Driving through Trim, Co. Meath yesterday, I spotted a flash of colour in the sky.... a hot air balloon. On the Dublin side of the town, we pulled in behind a 4WD and trailer sporting the name 'Irish Balloon Team', who are engaged in following the massive balloon as it drifted slowly across the landscape...
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Not the most exciting photographs - but I'm running around Dublin in the evening sunshine taking stock photographs - so here's my local tramline.... the 'Luas' - prounced like 'lewis'.
One of Henry VIII's warships, the Mary Rose lies at the bottom of the Solent, of Portsmouth. Last week, I noticed a salvage ship there, Terschelling, and later looked up this news article...
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The Pindar yacht in Portsmouth
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I was sailing on the Solent, off Portsmouth and Gosport last week, on board a 39ft yacht, with friends. As we made our way from Cowes on the Isle of Wight to Gosport, I couldn't believe the amount of ship traffic - rush hour on a Sunday afternoon! Decommissioned warships, car ferries, racing yachts - you name it.
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From the Roundstone Regatta, Connemara, Galway, Ireland, July 2004.
Galway Hookers racing at Roundstone, July 2004
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"The Galway Hooker is a traditional sailing boat used in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland. The hooker was developed for the strong seas there. It is identified by the sail formation, which is extremely distinctive and quite beautiful. It consisted of a single mast with a main sail and two foresails. Traditionally, the boat is black (being coated in pitch) and the sails are a dark red-brown."
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"A Currach or Curach is a type of boat with a wooden frame, over which is stretched animal skins or hides. It is sometimes anglicised as "Curragh". The construction and design of the currach is unique to the west coasts of Ireland and Scotland, with variations in size and shape by region. It is referred to as a naomhóg in counties Cork and Kerry and as a "canoe" in West Clare. It is related to the Welsh coracle, but can in fact cover far larger craft than the Welsh version. The traditional all wooden rowing boat found on the west coast of Connacht is also called a Currach or Currach Adhmaid "wooden Currach" Its style of construction is very similar to the canvas covered Currach. A larger version of this is known as a Bád Iomartha."
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