Continuing my

pet project of the Dublin coastline and harbours ....

Started my day with 2 sets of tennis at 9am on a bitterly cold morning then all 4 of us went for late breakfast in Blackrock. When I mentioned a trawl of the coast to take some photos, my friends gave me an assortment of replies - some of which are unprintable.

Okay sez I - yis don't know what yis are missing.

I headed down to Bulloch Harbour alone and honestly, it was so cold I could barely hold my phone to point&shoot. The main photo shows the bench I sat on with my coffee at Bulloch looking out towards Dun Laoghaire and that wide expanse of bay.

I then turned towards the little cove at Sandycove (see extra) where the age profile of the swimmers was mid-70s and there was great craic going on.

My other extra was the 40 foot (James Joyce scholars will know all about that) where the sea was very rough and I just caught a snap of a young lad dipping into the freezing waters) - to be honest, I envied him. Its what I wanted to do myself.

I had a really enjoyable afternoon and was then invited to a small surprise 50th birthday reception by the husband of my friend. She is 50 next Tuesday so he had a champagne party and songs for her at 4pm. I am not a big fan of champers (there, now I've said it) but he sang for her and toasted her and it was just great.

I was introduced to a number of new people and I was variously called Joan (twice), Joanne (once) and Jane (its not my name)

So ......

https://youtu.be/v1c2OfAzDTI

(And Fed beat the sox off Jack Sock) ... all good then)

Happy Sunday eve everyone