title Reflections: A Day at Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland - 3rd November 2007 intro The day after Isobel's birthday, Nosher, Isobel and Noddy head over in the hire car to Glendalough - about 45 minutes away in County Wicklow, south of Dublin. Apart from the hordes of tourists, it's a peaceful spot, featuring monastic ruins and a couple of placid lakes. The colours are excellent, thanks to the autumnal trees covering the surrounding hills. imgp0961 Monastic ruins at Glendalough imgp0962 Graves in an old chapel imgp0966 A sprig of holly in the ruins of a priest's house imgp0967 Close up holly imgp0968 A monastic tower imgp0969 A river runs through it imgp0972 Isobel and Noddy stomp around imgp0974 A carpet of leaves provides vivid autumn colours imgp0977 In the woods imgp0978 Isobel interacts with a small puppy imgp0979 A wooded valley imgp0981 Isobel strides about like an actual hiker imgp0984 A placid lake imgp0986 Isobel stands on the edge of the lake imgp0996 Mushrooms in the undergrowth imgp1000 A thicket of stripling trees imgp1003 Glendalough imgp1012 The lake and the woods are all red and browns imgp1017 Autumn reflections in the water of Glendalough imgp1020 More reflected trees imgp1024 It's hot-dog time imgp1025 A curiously-specific fine imgp1028 There's some late gorse in flower imgp1030 Isobel waves from a boardwalk imgp1031 Monsatic towers imgp1032 A view of the river, and monks' towers imgp1036 In Dublin Bay at Blackrock, walkers cross the muds imgp1040 Noddy, Oscar and Isobel on the seafront at Blackrock imgp1042 Someone roams the mud flats imgp1046 Horses gather out on Dublin Bay mud flats imgp1050 Oscar the dog imgp1062 High clouds backlit by the setting sun imgp1064 The plane's propellor in the sunset