title The Summer Trip to Ireland, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland - 9th August 2019 intro It's the first day of our two week trip to Ireland, which mostly involves getting there, with a stop over in the Welsh border town of Mold on account of driving to Holyhead to get the ferry to Dublin Port. When we land, we head out to Mao's in Dun Laoghaire with Da Gorls. imgc3943 Harry's pimped out his bottle with stickers imgc3944 Harry at Stafford Services imgc3945 A ton of toys imgc3946 Abbey Road outside Stafford Services imgc3948 Harry and Fred upstairs at Beafort Park Hotel imgc3950 Fred at breakfast imgc3952 Harry and Fred pass in the corridor imgc3953 Fred roams the corridors of the 1980s hotel imgc3954 Back upstairs near the room imgc3955 The boys in the hotel room imgc3956 Fred's on the phone imgc3957 The boys are on devices again imgc3958 Harry examines a big Welsh dragon sculpture imgc3960 Heading back to the car at Beaufort Park imgc3961 The Beaufort Park Hotel in Mold imgc3962 In the hotel car park imgp2030 Mold's High Street imgp2031 The church in Mold imgp2033 Mold's street market is occuring imgp2034 Fred gets a book imgc3965 An obelisk stands over Holyhead ferry terminal imgc3966 The rocks by the Holyhead ferry terminal imgc3969 Fred roams around near some oil tanks imgc3970 The arrow points the way imgc3972 Fred on the car deck imgc3973 On the car deck of the Ulysses ferry imgc3975 Fred and Harry in the cabin imgp2037 Harry in the cabin imgp2038 More views of Holyhead imgp2039 Some bloke looks out over Holyhead imgp2041 The ferry on-ramp imgp2042 The huge wall of funnel on the ferry imgp2044 A view of Anglesey imgp2046 The ferry's token mast imgp2049 Ferries are all connected via a tangle of gangways imgp2050 A Stena Line ferry is moored next to us imgp2051 A ferry dude waits for stragglers imgp2053 Some latecomers drive onto the ferry imgp2054 A very stripey walkway imgp2055 A small lighthouse on the breakwater imgp2058 The gang in the cabin imgp2059 We leave the cabins imgp2062 White horses in Dublin Bay imgp2066 The Winkies and the Poolbeg generating station imgp2067 A rusty-looking oil tank imgp2068 The gang look out as the ferry trundles in imgp2078 The derelict power station on the breakwater imgp2082 A herring gull flies past imgp2083 The old Poolbeg power station imgp2085 The Winkies again imgp2086 Passengers return to the car decks imgp2088 Dublin Port imgp2090 The boys on the main staircase imgp2092 We head off to catch the bus into Dun Laoghaire imgp2093 Evelyn and Da Wheeze in Mao's imgp2095 The kitchen at Mao's imgp2097 Fred waits for some food imgp2105 It's Wok On in Mao's kitchen imgp2117 The gang heads off imgp2120 Leaves have blown in to a reception area imgp2122 Down near the front at Dun Laoghaire imgp2126 Evelyn and Isobel in a playground imgp2131 Louise is on the phone imgp2135 Fred and Harry in the playground imgp2138 Isobel and Evelyn under a street light imgp2139 The Victorian pavement ornament imgp2147 Fred at the back of the bus imgp2153 Fred and Da Gorls on the bus imgp2161 Fred plays flute in the kitchen