The tide can come in or go out in a matter of hours in Sandycove, Salthill and Dun Laoghaire. This was high tide when we arrived in the early afternoon but by the time we walked back home in the evening the sea level had dropped a good metre or two and a good part of this area had become a rocky beach again.
Ship ahoy, captain Malachy! Looking out to Howth from Sandycove.
Yes, we do like to be beside the seaside (no matter what the weather!).
This Martello tower was once home to James Joyce. It was here that he wrote Ulysses and it is to here that his followers return to celebrate its memory every year on Bloomsday.
Hidden behind the tower, you can find this...
Where the waves crash in people brave the cold waters to bathe here every day of the year!
Shiver!
On any given sunny summer's day this place is teeming with sunbathers and swimmers.
And, all year round, the water bird are in their element:
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Into the sun.
From Sandycove to Dun Laoghaire
Lunch in Dun Laoghaire... and a moment to savour his cuteness :)
The standard trip to the People's Park
Heading home, the brightness and colours are changing...
Safe at home... All that sea air makes a kid drowsy!
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