Ireland day 0379. Wednesday 12 October 2022- Gym and Coast Walk
| Today’s summary | Val still in the UK. In the morning I went to the gym and in the afternoon walked over Paddy’s Hill to the coast. Zoom lecture on fossil insects organised by the Irish Geological Association in the evening | ||||
| Today’s weather | Overcast but mostly bright. Very light westerly breeze. About 14C | ||||
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| Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of my route) |
Close-up location (The green line shows where I walked) (Click button below to download GPX of today’s walk as recorded, or see interactive map at bottom with elevations corrected): Paddys Hill and coast walk |
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Commentary
(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).
Val still in the UK so in the morning I went to the gym for another session – really enjoyed it this time.
Then after lunch I went on one of my favourite walks up to Paddy’s Hill and then down to the coast with a walk back on the beach.
Then a Zoom lecture on sound generation by fossil insects, organised by the Irish Geological Association. Absolutely fascinating listening to the synthesised sounds of insects that were fossilised a hundred million years ago.
Today’s photos (click to enlarge)
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| The castle demesne woodlands. Ivy seems to be a persistent problem and elsewhere in the woods is being cut back. | Cheerful hypericum by the sports fields |
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| On the top of Paddy’s Hill. The meadows – which are abundant with cowslips in the spring – have been neatly mown now – I was a wondering if the area was actively managed or if it was just going to be allowed to revert to scrubland | Hardy swimmers near Low Rock swimming area |
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| Train line looking southbound to Portmarnock, from the Back Road bridge. Shows the points system which allows northbound DART trains to switch track and wait in the correct platform before the return journey to Dublin | |
Interactive map
(Elevations corrected at GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )
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