The Grand Canal
A real throwback to budget student days, this. G'wan lads, have a couple of cans by the canal and sit beside a bronze Kavanagh while you're at it! You can start by the Portobello (La Touche) Bridge and work your way lock by lock all the way to the docks. Yet there is no real novelty or sense of escapist adventure when boozing on these benches so often frequented by the hobos and the tramps, and while the dappled sunlight on water is radiant on a bright day, and one may enjoy watching the antics of herons and ducks and coots, the more ginger and genteel of us also feel very exposed and vulnerable to any passing cop car.
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