We are at the centre of the golf universe…

Posted By admin / July, 20, 2011 / 0 comments

Apparently Northern Ireland is now the centre of the universe… as far as the golf world is concerned, a world superpower! Three major golf Championships in 13 months, that’s some going for a country with one and a half million people. The last time a golfer from Northern Ireland won a golfing major was Fred…

L’Italia classica…

Posted By admin / July, 6, 2011 / 0 comments

Much to my surprise and delight Verona airport is just over a two hour flight from Belfast. Our Lady captain managed to do it in two hour and 5 min. I won’t be cracking any jokes as my wife will be reading this! After a very smooooth landing we collected our car… eventually. Now it’s…

Website updated…

Posted By admin / May, 3, 2011 / 2 comments

The plan was to spend a couple of days over the Easter break building an entirely new website at www.davidcordner.com, it took a bit longer!!! But it’s finally done. There are still some small tweaks that need to be done but I can take my time doing those. Images will dynamically enlarge or reduce to…

Who doesn’t like fresh food?

Posted By admin / April, 13, 2011 / 0 comments

I was walking through St Georges market in Belfast, surrounded by nothing but people and food. Smells were everywhere; freshly baked breads, earthy smells from the freshly dug vegetables, the smell of the sea from the sea food caught hours earlier by the fishermen from Portavogie. Some of it still moving! The place was full…

My kind of Taxi…

Posted By admin / October, 13, 2010 / 0 comments

Most of us probably have our favourite form of public transport, whether it’s a taxi, trains, rickshaws or whatever yours is. Well I have just found mine! On a recent visit to the Maldives (what a beautiful place) we had to use taxis. We all have to use taxis from time to time, we’re all familiar with the…

Where it all began…

Posted By admin / August, 17, 2010 / 0 comments

Modern man that is. Without cutting and pasting the entire Wikipedia we are all reported to have evolved from Africa, many moons ago. For me, there is something magical about Africa, from the lush plantations in Tanzania in the wet season to the dry arid desert in Namibia not to mention the creatures that call…