Ireland day 0562. Thursday 13 April 2023- Guests Newgrange *

Ireland day 0562. Thursday 13 April 2023- Guests Newgrange

Today’s summary	Family visiting from the UK at the moment and Val at work in the museum. the rest of us went to Brú na Bóinne to visit the Newgrange monuments. Then met Val in Drogheda and went to bennet’s in Ardcath for a beer
Today’s weather	Sunshine and showers. Strong westerly wind. Appx 10C

Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of our route)		Close-up location (The blue line shows where we walked) (No GPX today)

Commentary

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

We’ve got family guests staying with us at the moment – so this blog is shorter than normal.

First thing, we went over to see Val in her native habitat at the Museum. Then, as Val was at work for the day, I drove our guests up to Brú na Bóinne for lunch, then we went on the tour round Knowth and Newbridge. Very successful and we managed to dodge the showers and actually see some sun.

Then drove over to Drogheda station (via Tesco) to pick up Val from the post-work train from Malahide. Finally we all went over to Bennett’s at Ardcath for a Guinness and to meet up with a friend. At about 8pm we left the pub and drove back to the flat for roast lamb dinner.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


On top of the burial mound at Knowth	In Bennett’s

Casino Model Railway Museum	Footbridge over the almost-flooded Boyne river near the visitor centre

Knowth	Patterned 5000-year old kerb stone at Newbridge

Bennett’s, Ardcath