August 31, 2023

It is day 8, our last day, of the Wicklow Way. We arrived in Dublin after 8 days of walking along the Wicklow Way. We left out a few miles here and there so our total was just under 70 miles instead of the total 83 miles. For the numbers people, we hiked for 40 hours, my Fit Bit showed the total steps for the walk to be 204,758 steps; Norman figures the amount of elevation we gained over the hike was 13,150 feet (this is all the uphill, not the net); Fit Bit calls it 1,155 floors of stairs.

Today started out with a very high chance of rain all day, but when we got to our starting point, the rain had stopped. The clouds were low on the hillsides and the wind was about 20-25 miles per hour. We walked across the moors of the Dublin Mountains, a beautiful up and down through heather covered ground.  At the top, we caught our first view of Dublin since leaving there over a week ago.

We have enjoyed our time in Ireland. We’ve met many nice people. The walk has been challenging but fun. We fly to Scotland tomorrow to visit longtime friends for 2 days before we begin the England canal boat part of our trip.