CAFE WITH A VIEW
Click on pics to enlarge.I had occasion to visit Hamleys in the Dundrum Town Centre yesterday (6/6/11) and, of course, used it as an opportunity to travel the full length of the Green Line. I still savour the journey into the Twilight Zone that is the Sandyford/Brides Glen extension. Sadly on this occasion it was just a little too bright and 'ghostly' experience of passing through the unopened stops at Racecourse and Brennanstown was not as impressive as on my previous visit.
One of my pet projects is the elimination of graffiti on the DART and Luas systems, and while the former is a major problem I'm glad to see that the RPA/Veolia are managing to keep the lid on things. Some of the nameboards at stops are getting tatty and could do with replacing, the lift shaft at Ranelagh has been attacked - again - by graffiti artists but in general things are in good shape. It really is a pity that something cannot be done to prevent the village idiots who persist in scraping their initials etc on the many glass partitions on the system with coins or keys.
On a positive note I called into the recently revamped station building on the Southbound platform at Dundrum - "The Dundrum Station House Cafe/Newsagents" and I happy to say that it ticks all the boxes. Fast, friendly service in superb surroundings - station buffets were never like this and there can be few cafes with a more superb view. Here too, the village idiots had turned their attention to the fresh paintwork on the station building - I have contacted all those concerned this morning.
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