Isobel and Matt in Qualcomm's user-testing lab
A Trip to Blackrock and Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 12th August 2006
It's Nosher's first trip to Ireland, and the first opportunity to meet the family on the occasion of Isobel's mother's birthday. Before lunch at the Purty Kitchen in Dun Laoghaire, we take Oscar the dog for a walk in Blackrock Park and the sea, and afterwards there's another walk on the pier at Dun Laoghaire. Later, we have a poke around Blackrock Market, before heading into Dublin for a few beers with some of Isobel's friends, and a chance to boggle at the hordes of pissed English tourists on stag and hen days, nights or weekends. There's also a visit to DiFontaine's pizza in Temple Bar, set up by Fun Lovin' Criminals' front man Huey Morgan, apparently so he could ensure the availability of New York-style pizza on his frequent visits to the city. The next day, there's more dog walking in Blackrock Park, where we bump into the very-photogenic Pat Flynn.
next album: Qualcomm's Summer Circus Thrash, Churchill College, Cambridge - 18th August 2006
previous album: The Regatta Restaurant with Mother and Mike, Aldeburgh, Suffolk - 10th August 2006
Isobel and Rob pre-test some stuff
Rob looks at some device camera
Isobel gets some flowers for her Ma's birthday
The flowershop door
Isobel walks past Blackrock station
The path to Blackrock Park
Nosher with Oscar
Oscar nearly knocks over all the tea cups
Maurice and Oscar
Nosher and Isobel take the dog for a walk
In the park: graffiti on a Martello tower
Isobel on graffiti bridge
Oscar waits on the sea wall
Oscar mills around on the waterfront
The dog explodes out of the sea
James looks enigmatic
Back over graffiti bridge
Oscar on a wall
Isobel lobs a ball
Oscar bounces in the air to catch a ball
By the railway, a nice rusted fence
The diving platform behind Blackrock DART
Isobel and Evelyn in the Purty Kitchen
The Purty Kitchen's bar
James, Aurora and Isobel chat
Nosher chats to Isobel's Ma
Our table in The Purty Kitchen
Isobel scopes out her food
On the breakwater, Isobel stares out to sea
Some sort of rusty iron box
Detritus in some rusted ironwork
Isobel watches the sea
Nice rust on a derelict oil tank
On the end of the pier at Dun Laoghaire
There's a yacht race occuring out to sea
Three girls have been fishing off the pier
Isobel rummages for a book in Blackrock's market
A market stall sells vinyl
Blackrock Market
Isobel roams around Blackrock Market
Three gargoyle heads on a windowsill
An old lady is helped along
A big pile of books
Isobel on the DART
A globe sculpture at Trinity College
We visit Trinity College
Isobel in the grounds of Trinity College
Roaming around
The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin
Isobel sits on a stone bench outside the theatre
A flat guitarist in Temple Bar
Hordes of people in Temple Bar
The flat guitar dude has a fag on
The Regent on Lower Fownes Street in Temple Bar
Temple Bar back street
The Oliver St. John Gogarty
More seething crowds
Horse and cart in Temple Bar
Nosher's pint of Guinness in Doyle's Bar
Isobel gets some pizza
In DiFontaine's pizza place, Temple Bar
Isobel, Mafé and Barry eat pizza
The River Liffey
The Blackrock band stand
Graffiti on a locked flight of steps
Isobel and Oscar
Oscar looks around and licks his chops
Isobel and Oscar again
A broken bench
A shopping trolley is upside down in the pond
Oscar gets the lead on
There's a game of football in the park
Graffiti on the DART wall
Exiting the park onto Seafort Parade
A bunch of flowers
Oscar on the carpet
The craggy face of Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn sits down in Blackrock Park
Paint on a wall
Isobel by the DART
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Isobel and Matt in Qualcomm's user-testing lab
Isobel and Matt in Qualcomm's user-testing lab
Isobel and Rob pre-test some stuff
Rob looks at some device camera
Isobel gets some flowers for her Ma's birthday
The flowershop door
Isobel walks past Blackrock station
The path to Blackrock Park
Nosher with Oscar
Oscar nearly knocks over all the tea cups
Maurice and Oscar
Nosher and Isobel take the dog for a walk
In the park: graffiti on a Martello tower
Isobel on graffiti bridge
Oscar waits on the sea wall
Oscar mills around on the waterfront
The dog explodes out of the sea
James looks enigmatic
Back over graffiti bridge
Oscar on a wall
Isobel lobs a ball
Oscar bounces in the air to catch a ball
By the railway, a nice rusted fence
The diving platform behind Blackrock DART
Isobel and Evelyn in the Purty Kitchen
The Purty Kitchen's bar
James, Aurora and Isobel chat
Nosher chats to Isobel's Ma
Our table in The Purty Kitchen
Isobel scopes out her food
On the breakwater, Isobel stares out to sea
Some sort of rusty iron box
Detritus in some rusted ironwork
Isobel watches the sea
Nice rust on a derelict oil tank
On the end of the pier at Dun Laoghaire
There's a yacht race occuring out to sea
Three girls have been fishing off the pier
Isobel rummages for a book in Blackrock's market
A market stall sells vinyl
Blackrock Market
Isobel roams around Blackrock Market
Three gargoyle heads on a windowsill
An old lady is helped along
A big pile of books
Isobel on the DART
A globe sculpture at Trinity College
We visit Trinity College
Isobel in the grounds of Trinity College
Roaming around
The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin
Isobel sits on a stone bench outside the theatre
A flat guitarist in Temple Bar
Hordes of people in Temple Bar
The flat guitar dude has a fag on
The Regent on Lower Fownes Street in Temple Bar
Temple Bar back street
The Oliver St. John Gogarty
More seething crowds
Horse and cart in Temple Bar
Nosher's pint of Guinness in Doyle's Bar
Isobel gets some pizza
In DiFontaine's pizza place, Temple Bar
Isobel, Mafé and Barry eat pizza
The River Liffey
The Blackrock band stand
Graffiti on a locked flight of steps
Isobel and Oscar
Oscar looks around and licks his chops
Isobel and Oscar again
A broken bench
A shopping trolley is upside down in the pond
Oscar gets the lead on
There's a game of football in the park
Graffiti on the DART wall
Exiting the park onto Seafort Parade
A bunch of flowers
Oscar on the carpet
The craggy face of Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn sits down in Blackrock Park
Paint on a wall
Isobel by the DART