NUMBER 482

BENCHMARKS continued

This one from M.C. is on the 12^th Lock of the Grand Canal south of Lucan in County Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on the 12^th Lock of the Grand Canal.

Above: A view of the 12^th Lock with the 'mark at the top and to the left of the canal wall opposite.

 

NUMBER 481

BENCHMARKS continued

As Benchmarker was gallivanting in foreign climes for two months of the Summer, M.C. was on an epic odyssey that resulted in a grand haul of 129 'marks. If they gave out a Nobel Prize for benchmark hunting then M.C. would now be on the plane to Stockholm .. er .. or Oslo, maybe.

The first of them was recorded along the banks of the Royal Canal in Dublin's fair city in the shadow of Mountjoy Gaol. It's at the 4^th Lock.

Below: Highlighted with M.C.'s signature chalk, a 'mark on the Royal Canal at the 4^th Lock.

 

 Above: Looking north at the 4^th Lock with the 'mark at centre near the water's edge. It is gratifying to note that M.C.'s camera work seems to show an improvement. Benchmarker was reluctant to take a hard line, but it seems to have worked out well. It's called tough love.