BENCHMARKS continued
Benchmarker wishes all benchmark-hunters a jolly good benchmark-hunting New Year; and starts as he hopes to continue.
Benchmarker had hunted previously, on two occasions, for the one on Leeson Street Bridge in Dublin, with no success. The reason is explicable. It was the base of the wall that was scrutinized, while the 'mark was coyly hiding in plain sight on the top staring at the sky. In other words, it is a flatie.
A small pocket camera was all that was to hand (purchased at a special price of €50 at the opening of the Lidl store in Ballybofey), but the result, owing much to Benchmarker's long years experience at taking snaps, is satisfactory.
Below: The 'mark on Leeson Street Bridge.
Above: On the bridge looking east towards Baggot Street with the 'mark at bottom right. The two big black yokes are gas-vents fitted to the sewer pipes that cross the canal here. Well, it has to go somewhere!