Ireland day 1451. Thursday 18 September 2025- Guests 1

Today’s summary	Spent the morning finishing off the preparations for our guests, then in the afternoon went on a quick walk round Hanlon’s Lane, had lunch and met them at the airport. After refreshments in the flat, went on a further short walk then Val’s best curry and chat in the flat.
Today’s weather	Mostly dry but with occasional drizzly rain. Light southerly wind. Appx 19c

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): Hanlons Lane with Marina again

Commentary

Today our friends from Glasgow arrived to stay with us for a few days. So the morning was spent doing the final bits of tidying up and shopping prior to their arrival. There’s so much to do! Anyway eventually we were ready so we went on a quick circular walk round Hanlon’s Lane and the Marina, got some sushi from Donnybrook Fair for lunch on the way back, then went off to the airport to collect them.

Their flight landed at about 3:30 and we were back in the flat by about 4pm. We spent a good couple of hours enjoying refreshments (tea, cake and wine) in the flat then went out on another short walk – this time around the Demesne.

We spent the rest of the evening in the flat enjoying a delicious curry that Val had made (amazing!) and catching up on all the news.

Anyway it’s getting late now, so I’m going to sign off and get some sleep in readiness for tomorrow’s adventures.

A wonderful relaxing day and so nice to see good friends again.

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)


Breakfast! (My porridge concoctions usually taste better than they look!)	Val’s office (The Casino) looking as lovely as ever

Hydrangeas on Hanlon’s Lane. I’m not sure if they are actually flowers or bracts	Southbound diesel heading off the viaduct into Malahide station

Val contemplating the marina this afternoon

In Donnybrook Fair – our local posh food store