Around 2 o'clock I left the uncomfortable surroundings of our rented house in Portstewart and began the trip up the road to the city airport in Belfast. I was joined by my dad and a slightly fragile mum who hadn't been the biggest fan of my plans to travel the world when I first decided to announce to them both I was heading, however she was a big part of getting me organised to actually get away and without her I would have been completely unprepared. I was given an emotional send off by my folks, one that will stick out in my mind forever as one of the most difficult times in my life. However I was there and the rest of the 'Globetrotters' were waiting patientally. Conan Loughrey, Ciaran, Sean Leo and Barry McGoldrick,
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