Views of Belfast

'Park and Ride'

I saw this bus passing me in the city yesterday evening, named 'Park and Ride'. Wikipedia's definition is 'Park and ride' facilities are public transport stations that allow commuters to leave their personal vehicles in a car park and transfer to a bus, rail system (rapid transit, light rail or commuter rail) or carpool for the rest of their trip. The vehicle is stored in the lot during the day and retrieved when the commuter returns. Park and rides are generally located in the suburbs of metropolitan areas or on the outer edges of large cities. I took the colloquial meaning from the words 'Park and Ride' and imagined that this busy was owned by a Swinger's organisation. Customers leave their vehicles in a car park and transfers to a bus. 'Park and Ride' would be located in urban areas and transport to various rural locations in the later parts of the evenings or weekends. The 'get to know each other' time on the bus would could come to a close at destination point - adventures in suburbia! This play on words could have endless meaning for people. More innocently, play and take a trip on the big wheel, or drive you car on to a contraption that converters it into a boat and take a trip down the river. You have park and ride site all over the country at vacant car parks, look out points, beaches etc. So I hear!

Hilariously also on the Wikipedia page I found the 'Kiss and Ride'. The photograph is a drop off point at Alewife (MBTA station), Cambridge, Massachusetts. Many train stations and airports with good road connections

include a separate area where cars can discharge passengers in the morning and pick them up in the evening, allowing the driver (most often a spouse and possibly after a kiss, hence the name) to quickly return to the highway. Some of high-speed railway stations in Taiwan has signs outside stations reading Kiss and Ride in English, with Chinese characters above the words that read "temporary pick up and drop off zone". Most people in Taiwan have no idea what the colloquialism means.

'CitiPlay'

CitiGolf bringing outdoor sport inside, situated in the heart of Belfast city. It appeals to corporate golf parties and client entertainment. Is this facility better that your golf course? It offers professional Golf swing analysis, video analysis and instruction available on site from top PGA professionals. It boasts three state of the art golf simulators with over 57 word famous golf courses to choose from and more than 20 different setups for games and competitions. Extras include Karaoke, Black Jack Table, Photographer who will email pictures of guests to the organiser after the event, Champagne reception and results, prize giving 7 award ceremony at the end. That's pretty impressive! Needless to say Citigolf is opening up several new locations.
How about more indoor play facilities for outdoor sports? So what hasn't been done? What about a facility that wasn't for the elitists, free of charge, run by the community. Who most needs an indoor play facility. The weather getting too cold to be hanging around outside. Teenagers are reverting to locate in any hallway that they can get access to. Where would it be? Who would facility it?