The intention with this website is to locate at least 1,001 benchmark sites, or die in the attempt (no flowers please, house private). Photos of any benchmark sites found will be posted at intervals over the coming days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries ... Anyone who wishes to contribute can send photos and descriptions of any benchmarks they find and would like to have included here, to mfbourke@gmail.com See post Number 1 for a fuller description.

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

NUMBER 143

BENCHMARKS continued
 
This one is at the front entrance to Trinity College in Dublin. Benchmarker had an acquaintance once who earned a scholarship to UCD. It was just too bad that it wasn't to Trinity because it all ended rather badly for him; being dyslexic he instead brought himself to DCU and apparently disappeared for ever in the badlands of the North Side, where most of the graduates are from what is euphemistically called 'the University of Life'.

Below: The 'mark at the front entrance to Trinity College.
Above: The front entrance to Trinity College with the 'mark just to the left of the woman with the red baseball cap.

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