On St Patrick.s Day I walked from Dun Laoghaire Harbour to Howth Harbour in aid of AWARE (their strap line is helping to defeat depression) a total of 16.2 miles. It was a beautiful day and all along the route we met many other walkers with happy smiles on their faces. It started out great with some fast walking, as I reached Sutton Cross I could feel my legs getting weak and very sore, with only 2.3 miles left to go.  It would be true to say that I would not walk this type of distance in one go. I try and walk every day for 30- 40 minutes only. So I needed to maintain focus and determination to complete this walk especially at the final mile or so. After setting out from Dun Laoghaire at 10.45am I finally reached Howth Harbour at 15.15 which included a short 30 minute break along the way. I met some lovely people who had taken part in the walk as we all enjoyed a well deserved cool drink.
I was delighted with my achievement and I was just one of several hundred other walkers who took part, especially a young boy from Monaghan aged 10 years named Ethan. I would say he was one of the youngest walkers. I have posted some of the photos I took along the way on the gallery page.
Visit the AWARE web site www.aware.ie , one never knows you could join us next year.
The Tattoo on the leg of a walker reads
“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt”
nice post. thanks.
HI
Thanks for your comment and visiting my site, glad to have completed the walk and looking forward to next year
Regards
Mel