Ireland day 0493. Friday 03 February 2023- Coast Walk
Today’s summary | Val had a day off so we walked together to Howth round the coast, spotting the Mournes en route. Chicken casserole for dinner afterwards | ||||
Today’s weather | Dry and bright with plenty of sunshine until mid afternoon. Moderate westerly wind. Appx 11C. | ||||
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): Malahide Paddy Sutton and Howth |
Commentary
(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).
It was another free day for Val today so we decided to make the most of the good weather and, after a relaxing morning, we headed off down the coast to Howth. It’s one of our favourite walks, up over Paddy’s Hill with its lofty skyscapes, down through Portmarnock town centre, and then out to Sutton via the Baldoyle Greenway.
Once at Sutton, as the tide was out, we dropped down some promenade steps onto the beach and walked round the outer perimeter of Sutton golf course, following the route I explored a few weeks ago. To our surprise, the distant Mountains of Mourne appeared out of the haze to the north as we headed along the beach – you can see them in the banner image at the top of the blog. The peak to the right of the picture is Slieve Donard, the highest mountain in Northern Ireland.
Overall, it was a fine walk to Howth, where we finished up with a decent coffee (and cake of course) in Insomnia. More chicken casserole for dinner tonight.
Today’s photos (click to enlarge)
Interactive map
(Elevations corrected at GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )
Max elevation: 49 m
Min elevation: 0 m
Total climbing: 112 m
Total descent: -116 m
Total time: 04:12:54