Ireland day 0471. Thursday 12 January 2023- Paperwork

Today’s summary	Val was working and I spent the morning on a video call to a friend in the UK and then doing a raft of paperwork.   Quick trip into Dublin for an eye test in the evening
Today’s weather	Mostly dry with some occasional heavy rain. Some sun. Strong to gale force westerly wind. Appx 7C.
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 back at work again this morning and I had a video catch up with a friend back in the UK first thing. So quite a busy and enjoyable morning.

Once the call was completed, I embarked on a day of paperwork. Never my favourite way of spending time, but important nevertheless. So house insurance, car insurance and health insurance policies were all renewed – though I can hardly believe it’s a year since I first took them out. When renewing the medical policy I discovered that I could make a claim towards the cost of the various dental treatments I’ve had recently. I can only get about €90 at most which is trivial compared to the €2000 I’ve spent, but not to be sneezed at. So I found all my bills and put in a claim.

Then in the evening I made a quick trip into Dublin via Tara St station for a routine eye test, just to round off a perfect(!) day. Such a contrast to the peace and tranquillity of the last two days in the west coast!

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

Platform 7 at Connolly station this evening.   The coldest place on earth outside Antarctica, any time of year, any time of day
An unusually high tide at Malahide today

Interactive map

(No map today)

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