title	A Trip to Blackrock and Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 12th August 2006
intro	It's Nosher's first trip to Ireland, and the first opportunity to meet the family on the occasion of Isobel's mother's birthday. Before lunch at the Purty Kitchen in Dun Laoghaire, we take Oscar the dog for a walk in Blackrock Park and the sea, and afterwards there's another walk on the pier at Dun Laoghaire. Later, we have a poke around Blackrock Market, before heading into Dublin for a few beers with some of Isobel's friends, and a chance to boggle at the hordes of pissed English tourists on stag and hen days, nights or weekends. There's also a visit to DiFontaine's pizza in Temple Bar, set up by Fun Lovin' Criminals' front man Huey Morgan, apparently so he could ensure the availability of New York-style pizza on his frequent visits to the city. The next day, there's more dog walking in Blackrock Park, where we bump into the very-photogenic Pat Flynn.
imgp5460	Isobel and Matt in Qualcomm's user-testing lab
imgp5473	Isobel and Rob pre-test some stuff
imgp5486	Rob looks at some device camera
imgp5560	Isobel gets some flowers for her Ma's birthday
imgp5562	The flowershop door
imgp5563	Isobel walks past Blackrock station
imgp5565	The path to Blackrock Park
imgp5566	Nosher with Oscar
imgp5568	Oscar nearly knocks over all the tea cups
imgp5570t	Maurice and Oscar
imgp5572	Nosher and Isobel take the dog for a walk
imgp5574	In the park: graffiti on a Martello tower
imgp5575	Isobel on graffiti bridge
imgp5576	Oscar waits on the sea wall
imgp5578	Oscar mills around on the waterfront
imgp5580	The dog explodes out of the sea
imgp5583	James looks enigmatic
imgp5585	Back over graffiti bridge
imgp5586	Oscar on a wall
imgp5588	Isobel lobs a ball
imgp5594	Oscar bounces in the air to catch a ball
imgp5597	By the railway, a nice rusted fence
imgp5598	The diving platform behind Blackrock DART
imgp5601	Isobel and Evelyn in the Purty Kitchen
imgp5602	The Purty Kitchen's bar
imgp5603	James, Aurora and Isobel chat
imgp5604	Nosher chats to Isobel's Ma
imgp5608	Our table in The Purty Kitchen
imgp5609	Isobel scopes out her food
imgp5610	On the breakwater, Isobel stares out to sea
imgp5612	Some sort of rusty iron box
imgp5613	Detritus in some rusted ironwork
imgp5614	Isobel watches the sea
imgp5623	Nice rust on a derelict oil tank
imgp5626	On the end of the pier at Dun Laoghaire
imgp5628	There's a yacht race occuring out to sea
imgp5635	Three girls have been fishing off the pier
imgp5637	Isobel rummages for a book in Blackrock's market
imgp5639	A market stall sells vinyl
imgp5641	Blackrock Market
imgp5643	Isobel roams around Blackrock Market
imgp5644	Three gargoyle heads on a windowsill
imgp5646	An old lady is helped along
imgp5647	A big pile of books
imgp5649	Isobel on the DART
imgp5653	A globe sculpture at Trinity College
imgp5655	We visit Trinity College
imgp5656	Isobel in the grounds of Trinity College
imgp5657	Roaming around
imgp5659	The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin
imgp5661	Isobel sits on a stone bench outside the theatre
imgp5666	A flat guitarist in Temple Bar
imgp5667	Hordes of people in Temple Bar
imgp5669	The flat guitar dude has a fag on
imgp5671	The Regent on Lower Fownes Street in Temple Bar
imgp5675	Temple Bar back street
imgp5676	The Oliver St. John Gogarty
imgp5678	More seething crowds
imgp5679	Horse and cart in Temple Bar
imgp5680	Nosher's pint of Guinness in Doyle's Bar
imgp5687	Isobel gets some pizza
imgp5690	In DiFontaine's pizza place, Temple Bar
imgp5692	Isobel, Mafé and Barry eat pizza
imgp5694	The River Liffey
imgp5695	The Blackrock band stand
imgp5697	Graffiti on a locked flight of steps
imgp5701	Isobel and Oscar
imgp5702	Oscar looks around and licks his chops
imgp5704	Isobel and Oscar again
imgp5705	A broken bench
imgp5707	A shopping trolley is upside down in the pond
imgp5715	Oscar gets the lead on
imgp5717	There's a game of football in the park
imgp5718	Graffiti on the DART wall
imgp5720	Exiting the park onto Seafort Parade
imgp5723	A bunch of flowers
imgp5728	Oscar on the carpet
imgp5729	The craggy face of Pat Flynn
imgp5733	Pat Flynn sits down in Blackrock Park
imgp5735	Paint on a wall
imgp5736	Isobel by the DART