Ireland day 0502. Sunday 12 February 2023- Phoenix2

Today’s summary	Val was in the midst of her five day stint at work, so once she’d set off for the museum, I pulled together my things and headed into town to join the walking club for a short amble from Heuston station. The walk passed Kilmainham hospital and gardens, Kilmainham gaol, the War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge and Phoenix Park. Another dry bright spring-like day, though a bit of a cold breeze at the start. Sun later in the day warmed things up a bit and it became very pleasant. Lots of people out and about but Phoenix Park was – as ever – looking spacious, verdant and lovely. There was even time for a quick cup of coffee in the visitor centre before heading down to the station and then onwards back to Malahide. A very enjoyable day.
Today’s weather	Dry and bright, once again, though a little more sun than recently. Moderate south easterly wind which dropped off later. Appx 9C

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): Heuston Phoenix Ashtown

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

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Kilmainham Hospital	In the Hospital Gardens – always absolutely immaculate and looking a bit like a miniature Versailles

*Grave of Vololel – “For 23 years the charger and faithful friend of Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar“. The horse died in 1899 and was buried in the Hospital Gardens*	Kilmainham Gaol looking as grim as ever

War Memorial Gardens	Áras an Uachtaráin, the President’s official residence, in Phoenix Park

The bridge at Islandbridge (unsurprisingly)