Ireland day 1203. Monday 13 January 2025- UK Relatives 1

Today’s summary	Spent the morning cleaning and tidying the flat then met Val’s sister and husband from the airport in the early afternoon.   They are staying with us until Wednesday.   Walked round the demesne in the afternoon then Greedy Goose for dinner in the evening
Today’s weather	Grey and overcast with a couple of light showers but otherwise but mainly dry.   Light southerly wind.   Appx 11c
Today’s overview location (The green mark shows the location of our route)			Close-up location (The orange 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): Over the Hill with Guests

Commentary

(The blogs for the next couple of days are going to be a bit shorter than usual, as Val’s sister and her husband are staying with us until Wednesday and I need to spend being a good host!   A few photos and brief details follow)

So – with guests arriving in the early afternoon, the morning was spent making up beds, and doing a last-minute clean and tidy of the flat.   Whilst all this was going one, Val escaped to the tender mercy of the dentists and came back sporting 2 new and somewhat unexpected fillings and €200 less in her wallet.

We picked up our guests from their on-time flight – though to make things easier, I waited in McDonald’s car park (pictured in the banner image at the top) while Val went into the terminal building to meet and greet them.

Back in the flat, we had a light soup-and-a-roll lunch then went out on a walk to the Post Office then round the demesne and over the hill to Portmarnock.   It was good to show off some of our local sights and history to our visitors.   We walked back along the coast and got back just as it was getting dark.

A glass of fizz awaited us once we had settled in, then we headed out to the Greedy Goose for an Irish tapas dinner later on.

All in all a good day and we all enjoyed checking out the history and amenities of Malahide.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

Lambay from Robswall playing fields	Text here
In the Demesne looking over to where the concerts are held in the summer

Interactive map

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

Download file: Over-the-hill-with-guests-compressed-corrected.gpx

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