Czech schoolchildren

Spotted in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Designing reassurances

Out walking recently along the busy bypass road outside Trim, and the footpath suddenly disappeared.
In fairness to the planners /road designers /whoever they may be, the footpath did continue on the other side of the road. And the sightlines were good providing us adequate visibility of oncoming traffic to decide to cross in safety. 

But there was no *reassurance* - that's my word for it. A designed element that ignites confidence in the user.
Like the yellow man walking along the Wicklow Way. Every now and then, at a point where you might doubt your route, some helpful person has positioned a reassuring sign "keep going, this way, straight ahead". So reassuring.

A busstop on a wall

picture taken in Moone, Co. Kildare of this old bus-stop mounted on a wall.

Road Signs

I've been taken with Irish warning road signs for years now. Maybe this is as good a place as any to record my photos.

Here's one of my favourites.
Spotted on the quay in Newport, summer 07.