Dublin & Ireland

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RE: Dublin & Ireland

(31/08/2020 21:52)EDB325 Wrote:  As a man restricted to a Smartphone, your "poor quality" shot looks like a masterpiece !

Do keep these coming, I'm unlikely to get to Ireland any day soon, and I find your contributions of great interest.

Thanks for the comments. Likewise I am unlikely to be heading eastwards for a while. Was in Scotland and Yorkshire (Leeds, Harrogate, Scarborough and York) in February but this could be the first year that I haven't visited Manchester since 1996!

As for the photos, I shouldn't complain. The Nikon is a decent camera. I spent years with a solid Olympus Trip camera. When I was a poor student in Manchester, I had to limit myself to one roll of pics a week - mix of bus and trains. My pictures from 1997 were more of First Bus than Stagecoach even though I lived off Oxford Road - I wish I had the digital camera back then!

Back to Dublin. A quick trip into the city to chase down some of the AXs (B7TLs) and the mighty VTs - Triaxle B9TLs. However, I also photographed SG9. This bus has escaped my camera for years. Slightly sad story. It was delivered in 2014 - probably in September but it had a serious accident in October and was impounded by the Garda (Police) until last year. It was actually stored in the Garda station just up the road from me, I often saw it but obviously couldn't get in to photo it, anyway got there eventually!


SG9 O'Connell Bridge 2 September 2020


AX489 Ringsend Road 2 September 2020


VT45 Leeson St 2 September 2020

More here:
https://transportsceneireland.smugmug.co...mber-2020/