Ireland day 0503. Monday 13 February 2023- More Bread

Today’s summary	In the morning, Val went on a run and I had a video call with a friend.   In the afternoon, Val went to work and I went to the gym.   Made some bread from a packet in the evening
Today’s weather	Dry again with plenty of sun, but feeling colder than recently.   Strong south easterly wind.   Appx 7C
Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of my route)			Close-up location (The blue line shows where I walked) (No GPX today)

Commentary

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

A relatively quiet day today.   Val was at work in the afternoon and went on a run in the morning.   I spent the time while she was out on a video call with a friend back in the UK.   It was particularly enjoyable, as his life has much in common with mine at the moment.

After a quick lunch, Val set off for an afternoon at the museum and I headed down to the gym to add a bit of distance to the Morocco challenge total.   I feel a bit inadequate as I am only managing about 10km a day (through a combination of static bike, cross-trainer, rowing machine, swimming and walking) whereas another member of the team did a cool 100km on the exercise bike yesterday.   Still, every little helps I suppose.

Then in the evening, I decided to make some more bread – again it’s a packet and this time it was a crusty wholemeal loaf.   Or so the packet says.   Today I decided not to add any extra flour when kneading it, as the previous loaves have been a bit dry and floury, presumably as a result of the extra flour I added to help it all stick together.   So today the mix was a bit sloppy but hopefully it should bake a bit better.   I’ll know in a couple of hours and will report back tomorrow.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

Downtown Malahide today, looking quite bright and cheerful in the February sunshine	Townyard Lane looking towards the Marina.   I definitely need a better telephoto lens!
I’m in team Kamilla.   Almost a third of the way there!

Interactive map

(No map today)

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