Ireland day 0469. Tuesday 10 January 2023- Doolin Rain

Today’s summary	Spent the day mostly in our cottage in Doolin sheltering from the rain.  Made a trip to Lisdoonvarna for supplies at lunchtime, and a quick walk on the cliffs late afternoon during a break in the weather.   Dinner in the pub again in the evening.
Today’s weather	Heavy rain solidly from 4pm yesterday to 4pm today, then a brief bright interlude before it got dark.   Strong to gale force westerly wind.   Appx 9C
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): Hills of Howth walk

Commentary

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

A lovely day mostly enjoying the fire in our cosy Doolin hideaway, where we are snatching a 2-day mini break.

It poured with rain all day so we used the opportunity to sit by the fire, wind down a bit, and read.   Very relaxing.   Just a quick trip up to Lisdoonvarna at lunchtime to do some shopping and stock up on fuel for the fire.

Then at about 4pm the rain suddenly stopped and the sun even came out  briefly.   So we hastily threw on our boots and wet weather gear and headed out on the first section of the Doolin to Cliffs of Moher path.   Didn’t get very far before it started to get dark, but an absolutely exhilarating walk nevertheless.  Boiling seas, raging streams and spectacular waterfalls pouring into the Atlantic below made it memorable.

A few more moments by the fire then a quick scoot back to the hotel for some more seafood.   Wonderful.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

Spent a lot of the day enjoying this!	Mural on the side of the cottage at the bottom of our road
Our local.   Sadly, closed until the weekend	A lonely figure (Val) surveying the stormy seas
Astonishing seascapes.   Churning waves and cascading waterfalls mixing with the spray – and sometimes flowing back uphill in the wind	Just about holding it together at the far point of our walk
A brief glimpse of watery sun over the fields at the back of our cottage, after a day of continuous rain

Interactive map

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

Download file: Doolin Walk compressed corrected.gpx

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