Running to the Sea

Whoopee! The car flew through its Roadworthiness Test this morning, so that's that problem put to bed until this time in 2013. Now I'm waiting a delivery of central heating oil. The company has a truck broken down, so I have to await the replacement.

Terrible congestion on the line last night. It was taking so long just to get through to Blipland, not to mention waiting up to 5 minutes for comments to go through, that I had to pack it in. Hope to get to your shots later on in the evening.

To celebrate the car passing the test I drove out to a spot called Pennycomequick Bridge. No, that's not an Irish story, it really is called that. I have no idea who Penny was, nor whether she was a fast warmer upper (joke!) or not. Perhaps it refers to the old and much lamented coin, the penny, or pingin in the Irish language. I have had my eye on this spot for a long time but although it's no more than 6 miles from here, I have never taken the trouble to stop by and shoot a photo. It's also not easy to get parked in a safe spot since it's a bridge in the middle of a curve in a road which is barely two car widths wide. Found an obliging farm gate to park in but of course being morning time and facing East, I was shooting straight into the sun. I have tried to avoid a complete silhouette, so what you see is what you get.

For anyone interested in the location, this bridge is about 2 miles North of Arklow on the road to Brittas Bay.

The oil man has just arrived. Back to you all later.