighbourhoods (as far as my limited knowledge of American neighbourhoods goes ha).

@ I imagine that style house is more expensive in NI! Land is a bit more precious on an island

Ha ha yes, who am I to judge. Only a bit of banter, do love seeing the effort some people go to, fair play 👍

@shadowmanNI aye, it was a really good fun video. Thanks.

It's all about perspective, if that's your perspective, good for you. I've been through that area for the last 40 years and it's grim, it was never like this. Not all cities are like you say btw, Warsaw isn't, Budapest isn't, Tokyo isn't etc

Thanks very much. Happy memories ❤️

Cheers Martin

I'd well believe that, whilst Belfast was never perfect , it was never like this

Ha, maybe in next time I'm passing, thanks for watching 👍

Thanks very much pal. Downloaded the wee app for that week or two ago, it's a handy tool to give a bit of context to the journey 👍

@ you say you're thinking of a longer trip around Christmas, I keep thinking it would be nice to see a road trip to Dublin or Galway or Donegal.

@marshmallowblaster would be great to do those areas, might be NI just (maybe Tyrone/Fermanagh), however don want to get some more from the south

@ another fun video could be tracing part of the border like you did with the peace walls.

Evening, thanks for watching, hope all well 👍

Aww,thanks for the comment, so glad you are finding some joy in the videos, should be in Lisburn again soon. There's no place like home 👍

Love Ballygally ❤️

America has enough trouble without sectarian estates moving in

Oh really, would that not be common in the states?

@@shadowmanNI nah, local zoning regulations make it very tough here. We tend to chop our cities and towns up into little districts where businesses are grouped together, homes are grouped together, apartments are grouped together, medical facilities, etc. Instead of each neighborhood getting some of each, you go to different neighborhoods for different things. It's awesome for when you need to make a day of furniture or clothes shopping, as an entire metro's worth of competing furniture or clothing shops are literally next door to one another so it makes comparison shopping super easy. On the other hand, it means that you don't have corner stores sharing a building with your apartment. At least not outside of the most heavily urbanized areas like Manhattan or Chicago. Corner stores are definitely a thing there.

America is very cool

@@shadowmanNI yeah, there's a lot to like about it. Probably my favorite thing is that it's so huge that there's at least one of basically everything here, somewhere. We have tropical Islands, arctic tundra, 4-mile-high mountains, sandy deserts, pine forests, and everything in between. No matter what political or social issues we may deal with, I really can't complain at all about the land itself.

@@marshmallowblaster it's a big old place. Love it

@ yeah, makes sense given the size of their band! Can't wait until I can finally come see Ulster for myself. I want to come find estate pubs to drink in, really meet the locals

Thanks Paul, appreciate it. Yeah the sunny winter mornings give the city a lovely feel, thanks for watching 👍

Thanks, appreciate it 😊

Thanks, appreciate it 😊

True, though things have improved as in the past many of these gates would have to be permanently locked. Weirdly though I think the big wall at lanark way should be preserved for historical reasons, it's a tourist attraction, though up to locals on both sides of it

@shadowmanNI even as a tourist attraction looks negative and a negative view of the city of focusing on conflict😔

Strange, it's a widely known term. As far back as the roman times Ireland was referred to as little Britain or Hibernia. Quick search will help you with the term 🇬🇧

@shadowmanNI that was back in old times republic of ireland is not british thats a old colonial term when britain invaded the world🤔

Cheers Hugh!

Cheers Hugh!

Up to you how you see it. I use Ireland//uk/ni/British isles/ulster..whatever

A day to be in, not to be driving about 😁

Thanks, I appreciate it 🙏

Just checking, do you mean the opening piece (as there isn't a song starting at 1.42?) If so its Chopin, Waltz no 12 in F minor😊

@ thank you!

Thanks for watching friend 🙂. Agrees, best time of the day!

Thanks for watching 👍

@shadowmanNI You're very welcome, mate.

Nice wee quiet spots pal 👍 🇬🇧

No, you are grand, I switch between my own car which is a family/hatchback car, and then a sprinter van. Love the view in the van 👍

@ ah nice, I have a great big van as well! It's a 1 ton ford diesel, those are hard to come by here in the states

Once my kids are fully up I think I'll just get a van for my own use instead of a car 😁

@ they are wonderfully handy, as long as you have adequate parking 🤣

😁 👍

I should be driving past there soon ! 👍

@@shadowmanNI thank you

Cheers martin, was certainly buzzing Saturday night 👍

Cheers pal, I'll definitely be through Lisburn soon, have Hillsborough on my to do list 👍

Aye 3 new tyres the other day just before Christmas 😳...true, they had moderate few seconds of fame 😁

Thanks for the comment Irwin, appreciate it 👍

Yep, it’s good to know what some of those buildings are. I’m glad to see that the House of Frasier is still going strong. You can get what you need quickly. It makes shopping for things a lot less tedious.

Panthers assemble!

Cheers pal 👍

Very welcome mate, glad it brought back some happy memories 👍 ❤️

A sad but true observation! Some lives destroyed in those places...

@ we have at least half a dozen casinos in my area, but they're all on the outskirts of town, not right in your face all the time. There have to be more bookies than pubs in Belfast!

@marshmallowblaster I'd say you are right !

100% pal 😁 👍

@ ….It’s hard to believe there’s a need for any peace wall after so many years …..considering the enemy is the WEF…..and the dangers of year’s of lies by Britain’s government who seemingly have everyone convinced they need to support it! Just a thought 😵‍💫🤔.