Ireland day 0419. Monday 21 November 2022- Decathlon Again

Today’s summary	Val was working in the afternoon so I drove round to Woody’s to get a Christmas tree and then on to Decathlon to buy a fleece.   Also heard from Fingal council about the cycleway to Donabate (possibly opening in 2025)
Today’s weather	Torrential rain in the morning. but drier later.   No sun.   Moderate westerly wind.   About 8C.
Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of my route)			Close-up location (The green line shows where I walked) (No GPX today)

Commentary

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

Val was working at the museum in the afternoon so while she was out I drove round to Woody’s to get a Christmas tree for the flat and then on to Decathlon for the umpteenth time (it’s fast becoming my new go-to shopping destination) to buy some new socks, swimming shorts and running trousers.   I also got a fleece top for just €15 which by any stretch of the imagination must be a bargain in these days of hyper inflation.

Don’t worry though – the Christmas tree isn’t going up till mid December but they are 30% off at the moment (but still €56) so too good a bargain to miss.

As an aside I also got a reply to my letter to Fingal County Council about the greenway cyclepath over the Broadmeadow lagoon from Malahide to Donabate.   Basically it won’t be open until 2025 (if everything goes to plan) and will cost €30mln.   Construction is expected to start in 2024.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

Torrential rain greeted us when we woke up this morning.   So glad it wasn’t like this for the Sugarloaf walk	Warehouse like interior of Decathlon.   I quite like it because they seem to have pretty much every size in stock, unlike many shops when you find something you like but they never seem to have it in the right size
Spanish homework this week was particularly difficult this week but the red wine eased the process considerably

Interactive map

(No map today)

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