A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Following a quiet Christmas at home, it's time to head over the Irish Sea to visit Fred and Harry's various uncles, aunts and cousins in Monkstown and Blackrock, County Dublin. Having a large supply of willing baby-sitters means we even get to go out in the evening a couple of times.

next album: Dun Laoghaire and an Electrical Disaster, Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland - 4th January 2014
previous album: The BBs Do New Year's Eve at the Barrel, Banham, Norfolk - 31st December 2013

Isobel and Harry on the bus to the airport, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Isobel and Harry on the bus to the airport

Fred in his Spiderman top at the departure gate, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred in his Spiderman top at the departure gate

Fred trundles his Trunki up to the plane, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred trundles his Trunki up to the plane

A Ruinair 737-800, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A Ruinair 737-800

Fred and Harry mill around, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred and Harry mill around

Fred wearily trudges up the steps, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred wearily trudges up the steps

A view of a very blue resevoir, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A view of a very blue resevoir

A field full of H's, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A field full of H's

A midlands town somewhere, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A midlands town somewhere

Harry - baby Gabey - flops around, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry - baby Gabey - flops around

The town of Robswalls, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

The town of Robswalls

Massed car parks near Dublin Airport, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Massed car parks near Dublin Airport

Dublin's new Terminal 2, seen on final approach, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Dublin's new Terminal 2, seen on final approach

Isobel and Harry - ready to land, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Isobel and Harry - ready to land

The old terminal building and tower , A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

The old terminal building and tower

The hell that is buggy retrieval on the tarmac, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

The hell that is buggy retrieval on the tarmac

Harry is inserted in to his buggy, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry is inserted in to his buggy

Harry waits in a corridor at Dublin Airport, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry waits in a corridor at Dublin Airport

Fred sits on his Trunki, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred sits on his Trunki

Isobel wanders the empty corridors, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Isobel wanders the empty corridors

Harry in the lift, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry in the lift

More deserted passages, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

More deserted passages

Fred roams around the baggage hall, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred roams around the baggage hall

Fred and Harry wait for the bags to turn up, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred and Harry wait for the bags to turn up

Harry gets stuck in to a load of new toys, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry gets stuck in to a load of new toys

Fred's home-made Christmas card, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred's home-made Christmas card

Harry opens a present, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry opens a present

We eat some sort of buffet, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

We eat some sort of buffet

Fred eats ice cream, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred eats ice cream

Harry's got some ice cream on his face, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry's got some ice cream on his face

Fred is Super Hero, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred is Super Hero

The bar at the Dark Horse, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

The bar at the Dark Horse

Noddy gets the beers in, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Noddy gets the beers in

€6.60 for a pint of Punk IPA is a shock, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

€6.60 for a pint of Punk IPA is a shock

Walking around Dun Laoghaire, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Walking around Dun Laoghaire

Harry's not quite got the hang of toothbrushes, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry's not quite got the hang of toothbrushes

Isobel and Harry at Number 19, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Isobel and Harry at Number 19

Harry plays a mini keyboard, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry plays a mini keyboard

Fred and Isobel share a cuddle on the sofa, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred and Isobel share a cuddle on the sofa

Haryanna and Annalua, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Haryanna and Annalua

Lua and Fred do playdoh, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Lua and Fred do playdoh

Harry and Lua look up to big brother/cousin Fred, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry and Lua look up to big brother/cousin Fred

Nosher makes a hotdog out of Play-Doh, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Nosher makes a hotdog out of Play-Doh

Fred and Noddy in the Blackrock Centre car park, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred and Noddy in the Blackrock Centre car park

Isobel and Noddy inspect the menu in Eddy Rocket's, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Isobel and Noddy inspect the menu in Eddy Rocket's

Haryana looks up, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Haryana looks up

Neon lights, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Neon lights

Fred roams around, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Fred roams around

We de-camp from Eddy Rocket's in Blackrock, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

We de-camp from Eddy Rocket's in Blackrock

The bandstand in Blackrock park is under water, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

The bandstand in Blackrock park is under water

A dog has a swim, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A dog has a swim

Graffiti on a wall, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Graffiti on a wall

A DART train at Blackrock station, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A DART train at Blackrock station

Sea-wall graffiti, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Sea-wall graffiti

Blackrock Lido is overwhelmed by sea, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Blackrock Lido is overwhelmed by sea

'Dulux: let's colour' seems to be everywhere, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

'Dulux: let's colour' seems to be everywhere

Occasional waves explode over the sea wall, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Occasional waves explode over the sea wall

More remains of the lido, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

More remains of the lido

Dulux Let's Colour Project graffiti, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Dulux Let's Colour Project graffiti

A million crushed sea shells, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A million crushed sea shells

A detail in rust, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A detail in rust

Harry looks nonplussed, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry looks nonplussed

Harry looks at Lua's 'Hollywood' shades, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Harry looks at Lua's 'Hollywood' shades

The cousins - Annalua, Harry, Fern and Fred, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

The cousins - Annalua, Harry, Fern and Fred

Poolbeg generating station, aka The Winkies, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Poolbeg generating station, aka The Winkies

Graffiti on the DART bridge in Blackrock Park, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Graffiti on the DART bridge in Blackrock Park

Gulls feast on dead worms killed by the floods, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Gulls feast on dead worms killed by the floods

It's like a scene from Hitchcock's The Birds, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

It's like a scene from Hitchcock's The Birds

Floods both sides of the wall, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

Floods both sides of the wall

A floating road cone, A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014

A floating road cone

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Isobel and Harry on the bus to the airport

Isobel and Harry on the bus to the airport

Fred in his Spiderman top at the departure gate

Fred trundles his Trunki up to the plane

A Ruinair 737-800

Fred and Harry mill around

Fred wearily trudges up the steps

A view of a very blue resevoir

A field full of H's

A midlands town somewhere

Harry - baby Gabey - flops around

The town of Robswalls

Massed car parks near Dublin Airport

Dublin's new Terminal 2, seen on final approach

Isobel and Harry - ready to land

The old terminal building and tower

The hell that is buggy retrieval on the tarmac

Harry is inserted in to his buggy

Harry waits in a corridor at Dublin Airport

Fred sits on his Trunki

Isobel wanders the empty corridors

Harry in the lift

More deserted passages

Fred roams around the baggage hall

Fred and Harry wait for the bags to turn up

Harry gets stuck in to a load of new toys

Fred's home-made Christmas card

Harry opens a present

We eat some sort of buffet

Fred eats ice cream

Harry's got some ice cream on his face

Fred is Super Hero

The bar at the Dark Horse

Noddy gets the beers in

€6.60 for a pint of Punk IPA is a shock

Walking around Dun Laoghaire

Harry's not quite got the hang of toothbrushes

Isobel and Harry at Number 19

Harry plays a mini keyboard

Fred and Isobel share a cuddle on the sofa

Haryanna and Annalua

Lua and Fred do playdoh

Harry and Lua look up to big brother/cousin Fred

Nosher makes a hotdog out of Play-Doh

Fred and Noddy in the Blackrock Centre car park

Isobel and Noddy inspect the menu in Eddy Rocket's

Haryana looks up

Neon lights

Fred roams around

We de-camp from Eddy Rocket's in Blackrock

The bandstand in Blackrock park is under water

A dog has a swim

Graffiti on a wall

A DART train at Blackrock station

Sea-wall graffiti

Blackrock Lido is overwhelmed by sea

'Dulux: let's colour' seems to be everywhere

Occasional waves explode over the sea wall

More remains of the lido

Dulux Let's Colour Project graffiti

A million crushed sea shells

A detail in rust

Harry looks nonplussed

Harry looks at Lua's 'Hollywood' shades

The cousins - Annalua, Harry, Fern and Fred

Poolbeg generating station, aka The Winkies

Graffiti on the DART bridge in Blackrock Park

Gulls feast on dead worms killed by the floods

It's like a scene from Hitchcock's The Birds

Floods both sides of the wall

A floating road cone