Ireland day 0449. Wednesday 21 December 2022- Midwinter2 *

Ireland day 0449. Wednesday 21 December 2022- Midwinter2

Today’s summary	Spent the morning in the flat trying to get over a cold, then went into Dublin to do some shopping and visit the MoLi. very enjoyable afternoon out
Today’s weather	Clear dry and bright with long sunny spells. Light westerly wind. Appx 6C.

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

Commentary

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

Midwinter’s day. From here on the days start getting longer again. Hooray!

Had a relaxed morning in the flat as I seem to have got another cold (definitely not Covid by the way – I have tested!) and I want to be over it by Christmas. Headed into Dublin around noon to to a bit of last minute Christmas shopping and also to check out the decorations and various seasonal festivities. Treated myself to lunch in Fegan’s 1924 café and then walked over to MoLI to look at the latest exhibition on the Blasket Islands.

Fascinating and as such I decided it merited a cup of tea in the MoLI Commons café afterwards.

Caught the DART back from Pearse station around 6pm after a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon out.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Sad ruins of what I think is the Scots Presbyterian church on Killarney street	Peering through the caged doors into what seems to be well on the way to becoming the sad ruins of the Dublin City Council Wholesale Fruit Vegetable And Flower Market

In Fegan’s 1924 café. One of my favourite hideaways	The brief day ending over the Liffey late this afternoon

Christmas market in Dublin Castle courtyard. Felt very festive today, with crisp clear air and a blue sky	The Gaiety theatre up at the top of Grafton street. Currently hosting a Christmas pantomime

Here we go again.