I cycled to Blackrock today to test out the distance, as we will be playing tag rugby for the next 2 months in the Blackrock. It took about 30 minutes, and is an nice easy cycle. I had the wind behind me on the way out, but the cycle back was slower. It's 10km each way, just the right distance for a cycle. Any shorter, and it's not worth getting kitted out.

Blackrock feels very open, has lots of parks, and the sea air is a nice break. Plus the view back at the city, howth and the powerstation is kew.

This little park and water feature are located here.

The Darsh.

We went to the Liffey Valley on Sunday, and were presented with this. So there was a load of snow saturday night, so when all these people arrived, they had to guess where the spaces were.

Snow melts = Hilarious and every one looked like douches.

There were some even funnier ones when we came back out and the carpark had emptied some more. Looked like drunk parking.