Fantastic.

I was wondering how to get to Belfast:

Start: Depart BS34 8RG on Local road(s) (South) < 0.1
1: Road name changes to Kings Drive 0.2
2: Turn RIGHT to stay on Kings Drive 0.1
3: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Hunts Ground Road 0.1
4: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Great Stoke Way 0.3 
5: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto B4057 [Winterbourne Road] 0.9
6: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto B4057 [Gipsy Patch Lane] 0.9 
7: Take Ramp onto A38 [Gloucester Road] 1.7
8: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Ramp towards M5 / M4 / Gloucester / Midlands / London / South Wales / Severn Bridge 0.6 
9: Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto M5 towards M5 / The Midlands / Stroud and Gloucester 81.9 
10: Merge onto M6 188.0 
11: Road name changes to A74 5.5 
12: Road name changes to A74(M) 1.0 
13: Keep LEFT onto Ramp towards A75 / South West Scotland / Dumfries / Stranraer 0.4
14: Bear RIGHT (West) onto A75 33.7 
15: Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto A712 [Maiden Row] 14.4
16: Turn RIGHT (North) onto A713 0.1 
17: Turn LEFT (West) onto A712 0.7
18: Keep STRAIGHT onto A762 [High Street] < 0.1 
19: Bear RIGHT (West) onto A712 [The Queens Way] 17.2 
20: Turn RIGHT (West) onto A75 23.2
21: Turn RIGHT (East) onto A751 1.7 
22: Road name changes to Local road(s) < 0.1
23: Turn RIGHT (North) onto A77 3.1 
24: Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s) < 0.1
25: *Check timetable* Take Cairnryan-Larne (West)   
26: Take Local road(s) (South) < 0.1
27: Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Local road(s) 0.1
28: Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 0.2
29: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A8 [The Harbour Highway] 0.4 
30: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto A8 [Belfast Road] 14.1 
31: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A8(M) towards A8(M) / M2 / Belfast 1.0
32: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Ramp towards M2 / Belfast 0.4 
33: Merge onto M2 5.7 
34: Take Ramp (LEFT) onto A2 [Nelson Street] towards A12 / M1 / Belfast (W) / The West / The South 0.2
35: Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto A12 [Great Georges Street] 0.8 
36: Take Ramp (LEFT) onto A501 [Divis Street] 0.3
37: Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) < 0.1 
38: Road name changes to B126 [Millfield] 0.2
39: Turn LEFT (East) onto A1 [Wellington Place] 0.2 
End: Arrive Donegall Square E, Belfast BT1 5

i take it mapquest only works for the US then?

it wouldn't let me get directions from melbourne to london

My house doesn't appear on Multimap - the arial photo was taken before they built it.  Of course, I can genuinely say "I remember when all this was fields..." because I can!  he he he!

Black bears? What did you want to see then?

Okay, fly into Vancouver (airport is actually in Richmond). Get on the Trans Canada freeway and head east for an hour and a half:

And you'll run into this:

He he he. Good call JDK!

How about this one?

Don't worry about D.  He won't get lonely.

  He's got Stead to keep him warm at night.