Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Tina, there are many public gardens here in Ireland that can be enjoyed without hassle. This show gets about one hundred thousand visitors which means a lot of cars. We went by train, tram and shuttle bus which removed a lot of the traffic nightmare, but meant I passed up on plant buying "opportunities" :-) Carrying them back would have been the last straw. Douglas On 07/06/2018 21:14, Tina Manley via LUG wrote: > What a crowded place!! I'm amazed that so many people would show up at a > garden. I agree with you. I'd rather enjoy it in solitude. > > Tina > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 6:15 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> This didn't seem to appear when I sent it 12 hours ago. >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> Subject: IMGs: Bloom 2018 >> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 22:35:22 +0100 >> From: Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> >> To: lug at leica-users.org <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> >> >> My wife is enjoying an upswing in her health, and wanted to see Bloom, a >> garden and plant show in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, so, unsurprisingly, >> I found myself going there on Saturday. I'm not a huge fan of gardens >> and plants unless they're well done, and this wasn't. That said, I took >> the Fuji along and tried to make the best of it while been jostled and >> harried by the teeming green fingered hordes. >> >> Here are eight shots and I'll put up the remainder tomorrow. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bloom+2018/ >> >> All can be seen LARGE. >> >> Would I go again? No, and neither would my wife. It was too compressed, >> too rushed, and too crowded. >> >> Douglas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >