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Cork/Blarney Irland 2020
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- Aug 2, 2020, 2:12 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Ireland Munster Cork Blackrock 51.89667, -8.4183351°53’48” N 8°25’6” W
Day 10
Cork - Black Rock
August 2, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Eigentlich wollten wir am Black Rock Castle Observatory ein wenig spazieren gehen, aber leider war kein freier Parkplatz zu finden, so dass wir nach Black Rock zurückgefahren sind, wo wir dann auf einen kleinen Markt stießen. Wir hatten dort Crepes und Kaffee, und Eimear hat für Pat einen Beutel Ballycotton Potatoes gekauft, die angeblich die besten Kartoffeln in ganz Irland sein sollen.
Später waren wir noch zusammen mit Padraig und Sonia bei Pat und Jo zum Essen eingeladen.
Patrick blieb dann bei ihnen zum Übernachten, sehr zur Freude von Hannah, die das Schlafzimmer in Blarney mal eine Nacht für sich selbst hatte.Read more
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- Nov 10, 2019
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Ireland Munster Cork Blackrock 51.897472, -8.42094751°53’51” N 8°25’15” W
Long run at the Marina
November 10, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
The best (and pretty much only!) place in Cork city to do a long run is at the Marina. It’s nice at any time of year, but I really enjoyed the sunshine and the Autumn colours today. I was tired after yesterday’s race, so I put my earphones in and didn’t think about pace at all for 90 minutes. I did the usual loop in the opposite direction for a change too, heading out along the old railway line as back by the coast.

After the run, me and Peter decided what to do with the rest of our Sunday. We were both tired, so the main activity for the day was shopping in Wilton Tesco, followed by several episodes of The Handmaids Tale. And, to be honest, this was just fine by me!Read more
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- Mar 1, 2020, 1:05 PM
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Ireland Munster Cork Blackrock 51.8983, -8.41683851°53’54” N 8°25’1” W
Long run at the Marina with Mum
March 1, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
The weather was nice this morning, so we decided to do what I often do on a Sunday, which was to head to the Marina. I did a seventy minute run, and just about got to seventy minutes as I’ve lost a lot of fitness since being sick! Mum walked the same Marina loop as me and we met up at the market in Blackrock afterwards.
I’ve never stopped at the market after my run before, but it’s something I will routinely do in future after today. We each got a fruit juice and a scone - delicious and good for refuelling!
At home for the afternoon, we read newspapers and generally chilled out. It was nice not really having anything specific to do!Read more
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- May 17, 2020, 10:07 AM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Ireland Munster Cork Blackrock 51.898772, -8.42022851°53’56” N 8°25’13” W
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Day 66 - Back to the Marina!
May 17, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The 5km limit on how far you can go from your house has been in place for almost two weeks now, but today was my first time back at the Marina in over two months. This is where I would normally do almost all of my long runs, so it was lovely to be back for a ninety minute run today. I particularly enjoyed getting to be beside the sea again for the first time since March. The next thing that I’d like to be able to do is to go for a sea swim, but I think that’ll have to wait until the radius extends to 20km in three weeks time, as I can’t think of any swimming areas within 5km of home. At least it gives me something to look forward to!

I also managed to capture one of my favourite images of the lockdown, while out for my run today. A lady, who looked like she was over seventy, had her arms outstretched and was breathing in the sea air. It makes me feel really uplifted just looking at this image!

On the way home from my run, I stopped in a nearby Tesco express to pick up some grapes and a few treats. Unexpectedly, I was the only customer in the shop for almost the entire time. People are shopping less these days so I think they prefer to go to the bigger supermarkets where they can do a bigger shop.

Me and Peter did a lot of work on our lockdown band recording this afternoon. Peter seems intent on perfecting the piece to within an inch of its life at the moment! I guess we won’t be going anywhere for a while, so I’ve now allowed myself to get sucked into the process of tweaking and fixing lots of little bits in the piece. It’ll be a masterpiece by the end of all of this!

I’d a lovely chat with Fiona and Orlaith on Zoom at 4pm today. We avoided almost all talk of the virus, and we’d a good laugh about air fryers and egg makers. Complaining about the restrictions of lockdown has its place, but it’s also really nice to have a conversation with friends, in which the virus and lockdown are not mentioned at all! After a little wobble this morning, where Peter had to listen to me rant about how “Leo Varadkar is not managing the situation well,” the chat about an egg maker was much needed!

I do, overall, think that the authorities have managed the situation in our country well. Sometimes, though, it just seems that the current restrictions are unwinding at a snails pace!Read more
Traveler This is such a brilliant pic! Good for that woman!
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