title Dun Laoghaire and an Electrical Disaster, Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland - 4th January 2014 intro The second part of the visit to Ireland sees a trip down to Dun Laoghaire to roam the breakwater, followed by lunch and a go on the mini fairground rides. Then, there's an evening out in town, more lunch and some time in Blackrock Park. That evening there's drama as a branch from a tree breaks off and takes down nearby overhead power lines. The lines explode in sparks and several electrical fires break out, including one in Evelyn and Louise's airing cupboard, as a red-hot cable to the boiler burns off much of its insulation, stinking out Fred's bedroom with toxic smoke. Turning off the breakers doesn't seem to help, but it stops when either the cable burns itself out or the outside supply finally trips out. imgc1817 Lua's on the phone imgc1819 Harry and Fred play with Lego in a café imgc1821 George's Street, Dun Laoghaire imgc1822 A cycling advert stops on the street imgc1823 Evelyn and the gang head through an iron gate imgc1824 Jamie installs Lua as Isobel looks on imgc1825 Incongruous things thrust skyward imgc1828 There's a meeting outside the Royal Marine Hotel imgc1831 By the Royal Marine Hotel imgc1832 Graffiti and fake foliage stuck to a wall imgc1833 Boats in the harbour imgc1835 Down on the quay in Dun Laoghaire imgc1836 The Stena HSS comes on imgc1840 The bandstand is closed off imgc1841 Various buggies are trundled along the pier imgc1843 The East Pier imgc1845 Evelyn points out to sea at the end of the pier imgc1851 Harry's got Lua's shades on imgc1853 Louise at the top of East Pier imgc1855 The buggies trundle on through town imgc1860 Louise and Fred ponder their menu choice imgc1863 Inside "Travel Restaurant" imgc1864 Harry points to the sky imgc1880 Hanging around near the pizza oven imgc1881 Fred on the mini gallopers imgc1888 Fred (disappearing), Harry and Isobel imgc1895 Lua looks a bit scared as Evelyn laughs at Harry imgc1906 Fred on a bus imgc1917 Harry gets off the roundabout imgc1920 We find a traditional sweet shop in a mall imgc1921 Dun Laoghaire shopping mall imgc1923 Hanging around in the mall imgc1926 A group photo in the mall imgc1931 One for Nosher's band: another "BB's" imgc1932 An old advertising sign at Pearse Street Station imgc1933 Isobel waits at Pearse Street Station imgc1937 Upstairs in the Lord Edward Tavern imgc1938 There are still original 1970s tiles in the bogs imgc1939 1970s-faked olde-worlde decor in the Lord Edward imgc1940 Heading out of the Blackrock Centre imgc1941 There's a rainbow over Dublin Bay imgc1948 The rainbow seems to end on the DART pylon imgc1950 A Christmas tree has escaped from somewhere imgc1952 Strong winds have blown a lot of debris around imgc1954 Lua, Harry and Evelyn imgc1962 Christmas trees have ladybirds living in them imgc1969 Philly, Louise and Evelyn imgc1972 Louise and Evelyn imgc1975 Jamie, Haryana and Philly imgc1978 Birds fly away over the trees of Blackrock Park imgc1983 Louise sits on a pillar for a smoke imgc1988 Louise with a fag on imgc1990 The DART goes past imgc1992 There's a small whirlpool in the pond imgc1995 Back to the flooded bandstand in the park imgc1997 A discarded shopping trolley imgc1999 Feeding the swans a ducks imgc2010 The swans have got attitude imgc2023 A lonely bench, silhouetted imgc2026 On the path through Blackrock Park imgc2031 Fern and Fred silhouetted against the dusk imgc2039 Fred climbs a wall imgc2043 A sodium-lit side street imgc2046 Evidence of Louise's youthful deeds imgc2047 Outside, the overhead power lines explode imgc2053 The fire service appears imgc2055 One of several fire engines on the scene imgc2056 A bunch of firemen are outside the house imgc2057 The gas meter is checked imgc2058 Remains of a cable that had been burning imgc2061 Further up the burned-out cable imgc2063 A cherry-picker arrives to cut down the branch imgc2064 The tree branch that had taken down the overheads imgc2065 Isobel and Fred in a lift imgc2066 Harry at Dublin Airport imgc2067 Fred in a Café at Dublin Airport imgc2069 Isobel and Gabes wander off imgc2070 Time to go - gate 107 at Dublin Airport imgc2072 Our plane trundles in for its 10-minute turnaround imgc2075 Fred and Harry on the travelator imgc2077 Waiting for something to happen imgc2080 Another Ruinair 737 taxis off imgc2083 Airport tarmac sign for 200R imgc2084 A wide expanse of wet tarmac imgc2088 The old Terminal 1 at Dublin imgc2089 A crowd of "Air Fungus" aircraft imgc2090 The industrial area near the airport imgc2094 Somewhere on the coast from the air imgc2097 Waves are whipped white by the wind imgc2101 Ferrybridge or Drax power station, maybe imgc2103 Isobel looks cramped with Harry, as Fred looks up imgc2104 Harry and Isobel on the plane imgc2108 Stansted Airport imgc2113 Another Ruinair 737 takes off from Stansted imgc2115 An EasyJet 737 imgc2119 Harry and Isobel cuddle imgc2120 Heading back to the car in the long stay car park imgc2121 Fred's got a new stick as he roams around