Ireland day 0376. Sunday 09 October 2022- Shackleton DWC
Today’s summary | Val was working so while she was at it I led a group of 14 from the Walking Club along the canal from Ashtown to Clonsilla to look at the farmers’ market and the Shackleton Gardens. A good day out all round. | ||||
Today’s weather | Overcast and dry until about noon then intermittent rain for most of the rest of the day. Moderate north westerly wind. About 14C | ||||
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 DWC |
Commentary
(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).
Val at work.
I led 14 DWC walkers along the Ashtown to Shackleton Garden path by the Royal Canal towpath that Val and I recced on Thursday.
Went well, and the Clonsilla Farmers market just outside the garden was actually open. It even had a new pop-up cafe in it which only opened yesterday.
Quite wet for the second half of the walk but the new greenhouse in the garden provided a welcome refuge and the head gardener even popped in to give an impromptu lecture on the local history.
A quick wander round the after lunch garden – and the gardener invited us to help ourselves to some apples from the orchard.
Returned by train from Clonsilla and everyone seemed happy with the day’s proceedings.
Today’s photos (click to enlarge)
Interactive map
(Elevations corrected at GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )
Max elevation: 65 m
Min elevation: 40 m
Total climbing: 102 m
Total descent: -86 m
Total time: 02:37:37