a day in Bray

Have you ever been to Bray? It's the first town you hit in County Wicklow after leaving Dublin due South. It used to be a seaside holiday resort and still conserves some of those typical characteristics. We went there for the day one fine Sunday in March. Here are the pics.

On the other side of this railing is a long stony beach...

...where the boys spent ages hunting for special stones -some for throwing into the sea (some to practice skimming) and some to take home as the unique and precious treasures that they are.

Simple stone throwing sequence (click to view larger):

1) Find stone.

2) Throw it in.

3) Stop and philosophically watch the ebb and flow of the water for a brief and breathtaking moment.

In summer, sandy beaches are best. But any other time of year, a stony beach like Bray strand is definitely the way to go!

We like to make art wherever we go :)

As the day progressed, the sky started to change colour and it all began to look threateningly grey....

We decided to risk it and work our way along the strand anyway.

And up Bray Head we ventured.

We had ourselves a strawberry feast as a reward when we reached the top.

One minute the sky looked like this:

The next the storm was brewing...

We rushed down the hill to shelter but got pretty soaked on the way. Such are the adventures of the Jamrobbers in rainy green Ireland, what can I say?

Soon enough, the skies were clearing and Captain Lorcan here confirmed that there was a rainbow to be seen:

And a very pretty rainbow it was too.