Northern Ireland is bad at making the most of it's attractions. One such resource which would be utilised to the full in any other part of the world is the Newry Canal which linked the coal mines of Coalisland through Portadown to Newry.

Something different to visit at Easter

I used to live in Portadown and used to cycle the path from Shillingtons Quay to Newry through Scarva and Poyntzpass. This time of the year is the last time you can make it the whole way before the Giant Hogweed takes over. It is a little used route, part of the path near Acton Lake passes by the site of a section of the Black Pig Dyke a massive ditch which protected Ulster from invasion. Legend has it was dug by a ravaging pig as it ploughed through Ulster.
If it was any other part of the world we would be able to buy battery operated ravaging cuddly boars.
Right I am off to make a dent in a nice bottle of Oxford Landing.