I mentioned this in my travel blog, but it is such an unusual phenomenon that I felt it deserved an article of its own. I drove around Azerbaijan for eight days and discovered something rather strange about the country’s roads: there are speed cameras everywhere. Now, I DO mean everywhere. Even on super-wide motorways, the speed limit can suddenly decrease from 110 to 60, for no apparent reason. Watched on every road: Not occasionally, and not just on dangerous stretches – ev

Driving: I love driving; always have; always will. I remember when the famous Kerry football manager, Mick O’Dwyer, was asked was it not very far for him to travel when he took on the role of managing Kildare. Micko replied, ‘not at all, the farther the better, because I love driving.’ I totally identify with that sentiment. In fact, Micko subsequently managed Laois and Wicklow, which are also a long way from Kerry. But I digress; recently I drove to Derry and Donegal in a da