The house next to where we stayed
A statue in the centre of town
There was some beautiful architecture in Ireland…
...and lots of political graffiti
The budget hat is back! Ben was obviously thrilled at having to wear it
Belfast’s version of the London Eye
Some of the team in front of some fine artwork
One of the many colourful murals in Belfast
Ross x3
They only have these kind of instruments in Heaven
We were all looking forward to visiting a castle, but we had to leave because they were holding a wedding there. It wasn’t all t
The squad
Whether in Northern Ireland or back home, the commitment in the challenge is always there
A fine save
Ben makes a discovery at the Giant’s Causeway
He continues on rock-pooling
The woman who told Ben off for climbing on the large rocks
Like this one
More modelling at the Giant’s Causeway
Ben makes the most of there being a camera on tour
Fit for a postcard
They asked us if we could take their picture. So we did.
Something’s not quite right about this family photo
That’s better!
Ben getting some air time
Half the games were played on astro-turf
Tim tries out some of his tricks
Joe’s pace is too much for his marker
Scott rounds off a fine team move
Andy controlling the midfield
Joe again steaming forward
Another goal goes in
A great shot of Joe in the long grass
Looks like we have a football team full of models
Ben going across the famous rope bridge
Although you weren’t supposed to bounce along it, we just couldn’t resist
Rob, the team medic and photographer, joins in with the fun
We say good-bye to Umby, a rather beaten up and out of shape football. He sleeps with the fishes now
The other half of our games were on a rather sandy grass
The weather had been awesome up to the last 2 days, when the downpours began
A close shave for Ash who just manages to divert the ball the other side of the post
Never scared of a challenge
Evidence of just how poor the ground was
Looks like a lot of this game was played in the air
Has Joe been electrocuted?
Ben clears the danger
Sam contributes to the 8-1 thrashing…
…before getting stuck into the food at a Mexican restaurant
Ben helping himself to lots of Coke
He’s such a tourist
More shots of The Gaffer
Neil
Rob rings the bell at the Botanical Gardens. Everyone else wanted a go after that
Smile!
Neil, Scott, Paul and Andy. We kind of imported them into our team for this tour
Joe makes the most of the rays
Belfast at night
Falling asleep on a minibus fall of people is always dangerous, as demonstrated by Joe. We nearly got a flip flop in his mouth
We tried insteaad to put a straw in his mouth, but it still had some milkshake in it, as you can see on his lip
Mmmm tasty