Ireland day 0764. Wednesday 01 November 2023- More Work
Today’s summary | Spent the morning doing some work and shopping, then went on a walk over Robswall in the later afternoon. Beautiful autumn colours and fresh air. Collected Val from the airport in the evening | ||||
Today’s weather | Mostly bright and breezy with some sun after heavy rain overnight. Storm Ciaran expected later. Moderate south westerly wind. Appx 13c | ||||
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Today’s overview location (The grey mark shows the location of my route) |
Close-up location (The orange 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): Fresh air walk up Robswall |
Commentary
(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).
I don’t particularly enjoy days spent typing into a computer – but I have to keep reminding myself that it’s entirely self created – I didn’t have to do this! Still, to paraphrase JFK: “We don’t do these things because they are easy, we do them because they are hard”.
With that thought in mind, I pressed on, got the work done, and sent it off. At that point I allowed myself a break to do some shopping and get lunch (a chicken ready meal – half price – courtesy of Tesco). Then when I’d tidied up and done some more washing (it’s endless!) I decided to go out and get some fresh air. I thought a walk through the castle demesne and up Robswall would be in order – and indeed it was. The air was cool and clear, and the autumn colours were putting on a good display.
I thoroughly enjoyed my excursion, and it was made even better when I discovered that trusty Tesco was selling off Angel Slices (one of my favourites) at 1/3 of the normal price. What a result!
Now, I need to head off to the airport. Val is returning from her trip to London this evening and I mustn’t be late. Really looking forward to seeing her again!
Today’s photos (click to enlarge)
Interactive map
(Elevations corrected at GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )
Max elevation: 51 m
Min elevation: 1 m
Total climbing: 148 m
Total descent: -144 m
Total time: 01:39:53