Ireland day 0433. Monday 05 December 2022- Washing Machine *

Ireland day 0433. Monday 05 December 2022- Washing Machine

Today’s summary	Val had a full day off work so we had a relaxing day in the flat. Spent the day doing the Christmas cards, cooking the Lough Avalla beef, and getting the washing machine fixed.
Today’s weather	Blustery and mostly overcast with occasional glimpses of sun. Heavy rain last night but dry today. Strong easterly wind. Appx 8C.

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of my route)		Close-up location (No GPX today)

Commentary

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

Val had a full day off both the museum and the castle, but we spent most of it in the flat finishing off Christmas cards, cooking (roast beef from the Lough Avalla farm that we collected from Howth a couple of weeks ago) and getting the washing machine fixed.

The tumble dryer failed a few weeks ago but we have only just got round to having it repaired. Fortunately, as our property is let furnished, the repair doesn’t cost us anything apart from having to stay in all day to deal with the engineers. As it happens, an earlier visit by a technician had concluded that it was probably a fault with a “software module” so the simplest solution was just to replace the whole thing. So now we have a brand-new machine and I’m just hoping it works properly.

Mind you with the price of electricity lately we have been drying things on a rack on the balcony and we will probably continue to do that most of the time except when we need dry stuff in a hurry.

A very relaxing day, and very enjoyable not to be rushing around anywhere

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Miniature chrysanthemums brightening up the flower bed opposite the dentists	This parking lot is a bit ambiguous. How old do you have to be?

Grey skies over Malahide today. Very November-y	Testing out the beef



Superb roast beef dinner tonight. Thanks Val!