Ireland day 1491. Tuesday 28 October 2025- Back To Malahide

Today’s summary	Left London early and caught the 10:25 Stansted Express train from Liverpool St. Quickly through the airport despite it being quite busy because of school holidays. On time Ryanair departure at 11:55. Arrived at 1:15 and caught a 102 straight back to the flat. Walked round the Demesne in the afternoon, and went to the dentist and hardware store. Curry and Netflix in the evening.
Today’s weather	Bright and breezy but mostly dry. Moderate to strong westerly wind. Appx 12c. Same in Dublin but with occasional showers later.

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The blue 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): Doing the Rounds in Malahide

Commentary

We are country-hopping again today. Back to Dublin after our sojourn in the south east of England. It’s been pretty busy and to be honest I’m looking forward to a few slightly quieter days now.

Anyway, we were up early and off to Liverpool Street station in time to catch the 10:25 train to Stansted. It’s a very comfortable quick and easy journey, but just as on the way in to London, I found it very expensive (£25 each way).

When we arrived at the airport, there appeared to be a long queue (it’s school holidays at the moment) for security but actually it was very efficiently managed and we were through in 15 minutes. There was just time to get a cup of tea and something to eat before heading to the gate and then more or less straight onto the plane.

The flight was completely full and Val and I had to sit separately. But everyone boarded without fuss and we actually pushed back almost ten minutes before the scheduled departure time of 11:55. It was a quick and uneventful flight, though as I was in a middle seat on the back row, I was glad it only lasted an hour.

We landed in Dublin on time at 13:15 and were on a 102 to Malahide just a few moments later. Once back in the flat, we were unpacked in next to no time (another advantage of travelling light) and ready for a cup of tea.

The rest of the afternoon was passed in a relatively conventional fashion. A quick walk round the Demesne (which was looking very autumnal) and then into town to do some odd jobs. Actually quite important ones.

First off, I called in to the dentists to make an appointment to have my teeth looked at. I managed to pull out a crown the other week while I was flossing (luckily I retrieved it before it met an unfortunate biological demise) and also I lost my house key while travelling last week. So I’m booked in to have the tooth superglued in again on Thursday morning, and got a new front door key cut for €5.50. So all’s well that ends well, I think.

In the evening, for dinner we had a delicious curry that Val rescued from the freezer. Then we spoke to family in Canada, watched some Netflix, and got an early night.

Normal service will be resumed tomorrow.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Going underground – Holborn tube station on the way to the Central Line	Here we are, mid-flight

About to become mid-flight again, in a slightly more conventional manner this time	The view from the top deck – leaving the airport on the trusty 102

Our Asparagus Fern (which is neither Asparagus nor a Fern) has started producing these weird fleshy protuberances. According to google, it’s a sign of the plant being pot-bound. Its roots are like tubers – in keeping with its botanical classification as a lily – and when it becomes pot-bound, the tubers get pushed upwards by the constricted root-ball	Our local chamber of horrors, aka the dentist

Rooney’s Hardware – excellent for getting keys cut and occasionally for useful DIY bits and pieces