It is a bank holiday Sunday here and the day of the Dublin marathon. After Mr. Waffle had cheered on his brother and the half dozen other people he knew who were doing the marathon (I know!), we got out of dodge and went to Carlingford. We walked up the mountain and viewed the bay. It was quite wet I would have to say.
Usually you can see the Mourne mountains really clearly across the bay but not today. “Fog in Carlingford Lough, UK cut off,” said Mr. Waffle.
However, climactic conditions notwithstanding it was nice to be out. We had a lovely lunch as a reward for our walk and a look around the cute shop beside the cafe (can I recommend this spot if you ever find yourself in Carlingford?). I thought it might need my Halloween decor needs but it did not. My quest for decorative gourds is ongoing and time is now running out. I started looking too early and then I stopped and now it appears to be too late. Alas.
There was an article in the paper yesterday about Halloween being more Christmassy than Christmas and I sort of know what the writer meant. I have enjoyed getting out my Halloween tat and laying in sweets for the little trick or treaters but there’s no pressure. Not that I don’t still love Christmas, of course.
I am really not a marathon runner. My brother is and ran yesterday – he is nearly 61 (good lord – neither of us really believe this, I am not quite 2 years behind him – it’s alarming). But 60 is the new 40 I hear, so maybe he is living proof….
We had the very-popular-and-not-just-for military Marine Corps Marathon here in Washington, DC yesterday. Our weather was on the warmer side and sunny. I expect that at least some of the runners would have preferred the cool fog of Dublin.
Suzy – I am very impressed by all these (middle aged?) men and their marathoning. Good for them, in fairness.
Karen, I asked my brother-in-law about the weather preference and he said that the Dublin weather was just a bit wet and chilly. Perhaps he might have preferred your Washington DC weather; these runners are all very highly strung.