Ireland day 0539. Tuesday 21 March 2023- Up A Hill *

Ireland day 0539. Tuesday 21 March 2023- Up A Hill

Today’s summary	Walked up and over Paddy’s Hill and back along the coast in the morning. Did Spanish homework in the afternoon and went to the dentist toi have a crown glued back on. Took the bus to meet Val from the airport in the evening
Today’s weather	Bright and blustery in the morning, with a few glimpses of sun. Persistent rain from mid-afternoon onwards. Moderate Southerly wind. Appx 11C

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of my route)		Close-up location (The blue line shows where I walked) (Click button below to download GPX of today’s walk as recorded, or see interactive map at bottom with elevations corrected): Paddy's Hill circular walk on crutches

Commentary

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

It was the first day of Spring today (hoorah – at last!) and I had a good night’s sleep last night so all round I woke up feeling pretty good this morning. But there was one fly in the ointment. Last night, I was enjoying some reheated Christmas Pudding for dinner which unfortunately was very sticky. So halfway through, when I felt like I was chewing I stone, I feared the worst. And sure enough, I had pulled the crown off one of my dental implants.

So my first task of the day was to make an appointment at the dentist to get it fixed (luckily I hadn’t swallowed it or else the process could have been a whole lot more unpleasant). Once I’d had breakfast and got washed and dressed (which takes ages when you are hopping around on crutches), I decided to push my daily walking a bit further and also to include a gentle hill-climb. So I set off, and to my relief successfully completed, the Paddy’s Hill circular walk. It’s one of my local favourites and it didn’t disappoint today, with mild conditions and a fine view from the top. On the way back, I did a bit of shopping then came back to the flat for lunch.

Suitably energised after my longest post-op walk to date (at over 7km), I hoovered round everywhere then spent another couple of hours doing yet more Spanish homework (I really am making heavy weather of this!). Inbetween lunch and Spanish I fitted in yet another visit to the Malahide dentist where my crown was glued back on again for the princely sum of €150. Still, I suppose it could have been worse. Now, at last, I have finished my chores so I’m going to have a cup of tea and cook up some bacon and eggs for dinner.

Finally, I’m going to brave the Dublin buses again to go out to the airport to meet Val. A pretty hectic day, and I haven’t even had time for my now-customary snooze yet!

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


By the playing fields in the Malahide demesne. A pleasant start to the day, but heavy rain set in mid afternoon	Blossom in a front garden on Seamount Road

Coming back down to the coast on the far side of Paddy’s Hill	Enthusiastic bathers at Low Rock

Looking across the Malahide estuary to the Portrane peninsula, with wading seabirds in the middle distance	Yes I’m back again! I should take up permanent residence here I think

€150 to get it glued back in again. Still, it would have been (a lot) worse if I’d swallowed it