Brief stop in Belfast

The Wombat was actually in Belfast to attend TitanCon. He didn't get any photos with the famous people there (maybe next year) but he did get a photo of himself outside Belfast City Hall.

A Christmas market in Belfast

A bit closer to home, the Wombat also visited the Christmas market in Belfast. He had a look at the big shiny Christmas tree...


And he tried out some strawberry-flavoured beer in the German beer tent.

Views of Belfast

It's a general rule that when you live in an area, you don't usually do much sight-seeing there. Well, The Wombat is happy to be an exception to that rule, and spent a fairly bright autumn afternoon last week wandering around some bits of Belfast.

He started out by going up in the dome at the Victoria Square shopping centre, to take in the views. Thankfully, there's a lift; his short little legs would never have managed the stairs.


Back at ground level, he went to view the Albert memorial clock - it was built back in the 1860s on rather soggy ground and has a worrying lean.


He then had a stroll down to the weir to view the River Lagan - here you can see the M3 bridge, with the World Heritage-listed cranes, Samson and Goliath, in the background.


And also down at the weir, he had a look at the Big Fish - its ceramic scales have prints of playbills, newspaper cartoons and advertisements, and other things to commerate Belfast's history.