title	Camping at Silver Strand, Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland - 7th August 2014
intro	Isobel and The Boys drive the camper van via Holyhead to Dublin earlier in the week, whilst Nosher, having no holiday left to speak of, flies out later and meets up at Da Gorls' house near Dublin on Wednesday night. On Thursday, we rendezvous with Philly and drive in convoy down the coast through Greystones and on to the first campsite we come across, which happens to be Silver Strand, just about a mile beyond Wicklow. The campsite, despite having a toilet block that dates from the 1970s, is in a great spot on the cliffs with its own sandy cove and beach, complete with a cave. The geology is particularly interesting, comprising metamorphosed shale which in places is still loose and breakable and in others has been partly melted and has intrusions of quartz running through it. Most of the exposed rock seems to shine with a silvery mica-like coating.
imgp9412	Thr sun sets over Stansted
imgp9413	Stansted long-stay carpark from the air
imgp9416	Evening sky, and an isolated cumulo cloud
imgp9418	The cloud deck is far below
imgp9420	There's a line of sun on distant clouds
imgp9421	Noddy drinks a pint of Adnams in The Three Tuns
imgp9422	Isobel chats to Haryanna
imgp9423	An Ironman action figure with added Loom Band
imgp9424	Harry likes to watch telly from 20cm away
imgp9427	Harry looks around
imgp9429	Harry shows something to the mirror
imgp9432	Fred shows off some more "making"
imgp9437	The Van and Philly's car, at Silver Strand
imgp9438	Harry helps to fetch some water
imgp9441	Philly helps Harry become Spiderman
imgp9442	Fred and his hat
imgp9444	Harry does some sort of Zoolander "look"
imgp9446	We head to the beach through the campsite
imgp9447	Fred wanders down to the beach
imgp9450	A couple of cats face off
imgp9451	The gang on the beach
imgp9454	Harry - Baby Gabey - messes around in the sand
imgp9455	Someone has built an impressive sand castle
imgp9456	Philly and Isobel get their feet wet
imgp9464	Harry stands around near the cave
imgp9470	Harry stands in a hole in the ground
imgp9471	Walking back to the campsite
imgp9476	Static caravans and TV aerials
imgp9479	Harry roams around with his arms in the air
imgp9488	Time to fly a kite
imgp9491	The neighbour does some kite flying
imgp9492	Campsite HQ in the rain
imgp9494	We head up to the site clubhouse
imgp9495	Hiding from the rain in the library/games room
imgp9496	A representation of teenagers' eating habits
imgp9499	Harry gets bounced on the "giants" see-saw
imgp9503	Overlooking Silver Strand
imgp9507	Philly reads with Harry and Fern
imgp9511	A book-reading session in the games room
imgp9512	It's a bit dark over the static caravans
imgp9515	Through a rainy window
imgp9516	Raindrops on the awning canvas
imgp9517	Fred looks a bit fed up
imgp9518	A Wicklow street
imgp9519	Wicklow Gaol
imgp9520	Rusty iron railings
imgp9522	Tá sé's bar in Wicklow
imgp9523	Philly looks in a shop window
imgp9524	Isobel and Fred walk past an empty shop
imgp9525	On Wicklow high street
imgp9526	Fred tells Fern off for something
imgp9528	A derelict shop
imgp9530	A derelict shop and house on Bridge Street
imgp9533	Harry, Fern and Fred at the bar
imgp9535	Fred, Fern and Harry
imgp9537	Funky lightbulb
imgp9539	Harry eats lunch with his shirt off
imgp9544	Two lads ride by, like a scene from Young Offenders
imgp9546	The Bridge Tavern on South Quay
imgp9547	More closed-down shops
imgp9548	A cool old car drives through town
imgp9552	Fred looks longingly at sweets
imgp9553	A side street
imgp9554	Fred "hides" behind a thin tree
imgp9558	Inside Wicklow jail
imgp9564	A model prisoner sleeps
imgp9565	A view of the jail
imgp9566	Fred turns the page
imgp9569	Cell number 32
imgp9571	Fred in school like it's the 1800s
imgp9573	Fred's on the stairs
imgp9576	The fate of Justin Bieber
imgp9577	Hanging around
imgp9579	Fred gives the prisoner a hug
imgp9580	Real graffiti, bound for the colonies
imgp9581	Fern and Fred look at a painting
imgp9582	Under Philly's car, a river runs
imgp9584	Later on, the weather has improved somewhat
imgp9587	Fred does another Loom band
imgp9596	Fred runs around
imgp9599	Fred pokes about in the sand
imgp9613	Fred digs a trench to the sea
imgp9618	The shale has a shiny silvery coating
imgp9621	Fred digs more of a trench
imgp9626	Nosher's feet in the sea
imgp9630	Rain-splattered sand smoothed by the sea
imgp9632	Fred draws some sort of ladder in the sand
imgp9634	A passer-by takes a photo of Fred and Nosher
imgp9639	Fred in the cave
imgp9666	A Housemartin comes back to its nest
imgp9670	Flat-leaved moss in the cave
imgp9673	Daisies in the cliff
imgp9696	Fred holds up some cool "camouflaged" seaweed
imgp9697	A discarded toy in the cliff
imgp9699	Harry, Fred and Isobel inspect the cave
imgp9710	Philly, Fern, Isobel and Harry come down later
imgp9714	A Sea Star is found on the beach
imgp9722	Isobel carries Harry back up from the beach
imgp9724	Harry gets a piggyback
imgp9728	A campsite cat comes over to visit
imgp9732	The next day, Fred gets buried in the sand
imgp9734	Fred the Head, in the sand
imgp9737	Philly builds some sandcastles
imgp9749	A very out-of-season shop in Wicklow