The Big Freeze Dec 2010

Icicles Monasterevin 241210 2 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. Icicles Monasterevin 241210 3 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. Icicles Monasterevin 241210 9 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. Icicles Monasterevin 241210 4 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010.
Icicles Monasterevin 241210 5 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. Icicles Monasterevin 241210 6 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. Icicles Monasterevin 241210 7 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. Icicles Monasterevin 241210 8 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010.
Icicles Monasterevin 241210 1 Icicles hanging from the Grand Canal Aqueduct over the River Barrow in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. Canal Monasterevin 241210 2 The Harbour on the Grand Canal in Monasterevin Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. The white expanse from foreground to far distance is the canal itself, frozen solid. The road is to the right over the raised bank and you can see the small docking bays between the apartment blocks to the left. The bridge in the distance carries the main rail line from Huston Station in Dublin to the South and West of the country. River Barrow 241210 1 Looking downstream on the River Barrow from the Grand Canal Aqueduct in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, Ireland on 24 December 2010. That is ice floating down the river during one of the coldest December months on record.