Saturday, 26-July-2025
After hiking, and after acapella Elvish, we took a quiet road home. And that made all the difference.
How an adventure ends is important, we can all agree. This ending was beautiful – scenic, calm driving back into the city, while watching the hills and countryside slip by. Those long, seemingly endless roads through the Irish hills…
They’re lovely, they’re calming, and I’m thankful we could experience them.
Saturday, 26-July-2025
Back during the MBA, one of the classes Andrea took found her (and her group) creating a project plan to scale up the operations and impact of a small nature sanctuary South of the city.
A Lord of the Rings themed nature sanctuary named Dorlindon.
Yes, I was incredibly jealous. Let’s move on.
Turns out – Dorlindon is located pretty close to the Great Sugar Loaf hike that we were doing on Saturday… and, interestingly, had an event going on that same afternoon!
With the hike complete, we popped back into the car and hit the road into Elvish Country.
Turns out, the “concert” was actually an acapella group singing in Elvish. It… I don’t know what I was expecting, but this definitely wasn’t it. No costumes, no musical accompaniment, no… I don’t know, no great feeling of magic? It was lovely, don’t get me wrong, and would have probably been much cooler had I understood Elvish, but… well.
I’m glad that we went, in any case. It was lovely getting to see the work that Dorlindon’s stewards have done, and it was a very cool opportunity to see something (and hear something) I never thought I’d see (or hear). If you’re ever in the region, dear readers, I’d heartily recommend a quick stop by.
Saturday, 26-July-2025
Now that I’m starting to get a slight handle on the Irish topography and terrain, it’s time to start bringing people on adventures!
Today’s adventure? Taking Andrea on a lovely, leisurely stroll up The Great Sugar Loaf, South of Dublin.
Simple, enjoyable, and lovely… we had some spits of rain (if I recall correctly), but mainly lovely slight overcast sun. Good views, good trail… just a very lovely time overall, with beautiful flowers and excellent times.
