Day before the Wicklow Way
We are at the Sunindale Bed and Breakfast in Tinhaley, Ireland. Our hostess is a wonderful grandmotherly woman named Madge and she thinks we are crazy for attempting to run the Wicklow Way. We arrived here after a morning walking the streets of Dublin. Yesterday's run was 25 minutes of laps around the Trinity University campus.
In last night's jet-lagged stupor we managed to find an over-priced "Irish" dinner in the Temple Bar District and a milkshake to calm Dad's stomach. The best part of the evening was drinking a freshly-poured Guinness just minutes away from the world's Guinness Headquarters.
Mr. Price has been our unnofficial tourguide since our arrival in Tinhaley. We met him while looking over a Wicklow Way map in the town square next to the library. He kindly gave us details about the trail and showed us a few points of interest on the map. He also mentioned an old railroad track turned walking trail near the Derry woods and river, Derry means oak.
We made it to the trailhead where Mr. Price happened to be waiting for us. It's a five-mile run to the town of Shilelagh and we weren't able to cover more than the first 200 meters or so before booking it back to Madeline's Restaurant for dinner. After dinner we went to a small pub for a beer. We each had a Smithwicks Ale. If Budweiser made a dark Ale, this would be it. A little bland and left a sour after taste. But the bar was cool and the lady tending it was very friendly.
Total Miles Run: 3 miles yesterday.
Total Beers Consumed: 1 pint of Smithwicks each, 2 pints of Guinness each yesterday
In last night's jet-lagged stupor we managed to find an over-priced "Irish" dinner in the Temple Bar District and a milkshake to calm Dad's stomach. The best part of the evening was drinking a freshly-poured Guinness just minutes away from the world's Guinness Headquarters.
Mr. Price has been our unnofficial tourguide since our arrival in Tinhaley. We met him while looking over a Wicklow Way map in the town square next to the library. He kindly gave us details about the trail and showed us a few points of interest on the map. He also mentioned an old railroad track turned walking trail near the Derry woods and river, Derry means oak.
We made it to the trailhead where Mr. Price happened to be waiting for us. It's a five-mile run to the town of Shilelagh and we weren't able to cover more than the first 200 meters or so before booking it back to Madeline's Restaurant for dinner. After dinner we went to a small pub for a beer. We each had a Smithwicks Ale. If Budweiser made a dark Ale, this would be it. A little bland and left a sour after taste. But the bar was cool and the lady tending it was very friendly.
Total Miles Run: 3 miles yesterday.
Total Beers Consumed: 1 pint of Smithwicks each, 2 pints of Guinness each yesterday
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