Ireland day 0474. Sunday 15 January 2023- The Metals 2 *

Ireland day 0474. Sunday 15 January 2023- The Metals 2

Today’s summary	Revisited the Metals from Laoghaire for a Club walk up Killiney Hill. Val arrived in Austria for a ski holiday but it’s raining!
Today’s weather	Dry and bright with some sun, mostly in the morning. Drizzle in the evening. Moderate Westerly wind. Appx 5C

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The blue 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): Metals 2 DWC

Commentary

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

I last visited the Metals with the walking club just over a year ago, so it was nice to be back again.

Took the diesel train and then the Dart down to Dun Laoghaire to join the walk, which started off on the Metals then headed up through Dalkey quarry to Dalkey Hill and on to Killiney Hill, with the obelisk. It’s a very attractive area of Dublin – but on account of its accessibility and proximity to the city, it tends to get quite busy.

Good weather, good views and good company made it a very enjoyable day out. Got a Dart straight back from Dalkey so was in Malahide less than an hour after the walk finished.

Val arrived in Austria this morning and it’s raining!

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Street market in Dun Laoghaire this morning	Along the Metals – the trackbed of the old railway used to transport granite down from the Killiney quarry to Dun Laoghaire, where it was used to build the harbour breakwaters

From the top of the quarry, looking over Dublin Bay to the eastern end of the Howth peninsula	Telegraph station at the top of Dalkey Hill

View over Killiney Bay towards Bray Head, from the path between Dalkey and Killiney Hills	Killiney Obelisk

Little (left) and Great (right) Sugarloaf mountains, enjoying a refreshing drop of rain in a beam of sunshine