Ireland day 0490. Tuesday 31 January 2023- Gym and Spanish 3
| Today’s summary | Val was working today so once she was despatched with packed lunch (a healthy roast beef salad ) I pottered off to the gym for a quick bash on the machines then a few lengths in the swimming pool. Suitably re-energised, I returned to the flat for lunch (roast beef salad for me too) then practiced Spanish in preparation for tonight’s lesson at Portmarnock. I managed a quick walk round the block – down Hanlon’s Lane and out to the Marina – as well as doing the shopping. We finished off the Moroccan chickpea soup for dinner once Val was back from work, then I went down to Spanish which, I am pleased to report, went well. Onwards and upwards. | ||||
| Today’s weather | Dry and sunny all day. Strong westerly wind. Feeling cold in the wind at about 6C | ||||
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| Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of my route) |
Close-up location (The green line shows where I walked) (Click button below to download GPX of today’s walk as recorded, or see interactive map at bottom with elevations corrected): Hanlons Lane Marina and Shops circuit |
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Commentary
(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).
Today’s photos (click to enlarge)
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| Our local bus stop, opposite the cricket club. the start (and finish) of many epic adventures | Hanlon’s Lane. I like this road – quiet, with views to the sea and close to town centre |
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| Some interesting tidal research in the lagoon today. It was pretty low, as you can tell from the water level which is well below the second set of railings.. | ..which fits with my theory that the lowest tides are about 2 hours after low tide in the outer lagoon, on a neap tide. The graph shows that actually this was pretty much the case when I passed at 4pm this afternoon. |
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| And if you look closely, you can see that the moon had just passed the first quarter – which would explain why it was a neap tide (earth, moon and sun at right angles to each other) | I’m always surprised how the exotic-looking cyclamen continue to stay in bloom all winter, even in the coldest weather (mind you Ireland is never really all that cold) |
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| St Sylvester’s church at sunset, from the Green by the Marina | |
Interactive map
(Elevations corrected at GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )
Total distance: 3159 m
Max elevation: 16 m
Min elevation: 1 m
Total climbing: 42 m
Total descent: -42 m
Total time: 00:54:03
Download file: Marina And Shops compressed corrected.gpx
Max elevation: 16 m
Min elevation: 1 m
Total climbing: 42 m
Total descent: -42 m
Total time: 00:54:03