Ireland day 0529. Saturday 11 March 2023- UKHip11 *

Ireland day 0529. Saturday 11 March 2023- UKHip11
Today’s summary Felt a lot better today than yesterday.   Family visited in the morning then in the late afternoon Val and I went on a short walk in the countryside.   TV, curry and an early night in the evening.
Today’s weather Sunny and bright in the morning, overcast with some sleety rain later in the afternoon.   Light south-easterly wind.   Appx 4C
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):
Longer stride in the country
Commentary

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

Felt a lot better when I got up this morning than I had yesterday.   I think a lot of healing must have been going on, as flexibility in my hip is definitely better today.

The day was greatly enhanced by a lovely visit from family in the morning, which was enjoyed with coffee and an excess of pastries.    Then later in the afternoon, Val and I drove back out into our favourite bit of countryside – each time walking a bit further than the last.   Very enjoyable, actually, despite the onset of sleety rain halfway through.

Finished off the day with curry supper than a short walk up to the shops to buy some milk.   Time now for a bit of relaxing by the TV then to bed, I think.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

Watery sun, at last.   Practically the first since we arrived in the UK thirteen days ago Looking forward to being able to clamber over these again.   Right now it might as well be the north face of the Eiger
Picnic in the car at the end.   Not our best look I have to admit
Interactive map

(Elevations corrected at  GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )

Total distance: 908 m
Max elevation: 216 m
Min elevation: 211 m
Total climbing: 5 m
Total descent: -6 m
Total time: 00:20:56
Download file: Lengthening The Stride compressed corrected.gpx

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