A rest day in Cherbourg Mar 20, 2017 07:28 Out of bed. 09:05 Finished breakfast1. Now at the computer. Renewed some vanity domains. 10;48 Finished a fruitful text chat with Three.ie From somewhere in the Celtic Sea to the youth hostel in Cherbourg Mar 19, 2017 07:17 Dodgy tum. Decided I probably ought to skip breakfast too. I don’t feel queasy, but I did have a hot sweaty night under the quilt and I was From Kilrane to somewhere in the Celtic Sea Mar 18, 2017 07:17 Up and out of bed. Sweaty quilt, but the room is warmer today. 07:54 A third-generation blister on the pad of my right foot burst From Wexford town to the village of Kilrane Mar 17, 2017 Lovely lazy start to the day - up at 07:45, washed and at breakfast at 09:00. Now I’m packing with a plan to find a hardware shop, then walk to From a field under Oulart Hill to Wexford town Mar 16, 2017 Up at 06:14 after a gloriously comfortable night’s sleep in a meadow under Oulart hill. The day is mild and overcast. The dawn chorus was more From a crop field somewhere in South Wicklow to a field under Oulart Hill, Wexford Mar 15, 2017 06:25 Get up. 08:29 Ready to move on. Broke camp, breakfast, sock wash, toothbrushing, text Aisling. 09:57 Craanford bridge. Beautiful sunny day. From a forest between Agavannagh and the Ow river to a crop field somewhere in South Wicklow Mar 14, 2017 In the early days of this trip I was a bit remiss in including information in my notebook about the places I passed through or stopped in; I had the From beyond the Sally Gap to a wood between Agavannagh and the Ow river Mar 13, 2017 There are no entries for the morning. 11:49:47 11:50:54 12:32:05 12:42:04 12:48:23 12:48:47 14:27 Shay Elliott memorial. I scoffed an entire slab of From Drimnagh, Dublin to beyond the Sally Gap, Wicklow Mar 12, 2017 08:55:39 08:55 Left the house with a minimal backpack. Aisling is meeting me on the Killakee Road. The day is overcast, with glimmers of pale blue Shakeout Trip: some observations Feb 7, 2017 These are my raw notes scribbled on the train home from Wexford on the evening of day six of the Shakeout walk. The daily pace is fine, as are all Shakeout Trip Log Oct 30, 2016 This is a straight transcription of the notes I took on the Shakeout walk from Dublin to Rosslare between 26 September and 1 October 2016. This is Shakeout: day six Oct 1, 2016 The drizzle has stopped but the swish of tyres on the still-wet Wexford road hurts my ears. I reckon I’m just over half a day’s walk from my Shakeout: evening, day two Sep 27, 2016 After a lunch of salad and two huge slices of cake in Laragh, I walked for an hour and a half, zig-zagging uphill and south and west along the Shakeout: day one Sep 26, 2016 Half a day in and I’m digesting lunch of boiled eggs, stuffed vine leaves and an almond sugar bar in the car park where Cruagh Road meets the How long will it take to walk to the ferry port? Aug 23, 2016 That’s the question I had to answer before booking a ticket to France. I also had to get a feel for the rhythms of tramping and make sure the gear