Last week we decided to take a short trip up to Sandymount (only 3 train stops North of us, just prior to the city centre). There's not much around there but there is - what appears to be - about a mile of beach to be combed, at low tide. This is also the place that I will run my 2nd 10K race on Saturday May 26th so I was glad to see the landscape...(flat).
On our way to the train to go to Sandymount.
We've never been up here but we can see it from where we live. When the tide is out here, it's REALLY out (as in, it can take you 10-15 minutes to walk out to where the water starts).
Norah is ready to find treasures!!
We're always amazed at the clouds here in Dublin. Such an odd thing to take notice of but they really are different here - they're massive! (and they're around...a lot...)
This is the perfect beach for Norah.
Wayne, very tiny, walking out toward the water. He could explore on the beach for 8 hours if I left him to it. He loooves it!
Wayne taking Norah out. Notice the concrete fort thing on right (not for any interesting reason - just because I mention it in the next caption....)Anyway, it's a huge circular wall about five feet tall that must be a holdover from warring with the British.
This is inside this odd stone structure on the beach. It's filled with graffiti, ne'er do well youth drinking beers and, most importantly, tide pools. After Wayne and Norah went walking for about 25 minutes I decided to go and look for them. I found them in here catching baby crabs and teeny tiny fish in these tide pools. Norah and Wayne both, were in heaven.
And here's our sweet Norah, positively exhausted, leaning her whole body on Daddy's head.
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