title A Day in Greystones, County Dublin, Ireland - 28th February 2010 intro It's Nosher's first trip flying solo with The Boy, and we're heading over to Dublin to meet up with Isobel who's been there since Wednesday night. Frankly, Nosher had been dreading it for a couple of days, but as it turned out The Boy was quite entertaining to travel with, and there's a certain amount of restoration of faith in human nature as there do always seem to be people around who'll help out someone traveling alone with a toddler. When we meet up, we head over to Greystones, just south along the coast, to have a spot of lunch with Philly and Davida and generally hang out on the beach for a bit. But first - a building on the Science Park in Cambridge is being demolished. imgp9942 Demolition in full effect imgp9943 A smashed window imgp9947 A wrecked building imgp9949 The building seems more vandalised than demolished imgp9951 There's no glass left in the windows imgp9953 The core of the building is a pile of rubble imgp9956 The remains of reception imgp9958 Round the back, destruction machinery awaits imgp9962 Fred roams around near Gate 40 at Stansted imgp9963 Fred leans on a bench imgp9964 The sea at Greystones imgp9965 Isobel looks out to sea imgp9967 Hand-prints on the promenade at Greystones imgp9968 Another amusing sign alteration imgp9969 A pavement lighthouse imgp9971 Greystones promenade imgp9973 The Boy stares out to sea imgp9978 Fred roams around with Silky Sue imgp9981 Fred pushes his own buggy along imgp9987 Isobel and Fred on the beach imgp9995 Nosher builds a cairn topped with a crab claw imgp9999 Isobel and Fred imgp0002 Footsteps in the sand imgp0004 Isobel and Fred scope for interesting stones imgp0008 A rudimentary stone game imgp0009 Hanging out on the beach imgp0011 Philly, Fred and Isobel imgp0013 We head up the beach imgp0017 Fred pouts imgp0020 In a café garden imgp0022 A spot of lunch imgp0030 An abandoned Aga-like stove in the café garden imgp0035 Fred's eye through the holes of a chair imgp0045 Nosher and Fred imgp0050 Mooney and Sons hardware store in Greystones imgp0058 A smiley face on a pillar imgp0060 Jagged rocks by the sea imgp0061 An anchor, surrounded by hoardings imgp0062 Isobel peers through to the building site imgp0063 The anchor on Greystones clifftop imgp0064 A new harbour and seawall is constructed imgp0067 A nice 1950s yellow petrol pump imgp0068 The derelict Wayne petrol pump imgp0074 Yellow pumps at Davis Motors imgp0076 Davis Motors petrol station, Greystones imgp0077 Derelict building, Bray, Co. Dublin imgp0078 A closed-up amusements arcade, Bray imgp0080 Fred's got shades on imgp0086 Evelyn and Fred imgp0087 Fred sticks on Noddy's panama hat at the airport imgp0093 Isobel and Fred imgp0094 The crowds surge on to the plane imgp0100 Dublin Airport's new terminal imgp0101 A Ruinair 737 gets towed away imgp0109 An Easyjet 737 at a rainy Stansted imgp0113 An infinite sea of trolleys at Stansted arrivals