A psychological rest day in Carentan
March 24, 2017
07:05 A grey, damp, misty day. I’m really glad I’m under bricks and mortar for this one. 07:07 Still quite dehydrated. It’s easy to forget to drink
From Camping Les Haizes outside La Haye-du-Puits to a hotel in Carentan
March 23, 2017
I woke at 06:59 but I’m so comfortable I decided to sleep for another hour. It’s now 08:05 and I’m about to start breaking camp. I haven’t decided
From a forested hill south of Bricquebec to Camping Les Haizes outside La Haye-du-Puits
March 22, 2017
07:15 Awake. It rained pretty consistently during the night - I have no idea for how long or how heavily - but all my stuff is dry apart from my sun
From the youth hostel in Cherbourg to a forested hill south of Bricquebec
March 21, 2017
07:18 Up and out of bed with some trepidation. 07:42 Washed, drying. Stomach still a bit unsettled. No surprise there. I peeled a disk of dead skin
A rest day in Cherbourg
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
February 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
October 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
October 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
September 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
September 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?
August 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
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