This was the last Sunday in July. It was a perfect day. Weather was good, sketching buddies were fun. I was sitting comfortably on a bench with lots of interesting views. So, here is my story of Dun Laoghaire on a sunny summer's day, in four sketchbook spreads.
First, the food trucks. Fish and Chips and Coffee. These are permanently parked at the entrance to the pier. At least now they have a queuing system so people are not blocking the footpath quite so much, But their diesel generator is noisy and smelly. They should not be there. But Irish people love their takeaway coffee. And a day at the seaside without fish and chips is not quite the same!
I got a bench partly in the shade. Perfect location to watch the world go by. And to listen to people's conversations as they walked by. Also a lovely Victorian shelter on the side of the road. It's locked now, because it would get vandalised, which is such a shame.
A big cloud appeared in the West, but it stayed there and didn't spoil our lovely day. The Maritime Museum (in an old church), terrace of Georgian houses and the Dun Laoghaire Lexicon library. And a few seagulls. We were chatting with some lovely people. The lady sounded British, her partner Dutch. Thankfully the seagull who pooped on the poor man's tshirt did not hit my sketchbook! It's always a risk.
I had to draw the crowd, of course. The pier was mobbed. And I also had to capture the colour of the sea and the fog on the horizon. So that's it. The full story of my afternoon at the seaside in Dun Laoghaire!
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