Rog writes:
Due to the DART not operating between Dun Laoghaire [Co Dublin] and Bray [Co Wicklow] this morning, people were walking from Sandycove to Dun Laoghaire along the ‘metals’.
I followed suit, and by the People’s Park, we came across this lovely scene (above)…there are about 8 to 10 people shimmying along the metal fence to avoid the massive puddle in the middle of the metals! Apologies for lack of Instagrammage!
anyone for teddy’s?
Ha!
lol
Wouldn’t it be great craic if someone cycled past and soaked the lot of them?
Or if the fence, not being the sturdiest built, broke and they all fell in.
Or if both happened at the same time and they knocked the cyclist over as well
Proper guffaw at that!
Or if they were all horribly killed! super LOLZ
Yeah and if they died we could have people leaving inappropriate and/or competely shit jokes in the comments section.
Ha ha, that’s great. Looks like they’ve all been sucked into one of those Super Mario Levels where you have to smack the fence to turn it around to escape danger.
Ha! That made me lol.
Wellies people, wellies.
They are going to work…. not a picnic!
I would have turned around and gone home.
Department of ?
Only joking people, hold your fire…
Travelling by rail…?
Very good. *tips hat*
Love the way they make such a big deal out of stating what counties are which:
“Dun Laoghaire [Co Dublin] and Bray [Co Wicklow]”
Right.
Is it still going from Greystones [Co. Wicklow] to Bray [Co. Wicklow] though?
It’s believed that the cost of this trip could be as much as €2.80 (£2.35)
Why didn’t they walk along the edge at the far right of the puddle?
We don’t know. We weren’t there.
sharks
They voted Labour.
Like an episode of Total Wipeout. Never a load of automated boxing gloves when you need them, is there?
Puddles, they’re a great leveller.
“…along the metals…”
The what now?
Its an old pathway that runs from Dalkey to Dun Laoghaire. It follows the train line most of the way. Its a very pleasant walk.
Is this a scene from the Turkish Poseidon Adventure?
I can almost hear the stories in the pub later, in proper Kevin McAleer shtyle – “Ah, the morning we shimmied along the metals”.
@ Bilko – the metals is the long pedestrian track alongside the dart tracks which was used to transport granite from Dalkey Quarry to Dun Laoghaire to make the Dun Laoghaire piers…
I didn’t know the term either, according to Wikipedia it’s a term for the under-track ballast as well.
public transport is for the poor, they have to expect this sort of thing
the metals is normally so covered in dog faeces, so the rain is a welcome relief as DLRCC can’t bother their arse.
considerate dog lovers and local authoriy enforcement, both oxymorons
Explain the oxymoron in ‘local authoriy enforcement’ for the class, please?
Because they don’t force their authority, I assume.
Hmmm. I did enjoy the ‘considerate dog lovers’ comment. Presumably they’re the ones who pay for contraception and call the next day.