Monthly Archives: June 2016

Well done Wes Hoolahan and Ireland!

Congratulations to Ireland and Wes Hoolahan. A great game to watch, at times a little like watching some of the games at Norwich!  Doing all the difficult things well and then screwing up the best opportunities. Big respect to Wes for missing that one-on-one and coming right back with that [...]

2022-05-11T21:29:32+01:00June 23rd, 2016|

Six Slovakia facts (not the football team)

Five Slovakia facts  Was the “other half” of Czechoslovakia, which split into two countries in 1993 Described by U Cities as having one of the three countries with the most attractive ladies in the world.  For example, Slovakia is home to Adriana Karembeu, a former Guinness record holder for having the longest [...]

2022-05-13T15:31:59+01:00June 20th, 2016|

Ten Wales facts (not the football team)

Ten Wales Facts Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales is the longest place name in Europe and the longest valid, single-word internet domain name in the world! Swallow Falls located at Betws-y-coed is the most popular and most visited waterfall in Britain. The first lager brewery ever in Britain was established in Wrexham by [...]

2022-05-12T16:01:38+01:00June 16th, 2016|

Ten Russia facts (not the football team!)

Ten interesting facts about Russia: Russia hosts the worlds longest railway at 9,200 kilometres (5,700 in miles).  It's called the Trans-Siberian Railway runs almost the full length of the country.  The line departs in Moscow (which is in European Russia), crosses into Asia and then makes its way to the [...]

2022-05-13T15:32:39+01:00June 10th, 2016|
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