Ireland day 0514. Friday 24 February 2023- Walk Gym Coffee *

Ireland day 0514. Friday 24 February 2023- Walk Gym Coffee

Today’s summary	Val continuing to recover and my back good enough for a session at the gym and pool. Went to the Grand Hotel for tea and scones then came home and made salmon followed by fresh pineapple for dinner
Today’s weather	Dry again with cloud in the morning but some sun in the afternoon. Light northerly wind. 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): Slow demesne walk

Commentary

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

Val was feeling considerably better today – so much so that she thinks she may be able to go back to work tomorrow. And my back is almost back to normal too.

So in the morning, we took a slow walk round the demesne to start getting bones and joints back into action again, then after lunch Val relaxed her back while I went to the gym to clock up a few more km for the Morocco challenge. I think our team is nearly there now, though sadly one of the other groups beat us to it and got there last weekend.

After a session in the gym then a quick swim, Val walked down and, in a repeat performance from yesterday, we retired to the Grand Hotel for a very civilised cup of tea (and scone, in my case).

Now we’re back in the flat, it’s time for dinner and tonight I’m doing grilled salmon fillets with sweet potato and peas, followed by fresh pineapple (whole pineapple reduced to 36¢ in Supervalu – you can’t go wrong). Time to get the potato peeler out!

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


What I call the cycad avenue up in the demesne. Feels a bit rainforest-y	Celandines and daffodils brightening up the route

A brief glimmer of sun on the dog-off-leash area of the demesne this morning	Coffee lounge bar in the Grand Hotel. The tea and scone made all the day’s exertions seem worthwhile



Nearly back up to full strength!