The Road That Changed Ireland FOREVER

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @shronkmcdonk3450
    @shronkmcdonk3450 2 месяца назад +69

    Genuinely you've jumped to one of my top youtubers, glad to see another top quality Irish youtuber

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +9

      Thanks so much! Been at this 6years, feel like I’m finally getting into it

  • @manuelh.4147
    @manuelh.4147 2 месяца назад +135

    Imagine running your lungs out only to be beaten by someone doing history lessons, running backwards, filming himself and also shooting drone videos. Probably did his taxes on the way too.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +38

      😂 I have genuinely answered emails and written parts of video scripts while running.
      I also severely twisted my ankle doing the above while running off road

    • @patchso
      @patchso 2 месяца назад +2

      No flies on our man :-)

    • @lt7388
      @lt7388 2 месяца назад +1

      How inspiring

    • @thehikingbiker9254
      @thehikingbiker9254 2 месяца назад +2

      And they say men can't multitask hahaha ​@@StephenJReid

    • @NobleKorhedron
      @NobleKorhedron 2 месяца назад +1

      All due respect,@@StephenJReid, whatt do you mean #HMSTitanic? #IIRC, she was designated #RMS, for "Royal Mail Ship"...

  • @craigan
    @craigan 2 месяца назад +21

    Love hearing the mention of 1798. My ancestors, all Presbyterian, were on both sides! On Islandmagee Rev. Holmes formed the Ballyeaston Yeomanry to fight the volunteers, while Coleraine Mr. Leslie was helping form the volunteers and was sentenced to be hanged as a result, sentence was commuted and his son became minister of Molesworth Pres. in Cookstown. The two families intermarried in the early 20th century when the daughter of the Rev. William McKean (Leslie side) married into the Holmes side.
    That’s a long way of saying, great video, great story, and we have a complicated history that needs to be more fully told!

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +3

      Complicated indeed! Glad you enjoyed it. Convinced knowing more of history like this can help today

  • @Rationalskeptic49
    @Rationalskeptic49 2 месяца назад +5

    History lesson and a run, what's not to like. Great video once again Stephen

  • @olliedodds6768
    @olliedodds6768 2 месяца назад +7

    Please keep making historical themed videos like these.

  • @MarJonBeauchampHPR
    @MarJonBeauchampHPR 2 месяца назад +7

    I'm wiser than I was yesterday thank you. Congrats on hitting 1 million for the first time on one of your videos. Well deserved

  • @toberwine
    @toberwine 2 месяца назад +4

    God I love that place - moved to Glenarm from England there as a naif 24 year old way back in 1997 to work in the Forest Service… used to pinch myself to think that I was getting paid to drive up and down the coast road as part of my job! Glorious.

  • @lamangacolin
    @lamangacolin 2 месяца назад +13

    Your videos are brilliant Stephen and you are one intelligent man.I spent my first 19 years in Killyleagh Co Down, school at RBAI in Belfast then 21 years in England and now 20 years in Spain so I am still craving Ulster Fry Up's and Tayto Cheese and Onion crisps!

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +4

      Thanks Colin. I just spend too much time on Google and Wikipedia 😀 Tayto cheese and onion are the best!

  • @ChrisSmith-di7un
    @ChrisSmith-di7un 2 месяца назад +12

    That’s a beautiful video with a story told by an accomplished storyteller. Thanks for the history lesson.

  • @NutTreeCrafts
    @NutTreeCrafts 2 месяца назад +5

    Stunning and not just the views. You Sir are getting better and better.

  • @danielreynolds5012
    @danielreynolds5012 Месяц назад +1

    Great video. Interestingly we have our own military road in Wicklow built after said same 1798 rebellion. Definitely not flat though and not along the coast!!

  • @IOSALive
    @IOSALive 2 месяца назад +19

    Stephen J Reid , Your content makes me happy!

  • @euanbalmer
    @euanbalmer 2 месяца назад +23

    Get this man a TV show! 😊

  • @bogbay
    @bogbay 2 месяца назад +7

    Dal Riada in Scotland came second. The first Dal Riada was founded by Carbery Riada from Cork in Antrim. People from that group moved into the Western Isles and Western Scotland.

  • @holmesaway
    @holmesaway 2 месяца назад +8

    Every time I visit Northern Ireland I make sure to drive this road at least once! Heading over in October and it’s the first place I’m heading to from the airport! Great learning about how it all came about 👌🏻👌🏻

  • @sgtplop
    @sgtplop 2 месяца назад +6

    I passed my driving test this summer and did that route yesterday for the first time and then hiked the entirety of glenariff for the lols.
    I didnt even know this marathon was a thing but will try be there next time so long as theres a bloke telling me the history of everything we pass haha
    Class video my guy

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Glenariff is great. Did you do the full 6 mile loop?

    • @sgtplop
      @sgtplop 2 месяца назад

      @@StephenJReid yessir, there was like no one there me dog and I had a grand time

  • @CecilliaDB
    @CecilliaDB 2 месяца назад +2

    I love these active history lessons!

  • @alanrobertson5497
    @alanrobertson5497 2 месяца назад +5

    Some great history. Love watching ❤️ ❤.

  • @VillageSupercars
    @VillageSupercars 2 месяца назад +1

    Enjoy your videos and the history of our great wee country.

  • @michaeldevlin297
    @michaeldevlin297 2 месяца назад +8

    Comes across you a few weeks back, absolutely brilliant Channel!

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Thanks Michael! Which video did you find first?

    • @michaeldevlin297
      @michaeldevlin297 2 месяца назад +2

      @@StephenJReidSaw the video of you climbing Carrantuohill, mountain & Errigal which I had climbed myself a few months ago.

    • @jimbuddha
      @jimbuddha 2 месяца назад +1

      That was the first video I saw as well. RUclips just started recommending more after that. Great video on Lough Neigh too.

  • @roymunson1
    @roymunson1 2 месяца назад +3

    Very good work, well done. I know that area very very well.
    Good man. Hon Ireland!

  • @ryanferris7841
    @ryanferris7841 2 месяца назад +2

    Excellent video, I’m a Larne man and I spend alot time looking at the Antrim coast from my small boat, I never tire of it.

  • @chrislynch8
    @chrislynch8 2 месяца назад +2

    Got to love RUclips. You were randomly recommended to me a week or so ago and I must've watched most of your videos at this point with the kids. We always camp as a family and the kids love your wild camping vids but do remind me each time that they're not going as they perfer campsites with toilets and playgrounds, hopefully when they're older! We also now know more about the Mourne Mountains then the Galtee Mountains which are a few mins away..

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Wow you’ve watched a lot of videos with a wide range of quality! 🙈 maybe I’ll get down to the Galtees and make a video there sometime

  • @stephengraham6194
    @stephengraham6194 2 месяца назад +2

    Awesome video as usual Stephen, next year come up to the Waterside Half Marathon I think you will be very impressed and loads of history enroute

  • @macsmedia6790
    @macsmedia6790 29 дней назад

    Iv been binging on your videos while recovering from a collasped lung. Enjoying all the scenery from the mournes but living these fact filled videos. Keep them coming, fab work

  • @jsimes1
    @jsimes1 2 месяца назад +2

    I have a good friend from Maghera and I have been threatening to visit him and his family for almost 20 years now (I'm in America). He will be shocked when I do show up and I know more about Northern Ireland than he does! 😆 Thanks again for a great bit of history and for running a footrace backwards which always amazes me! 😂

  • @driving_all_over
    @driving_all_over 2 месяца назад +4

    Brilliant video mate. When I was in NI a couple of months ago I didn’t manage to do this bit but did do the causeway coastal route, absolutely beautiful.
    Definitely one to get back over to drive and explore on, the A2 (from the parts of it I’ve been on) is a stunning road.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      It’s a great going the long way up from Belfast. Torr head road section is particularly memorable/terrifying 😂

  • @IrelandOutdoors
    @IrelandOutdoors 2 месяца назад +2

    Excellent video m8, every day is a school day! 🙂

  • @ivanmckeown5296
    @ivanmckeown5296 2 месяца назад +1

    Stephen's videos just keep getting better! Last time I tried to run that distance, the absolute last thing in my mind was trying to talk! Too busy trying not to have a coronary....

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Haha thanks Ivan. I finding chatty pace in running is the most enjoyable pace.

  • @lemzo44
    @lemzo44 2 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for the history lesson during the run Stephen! It was great to spend 10 mins with you and hear about the serious effort you put into this channel that most people won’t see!

  • @JB-eg1tb
    @JB-eg1tb 2 месяца назад

    "Well, they're running too hard". 4th video of yours I've watched this afternoon. Enjoy your personality and the content. Editing takes forever so thank you again for your videos. It really adds value to my day.

  • @IvanDP1967
    @IvanDP1967 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you Stephen, you've inspired me to visit now.
    Always looking for new and interesting road trips in my little car and this seems like the perfect destination.

  • @Ourathe7thcolumn
    @Ourathe7thcolumn 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for another great video. You, Sir, are very talented, amazing content. Keep up the fantastic work please 🙏

  • @armiter87
    @armiter87 2 месяца назад +1

    This island is my favourite island

  • @RobinBassett
    @RobinBassett 2 месяца назад +1

    Stephen, this is brilliant.

  • @6rump3
    @6rump3 2 месяца назад

    I have to comment. I've really enjoyed the last two videos you've released. I lived in NI for 3 years and explored nearly every corner. I have a love for the place and will forever be captivated by the landscape and its history. Thank you for what you do. Brilliant.

  • @charver1
    @charver1 2 месяца назад +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed this. Really enjoy your channel and presenting style. Come for the wild camping stay for the history lessons.

  • @turkishdelight7083
    @turkishdelight7083 2 месяца назад +1

    Really enjoying the informative stuff, thanks for making them. Just got back from a whistle stop tour of that area, really stunning.

  • @Barbedhookfishing
    @Barbedhookfishing 2 месяца назад +4

    Great video and history of Larne! Well done on the run 👏
    Great to see the bloopers at the end too 😂

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      So many bloopers on this. I knew a short version of the history from previous projects but had never put together a 10min version before.

  • @paulkennedy5021
    @paulkennedy5021 2 месяца назад +1

    Any time we are on the north coast we always take the long way home to travel this road. Don’t know what it is about it. I had no idea about its origins. Great video Stephen and congratulations on the boost the channel got. Well deserved.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Thanks Paul, it’s a great road. The Torr head section into the Causeway coast is also a lot of fun/terrifying 😂

  • @isaidwhatisaid8470
    @isaidwhatisaid8470 2 месяца назад +1

    Just sat down with my dinner looking for something to watch, perfect timing!

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Trying something a bit different with this one

  • @patchso
    @patchso 2 месяца назад +1

    Excellent video! Fascinating history delivered on the run. How do I know so little about our next door neighbour? Beautiful country. The North still on my list of places to visit. Stunningly beautiful - especially in the sunshine ;-)

  • @microwavefish
    @microwavefish 2 месяца назад +4

    Great video as always, but as another history nerd I’ve got one knit pick, the Titanic was an RMS (Royal Mail Ship), not HMS. Fair play making a video whilst running, that must’ve been tough.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Oh whoops good point. I’ve made that mistake before.🙈

  • @dougminihane7711
    @dougminihane7711 2 месяца назад +1

    No idea how this came up in my YT feed but I'm subscribed now !! Excellent stuff 👍

  • @aidanmcmichael9118
    @aidanmcmichael9118 2 месяца назад

    Stephen, great video - the Bald story is great and what a way to bring it alive! Bald gets a good mention at the bridge of the Coretavy Burn at Ballypatrick. Re the Titanic connections - if you had continued on your journey around tBald's road you would have ended up in Ballycastle ... James Blaney from the town was a fireman on Titanic and died as a result of the disaster...and sure Marconi, long associated with the Titanic story, did his over water, commercial radio experiments there !! Also Tommy Millar who also died in the Titanic tragedy lived at Boneybefore just outside Carrick. Look forward to hearing more stories! As per yer own video there.... 'Keep er lit!'

  • @Preferred_Ari
    @Preferred_Ari 2 месяца назад +1

    Learning History, yay!

  • @benregan-bryant1416
    @benregan-bryant1416 2 месяца назад

    Love the combination of Irish history and fitness. Might just have to plan my next trip home around the Antrim Coast Half Marathon! Keep up the amazing content

  • @TheSpotty1997
    @TheSpotty1997 2 месяца назад +1

    Your content and your attitude is awesome! Keep doing what you're doing! Im loving the history lessons in your videos as well! So happy to the algorithm is in your favour ;)

  • @Chronically_Outdoors
    @Chronically_Outdoors 2 месяца назад +1

    Your channel is amazing, imagine recording a video like this while running a bloody marathon 😂😂😂 so glad i found you mate hahaha. Absolute legend 💪

  • @Traindmunkey
    @Traindmunkey 2 месяца назад +3

    When your PE teacher subs as the history teacher. Great videos!

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      😂 I wasn’t good at either in school

    • @charles5553
      @charles5553 2 месяца назад

      ​@@StephenJReiddon't have to in PE 😂

    • @Traindmunkey
      @Traindmunkey 2 месяца назад

      @@StephenJReid passions can come later in life you seem to enjoy what you are doing now!

  • @owenvenes
    @owenvenes 2 месяца назад

    Great video. Love how you're always happy to do videos about various different topics, combining history, nature and culture. Growing up 'down south' all we ever learn about NI is the troubles and history of the partition etc. never been up there, and love seeing videos like this where you learn a few things about a place you never knew existed.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks! 🙂 I feel we have so much more that unites us than divides us. It’s just been in some people’s interest (on both sides) to drive a wedge.

  • @anyjimblogs
    @anyjimblogs 2 месяца назад

    Thanks so much for the video. Love the concept once again. History lesson, beautiful scenery and beautiful people. Top class! 👍. More please. Much more!

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks! First time trying this while running, was worried it wouldn’t work and the audio would be ruined by the wind,rain and me puffing 😂

  • @redcruben
    @redcruben День назад

    Very interesting video, my grand dad helped to build the Titanic and was on the sea trials but luckily for me and my dad he wasn't on the maiden voyage

  • @davidjeffrey2358
    @davidjeffrey2358 2 месяца назад

    Stephen, 2 cracking and very informative videos in a row, as a local I loved them both. Keep up the good work!

  • @CrohnsCast
    @CrohnsCast 2 месяца назад +1

    bring back the bugle!!!! awesome video bro

  • @Grown-in-Tyrone
    @Grown-in-Tyrone 2 месяца назад

    Excellent video ❤

  • @mattgawn6630
    @mattgawn6630 2 месяца назад

    What a lad, great stuff Stephen!

  • @FinnsFenian
    @FinnsFenian 2 месяца назад +2

    Awesome

  • @pixelpeter3883
    @pixelpeter3883 2 месяца назад +1

    Stephen being the en-route entertainment during the run :-)

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Someone’s gotta do it 😂

  • @ingfeldrosenlutz3096
    @ingfeldrosenlutz3096 2 месяца назад

    Only discovered your channel when you uploaded the green-blue algae video which was excellent! Excellent content, keep it up Stephen!

  • @alanslade2319
    @alanslade2319 2 месяца назад +1

    Thanks STEPHEN great history lesson and what a great place, and another run done, and were did you come, or is it about taking part, thanks again mate, ALAN 🍻💯👍

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks Alan. No idea where I came, didn’t even check. Finished about 2hrs 20mins so somewhere in the middle.

  • @Schlalu
    @Schlalu 2 месяца назад

    Looking super cute Stephen. Those drone shots are also pretty incredible

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      I think you mean super damp 😂 Drone shots are from various other projects over the years. Have a huge library of it

  • @IrishDragon666
    @IrishDragon666 2 месяца назад +1

    As the banner said, keep 'er lit, sir!

  • @PotooBurd
    @PotooBurd 2 месяца назад

    The mad lad is at it again! Boosting for the algorithm 🙌 Love your work, keep it up! 🌻🐝

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for the booost😁😁

  • @snoop2477
    @snoop2477 2 месяца назад +2

    You crack me up. Your awesome Stephen. You need to be a TV host! But then again, full creative freedom has its benefits!

  • @samwhite7197
    @samwhite7197 2 месяца назад +4

    Know two civil engineers. Pretty sure that if they built a very necessary road and it also turned out to be a great half marathon route, they'd be very happy with themselves.

  • @TheOpenboater
    @TheOpenboater 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow, that was impressive. Not the coast road, (although it is impressive too) I'm talking about how you managed to run and keep up such an interesting naration. Well done big lad. Some cracking drone footage too which I shall go back and freeze frame now as it looked really good.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks! Gasping for breath in between

  • @bendrummond3063
    @bendrummond3063 2 месяца назад +2

    Just in case you wondered who beeped their horn at you near slemish the other day, just a random subscriber 😂

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +2

      🤣 Was out training for a bikepacking trip

  • @mwilson7842
    @mwilson7842 2 месяца назад

    Another boots on the ground great production. Love the micro focus on history and place. I'm a new subscriber and looking forward to your work.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Boots on the ground indeed 😂 hopefully you could hear it ok. I was worried about the audio with the wind and rain

  • @brookest3
    @brookest3 2 месяца назад +1

    Ahaha is that Aaron Butler in the background 😂😂

  • @Gameblord
    @Gameblord 2 месяца назад +1

    Great aul road!

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      one of the best!

    • @Gameblord
      @Gameblord 2 месяца назад +1

      @@StephenJReid Great video on Lough Neagh also, keep up the good work!

  • @livinginmyownlittleworldad1905
    @livinginmyownlittleworldad1905 2 месяца назад +1

    Your content is so interesting but also like the way its made in a sort of funny way. U could be the new Joe Mahon lol

  • @GyulaJentetics
    @GyulaJentetics 2 месяца назад +1

    Best video ever 👀👍😜👌🙌

  • @Nomadickangoo
    @Nomadickangoo Месяц назад +1

    Love me a running video, what camera do you use to run along with? Its very stable 👍🏻

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  Месяц назад +1

      this was shot with DJI Action 4

    • @Nomadickangoo
      @Nomadickangoo Месяц назад

      @@StephenJReid love it mate ✌🏻

  • @weeroger7048
    @weeroger7048 2 месяца назад +1

    Drove from belfast yo carnlough loads of times it's such a spot
    Its right in ni you come off the Glen's it's like kerry then your in an orange estate 😂😂😂
    I've have thought sometimes it's like cork with union jacks

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      yup I've always thought the glens feels more like somewhere on the west coast than it does Northern Ireland. It's a special place

  • @GregAdventure
    @GregAdventure 2 месяца назад

    I was in Glenarm on Sunday & started to tell my partner all about the coast road but had to shut up because I did not know the facts, so thanks for that 👍

  • @muffinman2889
    @muffinman2889 2 месяца назад

    😮some man history lesson 😅as you run 🏃‍♂️ respect 🙌 😎

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      😁 should have seen me gasping for breath between takes

    • @muffinman2889
      @muffinman2889 2 месяца назад +1

      @@StephenJReid 🤣ya fought through it fair play mate 👏 😎

  • @ConorCasey-m9r
    @ConorCasey-m9r 2 месяца назад

    Great video Stephen. Really interesting to learn some more history about the island I live on. Had no idea about the Dál Riata. Would this be why the folk on the antrim coast still have quite a strong Scottish twang to their accent?

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Could be Conor. But possibly more likely would be the more recent (1600s) Scottish settlers who came over to live in the north east. They would likely have influenced the accent quite a bit.

  • @c6m
    @c6m 2 месяца назад +14

    Making Larne look nice is a feat that I didn't even think was possible.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      I made a very popular Larne is Awesome video about 5 years ago

    • @triestodrum2215
      @triestodrum2215 2 месяца назад

      Where are you from?

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      @@triestodrum2215 Me? Just outside Ballymena

    • @triestodrum2215
      @triestodrum2215 2 месяца назад

      @@StephenJReid
      Lol
      I know your videos are great. :-)

  • @AndrewMcIntyre-u7u
    @AndrewMcIntyre-u7u 2 месяца назад

    Hey Stephen, quick question, is it possible to cycle all the way down the Laggan Towpath to that pub you had a feed at when on your training run for the Canum (Lockkeeper"s Arms??), I will be I n the country in a couple of weeks and cycling down to the Mournes. Think I can pick up wee roads from there to head down through Rathfrisland. Thanks in advance, Andy

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Yeah the lockeepers inn is on the towpath. It runs from Belfast to Lisburn

    • @AndrewMcIntyre-u7u
      @AndrewMcIntyre-u7u 2 месяца назад

      @@StephenJReid Thanks Stephen, I'm riding a wee folding bike to the Netherlands on Tuesday, then back via Scotland (Galloway Hills), and then meeting the folk I was staying with in Arnhem on the Belfast ferry as they are touring Ireland for a week, and I'm off down the Mournes for a few days. Plan was to hop across Carlingford Lough on that wee ferry, down to Rosslare and back through Wales but it closes for the season tomorrow, so I shall head back to Scotland and down the west coast of England instead, all the best, Andy

  • @t3chrs
    @t3chrs 2 месяца назад +1

    A rant-histor-y run! 😂

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      😂 gotta evolve the format

  • @LisaDawsonmusic
    @LisaDawsonmusic 2 месяца назад +1

    Well now I would run a marathon if I thought I’d get a history lesson along the way!

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Needed more runners like you! I got some weird looks 🤣

  • @LaidBackHomesteader
    @LaidBackHomesteader 2 месяца назад +1

    Hi Stephen i dont script to much with my content fair play to ya

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks! I don't script every video but need to when its something like this or I forget important things

  • @victorwillis8901
    @victorwillis8901 2 месяца назад +1

    Great info 👏👏 videos are super

  • @alanjones4333
    @alanjones4333 2 месяца назад

    my father's family is from Islandmagee, Northern Ireland. we're presbyterian dissenters not prodestants. I'm named (middle name) after a 16 year old united irishman from Ballycarry hung after 1798.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Presbyterians are by definition protestants, but there are different varieties. Not everyone likes those titles though because of the negative associations with various labels.

    • @alanjones4333
      @alanjones4333 2 месяца назад

      @@StephenJReid In my family oral history I'm a Blackmouth or 'you're nothing but an Ol' blackmouth' as our CoI neighbour used to say... more negative associations I guess... Good luck.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      @@alanjones4333 rumour is that comes from persecuted Presbyterians fleeing to the hills and being forced to eat blackberries to survive. They stain around your mouth.

  • @leanickell5015
    @leanickell5015 2 месяца назад +1

    I've driven those road a few times now so that I could get to Ballycastle, where there is actually a regular passenger ferry (not operating in winter for obvious reasons) that brings you to Campbeltown at the bottom of the Kintyre peninsula (shown in the video). It is a beautiful road, the only thing that brings it down are all the c**** that decide to drive along it at 30mph 😂😂

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Ah yes the Kintyre Express, I've taken it a couple of times to Islay but it doesn't run in winter

  • @michaelkinahan1829
    @michaelkinahan1829 2 месяца назад

    Have you ever done tour guiding?

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Nope but I've always liked the idea of doing it and just making everything up as I go along 🤣

    • @michaelkinahan1829
      @michaelkinahan1829 2 месяца назад

      @@StephenJReid that would be one way to go 😂

  • @lowelldolera1996
    @lowelldolera1996 2 месяца назад

    what camera did you use?

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      DJI Action 4, shot in D-log and colour graded

  • @TheOuroborosWyrm
    @TheOuroborosWyrm 2 месяца назад +2

    Does Sir Richard Attenborough narrate his documentaries while running? No, no he does not. Adam Curtis? No. Werner Herzog? Nope. Michael Moore, perhaps? Ha! These amateurs had better take note!
    *edit: diction

  • @armiter87
    @armiter87 2 месяца назад +1

    "So anyway I started Blastin" - William Bald

  • @aaronbutleronline
    @aaronbutleronline 2 месяца назад +2

    05:12 who is that cute guy?

  • @tylercollinsphoto
    @tylercollinsphoto 2 месяца назад +1

    4:22 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @bbjunkie
    @bbjunkie 2 месяца назад

    The most positive thing I’ve heard about the race! Seems it was a shambles 🙄 interesting history lesson! Hope you didn’t get frozen 😂

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад

      Definitely a few things could have been better and I hope they will be addressed.
      But the rain made everything 10x worse and created a few of the problems.
      As always I provide my own feedback to the organisers. I know every year they tweak things but still looking for that perfect formula. It’s logistically a tricky location for a half marathon.

  • @thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603
    @thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603 2 месяца назад +1

    Am up and down it about twice a week 😂. And am a viking in larne. If anyone in larne looking for a viking with a lot of fun weapons 😇🤣

    • @thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603
      @thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603 2 месяца назад +1

      As for the day of the run I was overnight camping at S51 Airsoft field. Sitting beside a lovely log fire 😂

  • @rcordiner
    @rcordiner 2 месяца назад +1

    That'll Larne yee

  • @jj2536
    @jj2536 2 месяца назад

    you almost made Larne seem interesting and worth a visit. Almost.

  • @norman-de-plume
    @norman-de-plume 2 месяца назад +1

    For a fair whie, lots of Irish Protestants used to row over to Scotland every Sunday for church - the info about the road make more sense about that.
    Also, Carnfunnock - the rudest sounding placename that's broadcastable, I reckon.

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      Never thought of Carnfunnock as sounding rude but I guess it kinda does 😃

  • @JasonHollis-hg6vg
    @JasonHollis-hg6vg 2 месяца назад

    Awesome idea for a Doctor who episode! The doctor goes back in time. To meet him and take him to the future. To watch the race! I mean it's pretty much. The Van Gogh episode! But who cares 🤷 😅

  • @kc8485
    @kc8485 2 месяца назад +1

    Westmeath is Best Meath...

    • @StephenJReid
      @StephenJReid  2 месяца назад +1

      🤣 To my shame I didn't realise it was a different county

  • @susanolson3611
    @susanolson3611 2 месяца назад

    😀 ✌