title Sion Hill and Blackrock for the Day, Dublin, Ireland - 17th September 2016 intro It's a late flight out on a Friday and an early flight back on Sunday morning for Isobel's 20-year reunion at Sion Hill Dominican convent school in Blackrock, County Dublin. As part of the event, a tour of the school has been arranged, and following that we head off to meet up at Duffy's circus, which is parked up at nearby Dun Laoghaire. We round off the evening with a nosh-up at Mao's, whilst Isobel heads out on the lash with thirty or so of her former school chums. imgc4185 Harry at Stansted Airport imgc4186 Harry messes around at Stansted Airport imgc4187 One of the departure waiting areas at Stansted imgc4188 Off the departure gate at around 10pm imgc4189 Hanging out in Da Gorls' lounge imgc4190 Lua and Harry imgp5793 Isobel and Evelyn pose with Harry and Fred imgp5795 The boys with Evelyn imgp5798 A famberly photo imgp5801 Fred and Evelyn on the bridge over the DART imgp5806 Fred on the rope pyramid imgp5808 Isobel roams around imgp5809 Heading over the DART railway to the sea imgp5812 Evelyn is looking forward to a swim in Dublin Bay imgp5813 Fred and Harry look on imgp5814 Evelyn and Isobel head into the sea imgp5820 Isobel towels off imgp5824 Fred waves to a passing DART train imgp5825 Hanging around by the sea wall imgp5828 Spray paint graffiti on rock imgp5829 More graffiti by the side of the DART imgp5830 Walking up Seafort Parade imgp5832 This bike is missing an important component imgp5833 Harry's on a rocking horse at Number 19 imgp5836 Philly's old bedroom at Number 19 imgp5839 Isobel and Harry in Café Java in Blackrock imgp5840 Harry is in tow as Isobel roams around her old school imgp5841 Parts of the school have not yet been renovated imgp5842 Harry on a stairwell imgp5843 Harry and Isobel stride around imgp5844 The austere façade of Sion Hill imgp5846 Isobel meets up with school friends imgp5849 More people arrive imgp5850 Harry plays piano in the music room imgp5851 Candles by a stained glass window imgp5853 The tour of the school starts imgp5855 The library used to be forbidden to students imgp5857 The former convent chapel imgp5859 Old copies of Veritas - the school magazine imgp5861 Old yearbooks are searched for familiar faces imgp5864 Isobel's class photo imgp5865 Modern stained glass imgp5867 The tour reaches a staircase imgp5871 The tour ends up in the refectory imgp5872 Isobel chats to Jen imgp5878 Back in the atrium imgp5879 In the dance studio imgp5882 This staircase is one of the few unchanged places imgp5883 A big recital/performance room imgp5884 The schooll hall imgp5885 Visitors file in to the hall imgp5888 A group photo imgp5900 Part of a giant dartboard imgp5902 Isobel roams around on stage imgp5908 Outside in a car park imgp5909 Over in St. Dominic's imgp5910 A school room in St. Dominic's imgp5913 Wandering down corridors imgp5914 The school refectory imgp5915 It's time for cake imgp5919 View from the kitchen imgp5924 A cooker from out of the 1960s is still going imgp5927 School locker imgp5928 A wall of lockers imgp5930 The refectory empties out imgp5931 Another corridor, and more lockers imgc4191 On the streets of Dun Laoghaire imgc4192 Fred and Evelyn head to the ticket office imgc4194 Tom Duffy's circus in Dun Laoghaire imgc4195 Harry waits for stuff to happen imgc4199 Harry's got some novelty LED spinning thing imgc4204 The show commences imgc4207 The circus kicks off with a human cannon imgc4209 Jugglers do their thing imgc4214 Spotty horses imgc4225 High-level acrobatics imgc4231 A parrot pushes a miniature trolley imgc4234 Big blue macaws imgc4241 Someone is hurled through the air imgc4251 A Palomino does a curtsey imgc4259 A brightly-lit transformer trundles about imgc4277 Some high-energy roller-skating imgc4295 Dancing on the wheel of death imgc4312 After the circus imgc4313 Jamie pushes Nicholas around imgc4315 We head into Dun Laoghaire for dinner imgc4319 It's all go in Mao's Asian restaurant imgc4321 Outside in Dun Laoghaire imgc4323 Fred at Gate 55, Dublin Airport imgc4324 Isobel wanders back imgc4325 Our flight loads up imgc4326 Down on the apron as the plane loads up imgc4327 Isobel and Harry on the apron imgc4328 Fred's gives thumbs-up for being in pyjamas all day imgc4329 Airport industrial estates form the air imgc4330 The fields of Ireland imgc4332 A scattering of islands imgc4334 A load of wind turbines out at sea imgc4335 The coastline of England imgp5932 Autumn leaves back home at Brome