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Decency alive and well in the 21st Century

Jon — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:05:31 +0000

It’s refreshing to see that decency lives on, even in this time of “I, myself and me”, albeit this time it involved one of my lesser favoured organisations… yes, you’ve guessed it -Ulsterbus (aka Translink )! A bit of background: I boarded the 1710GMT Garvagh 116 service from the Station in Coleraine, and presented my …

Trains, Ships and a whole lot of shouting

Jon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:42:14 +0000

Yesterday I decided to go to the start of the Maritime Festival in Belfast, as it was the first time in 18 years (1991) that the Tall Ships had been in Belfast. It all began yesterday morning, when I was waiting on the platform in Coleraine to get the 1015BST train from Londonderry/Derry to Great …

University Update

Jon — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:58:20 +0000

Well, I’m now into the 2nd teaching week of the Autumn Semester and thankfully so far there have been no major problems – all the rooms have been sussed out and have already got coursework to do The joys of the student life…………. So far, everyone seems nice, students and lecturers alike, some more so than …