title	Isobel's Rock'n'Roll Half Marathon, Dublin, Ireland - 13th August 2017
intro	It's Nosher's last half day of an epic two-week journey across the south-west of Ireland and Dublin, before heading off via the ferry to Liverpool and home with the car. But first, Isobel has only gone and entered the "Rock and Roll" half Marathon in Dublin, along with James, a feat she manages to complete despite nursing the tail end of a nasty cold. After dropping the two of them off back in Monkstown, it's away to the ferry, where Nosher manages to blag a last-minute cabin in which to crash - the timing is a little awkward as it's a red-eye crossing, leaving Dublin at 4pm and disembarking in the boondocks of Liverpool/Bootle at around 1am, so it's good to be able to get a few extra hours of reasonable sleep. At least there's no traffic on the way back, although the Roy Orbison song "I drove all night" sometimes pops into consciousness for some reason, and so it's home in time for sunrise at around 5.30am.
imgc7873	Isobel and James by East Point tolls at 7am
imgp7661	One of the bands on the marathon route
imgp7666	There are a few people in fancy dress
imgp7667	Runners walk to the start
imgp7670	Milling throngs in Phoenix Park
imgp7671	Runners at the finish line
imgp7673	Runners queue up to reclaim their belongings
imgp7676	There are several tutus about
imgp7681	Someone gets a wave
imgp7684	Freebies are collected on the way out
imgp7693	A scene of chaos
imgp7696	Some runners pose for the camera
imgp7701	Hooray for everything
imgp7706	A banana is picked
imgp7717	The finishing line
imgp7720	There are a thousand bananas for a post-run snack
imgp7723	Runners in spotty skirts
imgp7728	The spirit of the race in polka-dot skirts
imgp7731	Runners at the finishing line
imgp7735	Masses of runners hang around
imgp7739	Isobel and James do some "warm down" stretching
imgp7741	Isobel and James show off their medals
imgp7749	On the road through the park
imgp7750	Isobel checks her kit bag
imgp7751	There's a big queue for the bus
imgp7753	James and Isobel with theirs kit bags
imgc7875	Dublin street art, advertising food
imgc7876	Some sort of Asian-themed cake graffiti
imgc7877	Life at the less famous end of Dublin
imgc7878	Harry, Fred and Annalua in the garden
imgc7880	Harry, Fred and Lua in the back garden of Da Gorls
imgc7881	Nosher's back on the ferry
imgc7882	The ferry is almost empty at first
imgc7886	The Winkies and Dublin Port
imgc7887	Some hausers are wound in
imgc7889	Dublin port and the Liffey
imgc7890	The Odlums silos
imgc7891	An old Lightship is hidden away
imgc7893	Waiting for cast off
imgc7895	Looking out in front of the ferry
imgc7900	The ferry passes cruise-liner Mein Schiff Ein
imgc7903	A little yacht is overwhelmed by containers
imgc7905	The derelict power station at Poolbeg
imgc7909	A close-up of the Winkies
imgc7911	The back of the derelict power station
imgc7914	The pier lighthouse
imgc7916	Another day, another ferry cabin
imgc7917	The sea lock at Liverpool
imgc7921	Liverpool docks at midnight
imgc7928	Some sort of abandoned docker's hut
imgc7929	Another derelict dock hut
imgc7930	The lock gates swing shut behind the ferry
imgc7936	Massive loading cranes on wheels
imgc7939	All-night petrochemical factory action