A walk by the canal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I brought my Smart Car for a service to Grattan Motors today.  It was a lovely morning and as I walked home along the canal I took a few pictures of the surroundings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpoVwNtnVv0G71tQGu7CosqauZcDvJKKTuuZbg_Lx2A4z7SX1gcOPHn9KA96b7vYJJSvev9XSztSWwLIduJ3hCTIifQyUh6AXhUiAy3zZG2A_W1GOARLUradG3W2joVmQvzQ87F2SQhtj/s1600/IMG_1860%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpoVwNtnVv0G71tQGu7CosqauZcDvJKKTuuZbg_Lx2A4z7SX1gcOPHn9KA96b7vYJJSvev9XSztSWwLIduJ3hCTIifQyUh6AXhUiAy3zZG2A_W1GOARLUradG3W2joVmQvzQ87F2SQhtj/s320/IMG_1860%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Grattan Motors is next door to Ken Lawford Motors where I bought my car.  It is located on Grattan Bridge at Harold's Cross.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DsHf3S7T-aJzGtZPE_uSbf5NMfjDh9WxMJOh9uxqcvSovormE6c_zUPD1QSh6gXwDWV1eU28-JVmrnyo6P4_MEjJOL5l4c0Key2rNmVL189h_xjnA0DL9rjBToJwUq3LAd70m1wpx5sw/s1600/IMG_1859%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DsHf3S7T-aJzGtZPE_uSbf5NMfjDh9WxMJOh9uxqcvSovormE6c_zUPD1QSh6gXwDWV1eU28-JVmrnyo6P4_MEjJOL5l4c0Key2rNmVL189h_xjnA0DL9rjBToJwUq3LAd70m1wpx5sw/s320/IMG_1859%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Lock's Restaurant is facing on to the canal.  It looks so nice.  I have seen it all lit up at night time and it is really atmospheric.  We must go for a meal there some time!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnco-Qz6WzdNg3iKfaEb8Z-1reMCFRzuY9MO_DKriwFxoSQvPPyXNmTfwmIlxSIDT3VXnVx9xKMMAt96bf8_TKZfDWwd7H3dEX6S1k4wcv4mba24OQr8bxdnjGzGwvNuz7mf17N9JF3OuO/s1600/IMG_1858%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnco-Qz6WzdNg3iKfaEb8Z-1reMCFRzuY9MO_DKriwFxoSQvPPyXNmTfwmIlxSIDT3VXnVx9xKMMAt96bf8_TKZfDWwd7H3dEX6S1k4wcv4mba24OQr8bxdnjGzGwvNuz7mf17N9JF3OuO/s320/IMG_1858%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This cool 1981 VW Beetle was parked near Lock's Restaurant.  </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB7qOQxfCB2_GUeXM3QuxKoJ3cEz8_hoLCA4W4OcWsUq0Undm5smhspm0-H8tsNV6chkC5CpCs9WL2wNd4vERKfpxDChl-EO3PIz4OyvVPXmPBWrIWxj2XfeizOYaB7C9E3ZLCpGjGO70/s1600/IMG_1857%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB7qOQxfCB2_GUeXM3QuxKoJ3cEz8_hoLCA4W4OcWsUq0Undm5smhspm0-H8tsNV6chkC5CpCs9WL2wNd4vERKfpxDChl-EO3PIz4OyvVPXmPBWrIWxj2XfeizOYaB7C9E3ZLCpGjGO70/s320/IMG_1857%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Here is La Touche bridge (built 1791) at Portobello. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqOaDSPvLnGAGmpCZ1J9mA3bdxwe2AYfagnKPBhWMB_n8VjHdWFg4ll86HFxZXgn0O2HJJlC1s-bi2QwE7yvoqxWZ1CzP908rmlFaN1dQhCeR8P6BHQiqxdmwfh7GIfv-OmbpkqvvCSzh/s1600/IMG_1856%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqOaDSPvLnGAGmpCZ1J9mA3bdxwe2AYfagnKPBhWMB_n8VjHdWFg4ll86HFxZXgn0O2HJJlC1s-bi2QwE7yvoqxWZ1CzP908rmlFaN1dQhCeR8P6BHQiqxdmwfh7GIfv-OmbpkqvvCSzh/s320/IMG_1856%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Looking up towards Rathmines, you can see the green dome of the Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinner's Church.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKieA-mRIyprOpFzFZ0gQFgvX5mBaA4B1Ak-yafVD2PHGfd3kShXv-TL4zJRDTS2rS5HzGb8zHR7wgUYoJz8-BPpuDl0-nKxdQOqMXXFk1O6SOiiKYQ5UnCQUimkYu8RGaM-FmoLRiPz-/s1600/IMG_1855%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKieA-mRIyprOpFzFZ0gQFgvX5mBaA4B1Ak-yafVD2PHGfd3kShXv-TL4zJRDTS2rS5HzGb8zHR7wgUYoJz8-BPpuDl0-nKxdQOqMXXFk1O6SOiiKYQ5UnCQUimkYu8RGaM-FmoLRiPz-/s320/IMG_1855%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">                                  A cute little boardwalk!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmfxmznhT7_tVW7eeXbnGF7hAAPVDDOlfIErUZp_bSzwihhhegWrubC5Yk8AljCAsniOKoqycrLD3H8pZkseG9xo-e4-q46Vsv8X_S8WOC3hX64OTvs4tPE3xxPKE-qet2EQV1oK6PWr7/s1600/IMG_1854%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmfxmznhT7_tVW7eeXbnGF7hAAPVDDOlfIErUZp_bSzwihhhegWrubC5Yk8AljCAsniOKoqycrLD3H8pZkseG9xo-e4-q46Vsv8X_S8WOC3hX64OTvs4tPE3xxPKE-qet2EQV1oK6PWr7/s320/IMG_1854%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">It was a nice little walk - just over a mile and a half to our house.  When I was picking up my car later that day I picked up a Dublin Bike and cycled down to the garage which was just as nice as the earlier walk!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">This canal is called the Grand Canal.  The other canal in Dublin is the Royal Canal and my parents live right beside that one!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A walk by the canal

I brought my Smart Car for a service to Grattan Motors today.  It was a lovely morning and as I walked home along the canal I took a few pic...

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