Next boards meet 24/02/08 - North of Dublin

GristlyEnd

Would anyoune be interested in a boards photography meet in North County Dublin/Meath? We had one last year in Balbriggan which was quite succesful.

I was thinking of one of the following or even combining a few.

Skerries (windmill, beach), Balbriggan (harbour, ardgillan castle), Meath (bective abbey, hill of slane, hill of tara, knowth, newgrange).

Now this would be a proper photography meet so it would be an early start for the golden hour. Latecomers would be welcome.

Dates I was thinking of was 23/24 February 2008.

Covey

Yep, Sounds good to me.

T.

Benster

Count me in.

Was trying to think of another location to add to that list, but it's hard. Balrath Wood possibly?

B.

bovril

feck didn't see the Feb, thought it was Jan. I am off to oz on 23rd Feb.

rymus

23rd / 24th and then off to the Brummy's on the 25th. Superb!

Possibly most interested in the 24th..

Paulw

23rd is Ireland V Scotland in the rugby.

Remember that some places like Newgrange are OPW sites, and only allow external photography (and you can't use the images commercially without a license).

Sounds like a great idea though, and I'm interested.

Roen

24tth is my birthday. Bound to be good weather for it so!

Dink

Awwww, I've loads on that weekend.. and all the places are near me.. (which I never go to)

Sulking..:mad:

mikeanywhere

rymus wrote: »

23rd / 24th and then off to the Brummy's on the 25th

Same for me!!!

rymus

woot! \o/

cant wait for that show!

mikeanywhere

rymus wrote: »

woot! \o/

cant wait for that show!

Aye, it should be fun indeed. Shame you aint staying over Ryan (& Darren) as no doubt there could have been a beer or three involved.

rymus

yeah... had thought about that alright but by the time I gave it serious thought the flights were booked.. There's always next year!

mikeanywhere

rymus wrote: »

yeah... had thought about that alright but by the time I gave it serious thought the flights were booked.. There's always next year!

Its a date!!

*cough* we shall get out people to speak to each other!!! *cough*

challengemaster

hmm.. will defo have to see if it's possible.. /makes note to check schedule

sineadw

Oooo I'm in! I've missed the last few so I'm not missing this!

440Hz

Meath would be nice, been planning a Newgrange trip for a while. Ive missed all the meets for the past while, ill head along to this one.

stcstc

would like to come but that weekend i have the irish theatre awards to do so will be busy

will try make the next one

ThOnda

I am against Newgragne - it is complicated to get there. And official tours begin after 9AM. There are nice views from opposite hills, however only for tele-lenses.
If we talk about towns and castles, and the sandy beach at the end, I could be interested.
But I am not going to sign for that. What else I could loose now? :-(

Mylow

DarrenG wrote: »

Dates I was thinking of was 23/24 February 2008.

Count me in.

elven

I shall do my utmost to attend. And will probably have a spare (if slightly cramped - Sinead generally gets dibs on the front) seat available in my car, coming from D6.

sineadw

Yay! Shotgun!

floydmoon1

interested in coming but its abit of a drive from killarney.can anyone recommend close places to stay near these places not too familiar with the area.

Mylow

floydmoon1 wrote: »

interested in coming but its abit of a drive from killarney.can anyone recommend close places to stay near these places not too familiar with the area.

You could consider staying around Navan or Drogheda. The 'D' Hotel in Drogheda is pretty smart, and seem to always have room offers on. You could also look at the New Grange Hotel in Navan.

rahtkennades

Trim has some lovely spots down by the river if you're looking for that sort of thing. And ruins galore!

sineadw

And we could all call in on Danny for a cuppa! (kidding )

GristlyEnd

I'm going to nail it down for 24th February so everyone can plan for that date.

I will dome some scouting of the areas this weekend to plan it.

Dades

I also am interested in subscribing to this newsletter.

More boats and towns - less hills and fields!

challengemaster

B()***X! busy that date :(:(:(

leinsterman

Pencil me in ... with my new job I need to check where in the world I'll be before confirming ...

Fajitas!

Possibly in Slovenia on that date... Not 100% sure yet.

Don't worry about me though

leinsterman

Fajitas! wrote: »

Don't worry about me though

We always worry about you mate ... can't but do it really ...

mikeanywhere

I can't do the 23rd as got a wedding to do.

Fajitas!

leinsterman wrote: »

We always worry about you mate ... can't but do it really ...

God help the Slovenians tbh

rymus

mikeanywhere wrote: »

I can't do the 23rd as got a wedding to do.

And there was me thinking the entire Island of Ireland waited until at least March before starting the wedding madness.

TelePaul

Is Balbriggan in Dublin?

missingtime

Fajitas! wrote: »

Possibly in Slovenia on that date... Not 100% sure yet.

If you do go make sure you check out bled and bohij. You will get some amazing pictures of the lakes - was there last year and the lake at bohij is like something out of lord of the rings.

(you probably already know this but just in case )

mikeanywhere

rymus wrote: »

And there was me thinking the entire Island of Ireland waited until at least March before starting the wedding madness.

All of Feb taken too (all these yank sites with ideas for these brides to be me thinks ) which is going to be interesting in this weather so if it gets any worse the couples might have to delay things ............

Fajitas!

Right, I'm not off to Slovenia until the 26th, so am in for this trip!

rymus

bring your primes

Fajitas!

In exchange for shotgun in your wheels

GristlyEnd

Just to update on this.

The plan for the day is to visit Monasterboice Round Tower, Mellifont Abbey and the Hill of Slane. We will aim to be at the Hill of Slane for the sunset so it won't be too early a start on the Sunday. If people want to head of to different spots, then there is Brú na Bóinne, Battle of Boyne site, amongst others nearby.

There is free parking at all locations and we will probably meet up beforehand at a car park just of the M1 turnoff for Monasterboice. From there we will head to Monasterboice, then Mellifont finishing at Slane. At this time of the year there is no charge for entering the sites.

It would be a good idea to bring food and drink with you as there isn't too many places near to these sites (except for Slane village).

If anyone has any other ideas for the day, please post them up.

rymus

Fajitas! wrote: »

In exchange for shotgun in your wheels

That's a given

Nice one Darren, sounds like a great day out in the making.

Dink

I'll be able to catch up with yez around 1pm. (I may be hungover :eek:..) Should be back from a mad night out by then and will give someone a text to see where yez are. Would that be ok?

GristlyEnd

No problem Dink. I'll PM you my number.

Mylow

DarrenG wrote: »

Just to update on this.

There is free parking at all locations and we will probably meet up beforehand at a car park just of the M1 turnoff for Monasterboice.

Just a note on the above, the Junction at Monasterboice only exits traffic heading Southbound, there is no exit/slip road from Northbound side. You would be better to meet at junction after bridge over Boyne

They have all the matrix signs operating 'X minutes to M1/J9 Drogheda" etc, unfortunately the junctions are not numbered and there are 4 exits you can use into Drogheda.

What time are you thinking of meeting?

RoryW

Mylow wrote: »

You would be better to meet at junction after bridge over Boyne

if you take the first exit after bridge and then take the second road you are on the yellow coloured road north west on the map. If you then take the first left (called Townley Hall Road on map which is the turning for Tullyallen), there is a Mace (I think that is what it is) Supermarket on the left hand side after a few hundred metres. We could meet in the carpark there (ample parking) and stock up on provisions there ?

what do you think ?

GristlyEnd

Thanks Mylow & RoryW. I'm going to run up this weekend and plan the route again. I'll check out that Mace carpark.

RoryW

DarrenG wrote: »

Thanks Mylow & RoryW. I'm going to run up this weekend and plan the route again. I'll check out that Mace carpark.

mellifont abbey is only 5 minutes away

440Hz

Any update on this? Still planning for 23/24ish dates?

GristlyEnd

The date for this meet is Sunday 24th February. A meeting place and time will be confirmed next week.

Can one of the mods change the thread title to: Next boards meet 24/02/08

thanks
Darren

440Hz

Thanks! I'll head to this. Lift from Cork if anyone wants it.