I also signed up for 'Mobile Tv' on the phone so that I can watch Sky etc on it when I am in a 3G area - kewl.I had a drop at Dublin power station this Monday,I hoped that I might get a good clear shot of the two chimneys that are now listed buildings and overlook the whole of Dublin - bugger me the drop was at the base of the two giant structures,so as the fork truck driver took away a pallet I was on the floor trying to fit in my lorry and the two chimneys into the shot again using only the phone as a camera I am very happy with the results......

I always wear shorts when working,its nice to drive without getting all sweaty in trousers,I have however forgotten to pack any pants this week so I will get some strange looks as the weather gets colder.As I love the cold its no big deal,my second batch of Treacle Toffee went down a storm at Groves and I was over moon as Seamus had brought in a book all about South Armagh called Bandit Country.I can't get my head around the fact that this gorgeous country had and is still seeing some of the most grusome warfare known.When I was in France I met people from all sides - squadies who had served in Ireland and also people who were or had been in the IRA and were taking a little holiday,there were also Loyalists and to this day I cant fathom out in my own head all the factors.The Police Stations in both Newry and Warrenpoint are still surrounded in razor wire and have high steel walls as do most of the stations in the North , and to me it is still an eyeopener each time I see the armed police walking around or the Republican grafiti on bridges and houses as I drive around.

This telegraph pole is right on the tip of Cork at Old Kinsale Head,someone has gone to the trouble of nailing stuff washed up on the beach onto the trunk of the pole in a very prehistoric display - very harvest homey if you ask me but well worth a picture.The top photograph of the bay at Whitegate shows another huge powerstation chimney,you wait for one then two come along together!.Met Bernard at the Tougher truck stop at Newbridge on Wednesday night,I had over an left to run on a 10 hour drive but that would not of got me back to the docks,it's about 2 hours back from Newbridge depending on traffic. So it was a cracking curry and we were both buggering around with our new phones - neither of us had a clue what we were doing,a bit like giving monkeys machine guns to play with.Bernard is a menace to society with his TOM TOM.I also bluetoothed the Colm and JimJim podcasts to him - these two are the Breakfast show DJ's on RTE 2FM we both think that the 'fnourty fnour' sketch is very very funny.

PHONE UPDATE : most of the fantastic features - mobile TV and 1 pound internet are only available in the North,I tried to put my South SIM card but it is locked to the UK.I will have to find out if I can get it unlocked anywhere.

I took this photograph on the N7 heading towards Limerick,when I openend it up it looked as if I had used a Photoshop filter to produce a Monet effect or something.All of the trees are now just about asleep and there are leaves everywhere,and yet I still pass hedges that have Fushia flowers in bloom on them.

A Sunday on the docks,I was looking forward to parking up on the industrial estate at the GAA ground in Newry but the sneaky devils have put a huge gate up so you can't get onto it.I wanted to check out the tide line and also try my hand a flounder fishing as there is a huge muddy area just by it.Not to worry though I parked up at Narrow Water and uploaded the latest pictures.I needed to test the macro on the phone and also take a picture of the Monkey Puzzle tree by the castle.

The macro is pretty kewl,but all the pictures seem to very dark,I will put this down to the fact that it is a very dank dark kind of a day.There is also a panorama feature that will stich three photos together.So I had a play with that aswell.The resulting picture is ok I think and there is a smooth transition between shots.I saw a Heron attacking and trying to kill a massive rat on the docks on Friday,I tried to get it on film but the quality was crap and the zoom did'nt cut the mustard.

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I went down to the beach/waterfront at Warrenpoint on Sunday morning to see what I could see,apart from looking like a complete pillock in just my shorts and polo shirt,I found that it is a haven of shelfish , I saw huge limpets and massive musssels,along with empty clam,cockle and terapin shells.For the second time I saw small fish being startled by bigger ones.There was also worm casts in the little sand that is there.Now if there are no fish to catch then I must be slimmer of the year!

The cockney Cork man comes a cropper !

Now its bad enough if you slip off the road and into a hidden ditch in the middle of nowhere, when your on your own,but to have the misfortune of doing it when theres a stroker with a camera and a website is just too unlucky.Alex was creeping past me as I was at drop near Cork.There had been other wagons go past without trouble,but they had all made a very wet and slippy part of the road even more wet and slippy.The rigid just slid gracefully into the ditch.There was nothing he could do to avoid it,the only saving grace was that it didnt go all the way over and that all farmers have very big tractors and big sets of chains.If you want the full size pictures Alex just drop me a line.Alex also looked like a true Irish Cork man,flat cap,whispy beard,big work boots and a copy of MCN in the windscreen.It was only when he spoke and told me he came from the City just by Tower Bridge that his cunning disguise was uncovered.I ve got to say fair play to him,hes living and breathing the Country just as I would do if I ever got the chance to up sticks and go.

A night in Kinsale just down by the big bridge going over the R600,there was a Latvian fishing off the bridge.I asked what he was catching and he proudly produced a bucket of what can only be described as tiddlers very small Pollock.Not only were they all under 7 inches long but he had proudly fished them from a bridge 50ft above the water.Animal welfare people will be having a field day - undersized fish draged to thier death from a high bridge.Its jokers like this that still think they can do whatever they want and poke two fingers up at the law that give genuine fishermen a bad name.Now I am not one to pontificate about stuff like this but it realy busts my balls.

Now back to my new toy,the phone has a zoom on it.Its a crappy digital rather than an optical one but here is my attempt at trying to test it to the max.Not to bad but they do get very grainy towards the top end.

Who launched the ducks?who won the race?where did they come from?