Compass jellyfish

 
Another nice morning for jellyfish but not for swimmers. There were many small ones of various species lurking for the unwary.

Source of pollution?

While not wishing to tarnish Bray's image even further, i can't help wondering if its harbour is contributing to the filth we sometimes see flowing by at the vico...

Bray Harbour spewing out something!

Death in Vico Friday 2pm June 8 2007

I am informed that a man died in the pool. It seems he had been noticed spending a long time floating on his face, whereupon some people dragged him out. An ambulance was summoned and arrived on the scene 15min later. Despite efforts to resuscitate him, the man was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was removed by the lifeboat. I am unaware of the identity of the deceased, but am informed that he was around 60 years of age and possibly of Polish nationality.

Please comment or email us if you have any further information about this incident.

Serendipity

JudgeJim's new sanctuary that was stumbled upon on Tuesday. Heavenly after the sun has set at the Vico, and so far, totally free of self appointed dictators, pseudo political analysts, jellyfish, faecal coliform, faecal streptococci and other sickening aspects of the Vico ... until we arrived!!!

In response to mm's question, they have a chart with regular measurements of the bacteria levels.
I suspect that it's proximity to the treatment works means it's more carefully monitored than other places.
I dread to think what the numbers would be at the Vico sometimes!

Flower identity request

Can anyone identify the flower in the photo?

Wind Rose

 
Anyone know of wind names used in Ireland? This one is in a language only a wetsuit would understand.

Wikihow to soothe a jellyfish sting

http://www.wikihow.com/Soothe-a-Jelly-Fish-Sting

Think bread soda sounds better than meat tenderizer!

Lunar calendar

Interesting article about the seasons from the Heathen Freehold Society:
The Germanic Lunar Calendar

Swimming Season Open

A big welcome to our new Vico life guard!

 
Judging the slipperiness of seaweed covered rocks ain't easy.

We seem to have just entered nights of perpetual twilight (the dark blue band), so fconn was right - it's not as dark as it was.

Addition from JudgJim: The program for creating this graph is freely available here: Download Sungraph