[Leica] IMG: Old photo, old place, old me

[Douglas Barry]

My wife was sorting through old prints and came across this one of me 
taken at a race start in July 1985. The place is the old Paddock Lake at 
Djouce Woods, Co. Wicklow. The lake used to be a great place for a swim 
after a long walk in the hills, and especially after a race.
I say used to as it's now completely gone. Hurricane Charlie hit Ireland 
in August 1986 with incredible winds and ferocious rain. The dam built 
in 1838 by the 6th Lord Powerscourt to create the lake couldn't take the 
pressure, and burst, flooding the town of Bray over six miles away and 
600 feet below. The dam has never been replaced.
The photo was taken by a press photographer, and I'm just behind the 
leader in a white running vest and dark shorts with more hair and 
looking a lot fitter than I am now.

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Douglas