BENCHMARKS
continued
EDIT
UPDATE ALERT!
Only
the young are infallible and whatever else they are, M.C. and
Benchmarker are far from young. Now
read on ....
A
while back M.C. had a look for the 'mark on the bridge on the Camac
River on the South Circular Road in Dublin. It wasn't easy to spot
because the bridge wall was clad in ivy. However it appeared that he
found it and Benchmarker was sufficiently convinced to include it
here (see below). Now with the ivy removed a different scenario
emerges. The lesson here is that if it looks like a duck, talks like
a duck and walks like a duck, it just mightn't be a duck; and most
certainly it isn't a benchmark either. Appointments for M.C. and
Benchmarker have been booked at Specsavers.
Below:
The 'mark on the bridge on the Camac on the South Circular Road,
Dublin City.
Above:
Looking south on the South Circular Road with the 'mark at left on
the top of the wall.
Below: The original post for Number 499
BENCHMARKS continued
M.C.
took the opportunity to venture into Benchmarkers 'hood while he was
away gallivanting in foreign climes during the Summer and bagged this
one on the east side of the bridge over the Camac at South Circular
Road, Kilmainham, Dublin City. It is not very clear to the unaided
eye and even M.C. was doubtful, but the chalk never lies. Also the
maps show that it should be there. And - the clincher - on his return
Benchmarker applied the touch test and pronounced it genuine. It goes
in!
Below:
The 'mark on the Bridge over the River Camac at the South Circular
Road in Dublin City.
Above:
On the South Circular Road looking south with the 'mark at left on
the capping stone.
