Ireland day 0438. Saturday 10 December 2022- Howth Replacement *

Ireland day 0438. Saturday 10 December 2022- Howth Replacement
Today’s summary Val working in the evening and decided to stay warm in the flat during the day.   The Club walk to Trooperstopwn was cancelled in view of the weather so a friend and I went on a walk round Howth Head instead.   Very enjoyable despite the chill.
Today’s weather Grey and murky with freezing fog but some sun on Howth Head later in the afternoon.   Dry with light north westerly wind.   Appx 2C
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):
Howth replacement wintry walk
Commentary

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

Today’s Club walk from Trooperstown was cancelled because of the icy conditions (both on the route itself and also on the road to get there).

So as a replacement, I met up with a local friend and we went together to Howth and completed an enjoyable circular walk up over the hill then back around the coast path.

Even a little sun en route but mostly grey with freezing fog on the top.   Val was working in the evening but decided to have a day staying warm in the flat before venturing out into the cold.  She had left by the time I got back from Howth.   So the day didn’t pan out exactly as expected, but pretty good nevertheless.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

The charmingly named Bog of Frogs on Howth head – completely frozen today.   Chilly frogs. Heading up into the freezing fog, just below the Ben of Howth
Sun later in the afternoon, on the approach to Howth Steps down to Balscadden Bay – a popular swimming spot and incredibly there was actually someone in the water today.
Once back in Howth, I walked out on the most westerly harbour wall to check out the lighthouses The lighthouse itself.
With fog, gorse and rime for company
Interactive map

(Elevations corrected at  GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )

Total distance: 10970 m
Max elevation: 150 m
Min elevation: 1 m
Total climbing: 402 m
Total descent: -452 m
Total time: 03:28:33
Download file: Howth Wintry Walk compressed corrected.gpx

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