sailing, drinking and biking

Seamus

The forecast was for 24c+ so I headed off on the GS this morning. The first port of call was Wicklow Harbour. It was foggy but it didn't deter the sailors :



If the fog didn't lift they could rely on the lighthouse to get back safely:




Moving swiftly along the coast road from Wicklow to Arklow:



Safely through Arklow and a stop at Avoca. The tv series "Ballykissangel" is filmed here. First stop was the river avoca:



Some locals enjoying a pint. Pity I was driving :cry



and a snapshot of the main street. I don't think they get gridlock here:



On the road again and I stopped at "the meeting of the waters" which has a nice pub and this memorial to Thomas Moore,



He wrote this lyric here in 1807:



The river Avonbeg:



You can't smoke in the pubs here anymore:



A gate lodge :



and, finally, a view of the Wicklow mountains on the way home:




Shay.

bochie

Great series Shay.
I really like the first one. There is a sense of calmness and uncertainty.
I like how the fog obscure the horizon, makes you wonder.

I like the second one too but I wonder how the picture would turn up if you isolate the guy sitting on the wall.

ian408

If you're ever in the states, specifically my 'hood, we can go to a bar
where they smoke and 8 year olds mosh...no kidding.

Stopped for a pint and people were freely smoking and kids were
running around dancing. I swear (you've got to be 21 to enter a bar).

Ian

gus

Good stuff mate...i always like a look at peoples local scenes.

24C ...mate did you have some thermals on ?? You get fined for smoking within 4 meters of a public doorway here also so they can think themselves lucky.

Gus

Seamus

bochie wrote:

Great series Shay.
I really like the first one. There is a sense of calmness and uncertainty.
I like how the fog obscure the horizon, makes you wonder.

I like the second one too but I wonder how the picture would turn up if you isolate the guy sitting on the wall.

Thanks for the critique Bochie, I tried the crop you suggested but there are too many masts and other stuff in the pic to isolate him. As usual I just blazed away and try to get some kind of composition by cropping .

Here's the crop:



I really wasn't sure about the first pic, I'm glad you liked it.

Shay.

Seamus

ian408 wrote:

If you're ever in the states, specifically my 'hood, we can go to a bar
where they smoke and 8 year olds mosh...no kidding.

Stopped for a pint and people were freely smoking and kids were
running around dancing. I swear (you've got to be 21 to enter a bar).

Ian

It's funny how there wasn't much fuss over the smoking ban. The only problem is the smell in some of the pubs now. The smell of smoke hid a variety of unpleasant odours .

Seamus

Humungus wrote:

Good stuff mate...i always like a look at peoples local scenes.

24C ...mate did you have some thermals on ?? You get fined for smoking within 4 meters of a public doorway here also so they can think themselves lucky.

Gus

Thanks Gus, it was a good spin.

Re thermals, for taking the mick you are going to be re-incarnated as a swan in Ireland

Taken in February, temp 2c,