In and around Dublin, with a camera in my bag. Always. And an unhealthy propensity for easy cynicism. Always.
200 meters away, as the crow walksbut we’re all the same, we’ve got to carry each other, carry each other… Marine Contemplation (it beats the shite on satellite television) Bray Head(s) The Rough Junction“Piss off!” “Piss off!” – Visitors Not Welcome Door to Door SalesmanMy Monochromatic FriendGirl with Notionz… The Most Modest Convenience Store in the Whole Wide World The Key to Lucy’s HeartBray Wanderers Fighting Crows The Very Very Large Albino Pigeon Seagull Identifying as a Pigeon (Mutation in Progress) Pay and Display (your seagull) The Face of ConcentrationHello Darkness My Old Friend Afternoon Serenade
First taste – could it be as damp as Dublin?Could it be as industrious?Tower, pleased to have met you Uphill struggleSafeInvestment.comWas worried I had landed in the wrong Glasgow, until I spotted the first cone on a statueInsert coneCone Head Wellie The Spot The Ball game Trees don’t stand magicallyDefinition of irony: two high-visibility dossers, passing the time in a van called ActiveThe off sales are offThe Old Thingy. Established a long time ago. Fresh. So fresh… exciting!I do like a well designed well built old bridgeEmergency wee wee stop in a side alley (the combination of cold water, walking by a body of water and a micro bladder is a lethal one)Side alley used for other emergencies… Power-washer vs power-walker. Clash of the Titans. Hello my wee starLocal icon. More of that later… Impeccably alignedTempted to dive into the bonnie river Clyde… Until I actually caught a glimpse of its true colour… A. P. Welsh & Co & MURDOCH“When I say 3, all look at me. One…Two… THREE!” Wee fag breakAnother wee fag breakPigeon headIn colour, pleaseJimborree – Plywood Merchant Lemons and orangesWorld Cup Fever. Oh, the excitement… Glaswegian CanyonGlaswegian Canyon II Don’t piss off the wizard Pure GallusOPENecropolis, city of the necros (trust me, I learned classical Greek in school) Beware! Just… beware, roight? Dead people make GlasgowCemetery with a view of a brewery. And not just any brewery. The Tennent brewery… quality that.Cemetery with a view of a football stadium, slightly further in the distance. And not just any stadium. Celtic Park… quality that.Chameleon multi-storey car park, blending in seamlessly. Going dry, the Drygate way. Mister T I love my tenement lager… Je T’aime moi non plus du tout du tout… Boy in the hoodThe long waitHey! I’m here!!! Behind the wee car! Haggis neeps and tatties. Had to be done! UFC romanceGlasgow man in the skyDublin men not in the skyNot the sign want to read. Not when you are flying Emerald Airlines. Not when you are flying to Dublin… Never thought I would ever write this… Ryanair saves the day!
Let There Be (a street) LightMonday morning euphoriaConcrete JungleTravelling lightMore of the old, more of the newThe long and winding (but mostly steep!) roadPainters wanted. A good head for heights an advantage.Alone with his thoughts (and a cigarette)The biggest stone arch in the worldLa file pas indienneSwapping seatsSt Tropez vibeThe condensation machineA blot on the manscapeGirl LovePilar of SocietyLast Metro tripRyanair experience euphoria
The new and the ephemeralA city is nothing, without its suburbsYou should try the Dart, for arrival anxiety… Blue immersionThe Guide du Croutard. There was a swarm of them. All dressed in Quechua gear. And she’s buying a Stairway to HeavenMelodie, unchained. 😀 WeedTravelling incognito ReciprocateThe obligatory tramway shot (€500 fixed penalty for not taking at least one)Almost as grand as Cinema ParadisoTarbuck, a stain on historical buildingsThe obligatory porto shot (€500 fixed penalty for not taking at least one)Cool font! When in Rome… (the breakfast of champions) I do love a well designed concrete structureJesus – the Cubic PhasePossibly the coolest metro station in the worldYes, very very probablyIn colour, please! Rooted in modernityThe End (once all the fuckers with carry-on suitcases have finished fighting over space in the overhead bins…)
The Jelly Fish Antenna MamilstagramThe Scooters HerderShow us your MickeyHand-Foot CoordinationMini cluster of retired French teachers on a balconyNot Panamanot dead?4L, ma belleThe Giddy HerdStar quality
Hill start paradise Sardines sauce Coca-ColaGet a room you twoGOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!Gran does Google MapsDead endTourism processionVery drunk toddlerIch bin here! Feather light… says a tourist with can of mass-produced spray paintBeyond ridiculous (not a fan of bruise ships)La croisière s’amuse pasIch bin here too!Exception (I do not as a rule take photographs of homeless people)The invention of Cat Instagram, 600 BCThe devil is in the detailMy legs are kilim meHe’s behind you! (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) Euphoric squatA special momentThe Special Event GlassesCredit Agricole en vol The Old and the New… one graffiti at a timeSexist view point?Slippery as fuck (talking from experience)
Supersize me! The Fault in Our Stars Zebra CrossingSpiky MurmurationLa CoccinelleMy DOG!San FranlisboaWaiting for his ValentineGood for the calf musclesCobblestones. So aesthetically pleasing. (Slippery as fuck when wet though…)
Donegal country folks circa 1875The extensionAlain can’t believe that all this… … can fit in this! With Michelle for scaleRiver Watch. (Spoiler alert: Fuck all happens…) But.. but… I think I saw something move… THERE!Nope. Nothing. Nothing at all.Q: How many Unionists does it take to walk on a beach? A: Way too many… Nirvana, this way >>>>>>Barbecue on the lawn. Soon. The Creature from the Tent of DoomTwo cones, one ancient glacial valleyA very scenic wee wee stop The Irish Summer White on blue