Goodbye Ships of Great Height

August 17th, 2009

The Tall Ships left Belfast’s shores this afternoon, having helped the economy a little and entertained 800,000 people over the course of the 4-day festival, including an estimated 250,000 who lined the coast to see them off. The sheer number of people to be in one place was a bit nuts in this , including [...]


Tall Ships in Belfast 2009

August 14th, 2009

18 years since the last visit of the Tall Ships in Belfast, over 400,000 people are expected to head towards the docks to check them out over the next few days. I was there today, and look forward to going a few more times before the festival closes on Sunday (no ships will be open [...]