Ireland day 0488. Sunday 29 January 2023- Glen Of The Downs2

Today’s summary	Went on a Club walk at the Glen of the Downs, including the Octagon, and Val joined us.   Refreshments at the Glenview Hotel before and after then Val went out on a Malahide pub crawl with work colleagues in the evening
Today’s weather	Dry and bright with plenty of sun.   Calm most of the day but a strengthening westerly wind in the evening.   Appx 9C
Today’s overview location (The green mark shows the location of our route)			Close-up location (The orange 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): Glen of the Downs 2 DWC

Commentary

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

We returned to the Glen of the Downs today to repeat the walk up to Kindlestown Hill (where the iron Age fort may or may not be) then down through the woods to the La Touche Octagon.   But this time it was a walk for the full club, and Val was able to join us for the first time since last October.

As per the recce we did ten days ago, we started out with refreshments in the Glenview hotel beforehand (I tried to resist the scones but couldn’t) then headed up the hill for a picnic lunch on the top.   Then an exploration of the woods and the Octagon viewpoint / summer house before returning to the hotel for more refreshments via Ballydonagh Lane.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable and sociable outing, as ever, and the mild, calm and sunny weather made it even more so.

Once we got back, Val had to dash straight back out for a pub crawl(!) with work colleagues round Malahide this evening, so I used the time to practice Spanish and do a bit of reading.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

Entering Kindlestown woods from the car park at the top of Ballydonagh Lane	At the top of the hill, looking down to Greystones
From the seat with the delightful view at the very top, with Little Sugarloaf on the left and Bray Head on the right	Descending through Kindlestown Woods
At the Octagon.   The restorations seem to be proceeding at a glacial pace	Tunnel so the servants could discreetly enter and leave without disturbing the La Touche guests being entertained at the Octagon
Iconic view of the Great Sugarloaf

Interactive map

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

Download file: Glen of the downs 2 DWC compressed corrected.gpx

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