We're back in the Blue long-stay car park
Blackrock North and Newgrange, County Louth, Ireland - 16th February 2023
We're off to Ireland for a few days, with an initial stop over at Jamie and Harryana's in Blackrock North in County Louth. Whilst there, we visit the Newgrange passage tomb in the Boyne Valley, a few miles west of Drogheda. It dates from around 3200 BCE, which makes it slightly older the Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, although the buses which haul us to and from the visitors' centre aren't that far off either. After that, we head down the M1 to stay at Da Gorls' house in Monkstown, with a night out for dinner at Sushida restaurant in Dun Laoghaire, which was formerly Mao's, one of Evelyn and Louise's previous favourite spots. After the boys are taken home, Nosher and Isobel score an hour or so in McKenna's bar, which includes a visit from Jen Mac.
next album: The Dead Zoo, Dublin, Ireland - 17th February 2023
previous album: Another Walk to The Swan, Hoxne, Suffolk - 5th February 2023
Ryanair has a lot of planes stacked at Stansted
The ramp up from the station and car parks
Harry eats sushi in the Stansted waiting pens
Funky lights at Itsu on the way to the gates
Fred surveys a WHSmith near our gate
Our flying bus awaits
Ryanair's new loading scheme involves more queueing
The queue for the plane
There are queues everywhere
Ryanair's new 'queue on the tarmac' system in action
An Emirates 777 heavy comes in to land
Harry's set up for a tablet session
The fire-training aircraft mockup
Harrods' private plane hire hangars
A new housing estate gets slapped up somewhere
Harry's got a good look of ennui going on
The M1 motorway outside Dublin airport
Fred walks down the rear aircraft ramp
Isobel and Harry on the apron at Dublin airport
Gate 108R at Dublin
Fred voluntarily hauls both the cases off
The somewhat-brutalist concrete of Terminal 1
Harry and Fred do a bit of play fighting
We wait in the Hertz/Dollar car-hire office
Isobel's in SuperValu at Dundalk
Jamie takes a photo at dinner
We have lasagna and pizza for dinner
There's a cool music shop behind Rocksalt café
Harry and Fred in Rocksalt, Blackrock
Fred shows off something on his phone
Harry tries the drum stool in the music shop
Haryanna and Isobel chat on the beach
Fred stumps around on the beach
Fred on the mudflats of Blackrock north
On the seafront at Blackrock
Sun on wet sand ripples
Fred roams around
Annalua and Harry on the beach
We head into Newgrange visitors' centre
Isobel queues up for the tickets
A distant view of Newgrange tumulus
Harry in the visitor centre
Heading down to the gift shop
The River Boyne
The bus drivers stop for a quick chat
Isobel and Harry wait for the tour guide
Our bus awaits
The entrance to the Newgrange passage tomb
The reconstructed front face
Another curious building
Isobel surveys some neolithic art
Harry gets in touch with the ancestors
Fred, Isobel and Harry on a hill
Fred and Harry make their own circles
Newgrange passage tomb - older than Stonehenge
Our bus is nearly as old as the tomb
Fred and Harry play Pooh Sticks on the Boyne
Harry tests a hat out in the gift shop
Fred has a go with a hat
Oliver Plunkett Avenue in Monkstown
We wait at the bus stop on Monkstown Farm
A selfie from the reflection in the bus window
Harry gurns in Sushida restaurant
Sushida in Dun Laoghaire
Isobel pours a bit of sake
We stop for a beer at McKenna's on Wellington Street
It's time for a Jameson and Red lemonade
A cool mural on Wellington Street
Isobel roams around on George's Street
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We're back in the Blue long-stay car park
We're back in the Blue long-stay car park
Ryanair has a lot of planes stacked at Stansted
The ramp up from the station and car parks
Harry eats sushi in the Stansted waiting pens
Funky lights at Itsu on the way to the gates
Fred surveys a WHSmith near our gate
Our flying bus awaits
Ryanair's new loading scheme involves more queueing
The queue for the plane
There are queues everywhere
Ryanair's new 'queue on the tarmac' system in action
An Emirates 777 heavy comes in to land
Harry's set up for a tablet session
The fire-training aircraft mockup
Harrods' private plane hire hangars
A new housing estate gets slapped up somewhere
Harry's got a good look of ennui going on
The M1 motorway outside Dublin airport
Fred walks down the rear aircraft ramp
Isobel and Harry on the apron at Dublin airport
Gate 108R at Dublin
Fred voluntarily hauls both the cases off
The somewhat-brutalist concrete of Terminal 1
Harry and Fred do a bit of play fighting
We wait in the Hertz/Dollar car-hire office
Isobel's in SuperValu at Dundalk
Jamie takes a photo at dinner
We have lasagna and pizza for dinner
There's a cool music shop behind Rocksalt café
Harry and Fred in Rocksalt, Blackrock
Fred shows off something on his phone
Harry tries the drum stool in the music shop
Haryanna and Isobel chat on the beach
Fred stumps around on the beach
Fred on the mudflats of Blackrock north
On the seafront at Blackrock
Sun on wet sand ripples
Fred roams around
Annalua and Harry on the beach
We head into Newgrange visitors' centre
Isobel queues up for the tickets
A distant view of Newgrange tumulus
Harry in the visitor centre
Heading down to the gift shop
The River Boyne
The bus drivers stop for a quick chat
Isobel and Harry wait for the tour guide
Our bus awaits
The entrance to the Newgrange passage tomb
The reconstructed front face
Another curious building
Isobel surveys some neolithic art
Harry gets in touch with the ancestors
Fred, Isobel and Harry on a hill
Fred and Harry make their own circles
Newgrange passage tomb - older than Stonehenge
Our bus is nearly as old as the tomb
Fred and Harry play Pooh Sticks on the Boyne
Harry tests a hat out in the gift shop
Fred has a go with a hat
Oliver Plunkett Avenue in Monkstown
We wait at the bus stop on Monkstown Farm
A selfie from the reflection in the bus window
Harry gurns in Sushida restaurant
Sushida in Dun Laoghaire
Isobel pours a bit of sake
We stop for a beer at McKenna's on Wellington Street
It's time for a Jameson and Red lemonade
A cool mural on Wellington Street
Isobel roams around on George's Street