Lua's on the phone
Dun Laoghaire and an Electrical Disaster, Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland - 4th January 2014
The second part of the visit to Ireland sees a trip down to Dun Laoghaire to roam the breakwater, followed by lunch and a go on the mini fairground rides. Then, there's an evening out in town, more lunch and some time in Blackrock Park. That evening there's drama as a branch from a tree breaks off and takes down nearby overhead power lines. The lines explode in sparks and several electrical fires break out, including one in Evelyn and Louise's airing cupboard, as a red-hot cable to the boiler burns off much of its insulation, stinking out Fred's bedroom with toxic smoke. Turning off the breakers doesn't seem to help as the earth to the house has been electrified, but it stops when either the cable burns itself out or the outside supply finally trips out.
next album: The BBs Photo Shoot, BOCM Pauls Pavilion, Burston, Norfolk - 12th January 2014
previous album: A Trip to Monkstown Farm and Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland - 2nd January 2014
Harry and Fred play with Lego in a café
George's Street, Dun Laoghaire
A cycling advert stops on the street
Evelyn and the gang head through an iron gate
Jamie installs Lua as Isobel looks on
Incongruous things thrust skyward
There's a meeting outside the Royal Marine Hotel
By the Royal Marine Hotel
Graffiti and fake foliage stuck to a wall
Boats in the harbour
Down on the quay in Dun Laoghaire
The Stena HSS comes in
The bandstand is closed off
Various buggies are trundled along the pier
The East Pier
Evelyn points out to sea at the end of the pier
Harry's got Lua's shades on
Louise at the top of East Pier
The buggies trundle on through town
Louise and Fred ponder their menu choice
Inside 'Travel Restaurant'
Harry points to the sky
Hanging around near the pizza oven
Fred on the mini gallopers
Fred (disappearing), Harry and Isobel
Lua looks a bit scared as Evelyn laughs at Harry
Fred on a bus
Harry gets off the roundabout
We find a traditional sweet shop in a mall
Dun Laoghaire shopping mall
Hanging around in the mall
A group photo in the mall
One for Nosher's band: another 'BB's'
An old advertising sign at Pearse Street Station
Isobel waits at Pearse Street Station
Upstairs in the Lord Edward Tavern
There are still original 1970s tiles in the bogs
1970s-faked olde-worlde decor in the Lord Edward
Heading out of the Blackrock Centre
There's a rainbow over Dublin Bay
The rainbow seems to end on the DART pylon
A Christmas tree has escaped from somewhere
Strong winds have blown a lot of debris around
Lua, Harry and Evelyn
Christmas trees have ladybirds living in them
Philly, Louise and Evelyn
Louise and Evelyn
Jamie, Haryana and Philly
Birds fly away over the trees of Blackrock Park
Louise sits on a pillar for a smoke
Louise with a fag on
The DART goes past
There's a small whirlpool in the pond
Back to the flooded bandstand in the park
A discarded shopping trolley
Feeding the swans a ducks
The swans have got attitude
A lonely bench, silhouetted
On the path through Blackrock Park
Fern and Fred silhouetted against the dusk
Fred climbs a wall
A sodium-lit Martello Terrace
Evidence of Louise's youthful deeds
Outside, the overhead power lines explode
The fire service appears
One of several fire engines on the scene
A bunch of firemen are outside the house
The gas meter is checked
Remains of a cable that had been burning
Further up the burned-out cable
A cherry-picker arrives to cut down the branch
The tree branch that had taken down the overheads
Isobel and Fred in a lift
Harry at Dublin Airport
Fred in a Café at Dublin Airport
Isobel and Gabes wander off
Time to go - gate 107 at Dublin Airport
Our plane trundles in for its 10-minute turnaround
Fred and Harry on the travelator
Waiting for something to happen
Another Ruinair 737 taxis off
Airport tarmac sign for 200R
A wide expanse of wet tarmac
The old Terminal 1 at Dublin
A crowd of 'Air Fungus' aircraft
The industrial area near the airport
Somewhere on the coast from the air
Waves are whipped white by the wind
Ferrybridge or Drax power station, maybe
Isobel looks cramped with Harry, as Fred looks up
Harry and Isobel on the plane
Stansted Airport
Another Ruinair 737 takes off from Stansted
An EasyJet 737
Harry and Isobel cuddle
Heading back to the car in the long stay car park
Fred's got a new stick as he roams around
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Lua's on the phone
Lua's on the phone
Harry and Fred play with Lego in a café
George's Street, Dun Laoghaire
A cycling advert stops on the street
Evelyn and the gang head through an iron gate
Jamie installs Lua as Isobel looks on
Incongruous things thrust skyward
There's a meeting outside the Royal Marine Hotel
By the Royal Marine Hotel
Graffiti and fake foliage stuck to a wall
Boats in the harbour
Down on the quay in Dun Laoghaire
The Stena HSS comes in
The bandstand is closed off
Various buggies are trundled along the pier
The East Pier
Evelyn points out to sea at the end of the pier
Harry's got Lua's shades on
Louise at the top of East Pier
The buggies trundle on through town
Louise and Fred ponder their menu choice
Inside 'Travel Restaurant'
Harry points to the sky
Hanging around near the pizza oven
Fred on the mini gallopers
Fred (disappearing), Harry and Isobel
Lua looks a bit scared as Evelyn laughs at Harry
Fred on a bus
Harry gets off the roundabout
We find a traditional sweet shop in a mall
Dun Laoghaire shopping mall
Hanging around in the mall
A group photo in the mall
One for Nosher's band: another 'BB's'
An old advertising sign at Pearse Street Station
Isobel waits at Pearse Street Station
Upstairs in the Lord Edward Tavern
There are still original 1970s tiles in the bogs
1970s-faked olde-worlde decor in the Lord Edward
Heading out of the Blackrock Centre
There's a rainbow over Dublin Bay
The rainbow seems to end on the DART pylon
A Christmas tree has escaped from somewhere
Strong winds have blown a lot of debris around
Lua, Harry and Evelyn
Christmas trees have ladybirds living in them
Philly, Louise and Evelyn
Louise and Evelyn
Jamie, Haryana and Philly
Birds fly away over the trees of Blackrock Park
Louise sits on a pillar for a smoke
Louise with a fag on
The DART goes past
There's a small whirlpool in the pond
Back to the flooded bandstand in the park
A discarded shopping trolley
Feeding the swans a ducks
The swans have got attitude
A lonely bench, silhouetted
On the path through Blackrock Park
Fern and Fred silhouetted against the dusk
Fred climbs a wall
A sodium-lit Martello Terrace
Evidence of Louise's youthful deeds
Outside, the overhead power lines explode
The fire service appears
One of several fire engines on the scene
A bunch of firemen are outside the house
The gas meter is checked
Remains of a cable that had been burning
Further up the burned-out cable
A cherry-picker arrives to cut down the branch
The tree branch that had taken down the overheads
Isobel and Fred in a lift
Harry at Dublin Airport
Fred in a Café at Dublin Airport
Isobel and Gabes wander off
Time to go - gate 107 at Dublin Airport
Our plane trundles in for its 10-minute turnaround
Fred and Harry on the travelator
Waiting for something to happen
Another Ruinair 737 taxis off
Airport tarmac sign for 200R
A wide expanse of wet tarmac
The old Terminal 1 at Dublin
A crowd of 'Air Fungus' aircraft
The industrial area near the airport
Somewhere on the coast from the air
Waves are whipped white by the wind
Ferrybridge or Drax power station, maybe
Isobel looks cramped with Harry, as Fred looks up
Harry and Isobel on the plane
Stansted Airport
Another Ruinair 737 takes off from Stansted
An EasyJet 737
Harry and Isobel cuddle
Heading back to the car in the long stay car park
Fred's got a new stick as he roams around