Ireland day 0373. Thursday 06 October 2022- Shackleton Recce *

Ireland day 0373. Thursday 06 October 2022- Shackleton Recce

Today’s summary	Took the train to Ashtown with Val to recce the walk I am leading on Sunday. Had a look at the farmers’ market then round the Shackleton Gardens. train back from Clonsilla
Today’s weather	Mostly dry while we were out but some sharp showers in late afternoon. Moderate south westerly wind. About 16C

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The green line shows where we walked) (Click button below to download GPX of today’s walk as recorded, or see interactive map at bottom with elevations corrected): Shackleton recce

Commentary

(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).

Val and I took the train to Connolly then out again on the Maynooth line to Ashtown. We walked along the Royal Canal towpath to Clonsilla then down to the Shackleton Garden, which was lovely as ever. The walk was a recce for the DWC walk I am leading this Sunday.

The adjacent Beechpark Eco Farm farmers market is open on Saturday but looks like it is closed on Sunday (though signs a little confusing).

Couldn’t work out why OPW / Fingal is building such a massive stone brick and steel wall around the seeming abandoned Beech Park House.

Got the train back from Clonsilla and essentially reversed the outbound journey

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Looks like the farmers market is closed on Sunday (Sign on left hand side of the entrance)	Or maybe not (Sign on right hand side of the entrance)

In the garden when the sun briefly came out	Hop plant in Shackleton Garden. First I’ve seen in Ireland.

Impressive massive wall but no idea why it is needed

On the towpath, just upstream from Ashtown