Field notes from Ireland
Gyms tried, trails walked, classes booked, and the behavioural tricks that actually make a routine stick. Distances, maps, and honest notes — no programmes to sell.
Out of town
From the Dublin notes: cliff walks, a hill ruin, and a park loop you can do after work.
Wicklow Mountains · Mountain
Steeper than Djouce, waterfall from Ride Rock, and no coffee van at Crone.
Wicklow Mountains · Mountain
Boardwalk over the bog, plenty of sheep, and a 6pm gate on the big car park.
Howth Head · Coast
Dublin Bay and Ireland’s Eye, then chips on the pier.
Wicklow coast · Coast
Cliff path one way, lunch in Greystones, train home.
Montpelier Hill · Hill
Short climb to the lodge ruins and a view of the city.
Dublin Mountains · Mountain
Forest tracks, then the city laid out from the summit.
Wicklow Mountains · Mountain
Boardwalk, two lakes, and a proper day out of town.
Dublin 8 · Park
Europe’s largest enclosed city park. Deer included.
In the city
Gym
Ranelagh · Macken St
€35–38 / month
Pilates
Grattan Street
Reformer, Sunday mornings
Dublin
Exchequer Street
Silks, first attempt logged
Gym
Ashtown
PT block, three months
Yoga
Ranelagh · Rathmines
Park sessions in D6
Dublin
Towpaths
Flat miles for Couch to 5k
From the notebook
6 Sept 2026 · Hiking · 6 min
I parked at Crone, a Wicklow Way stopover with no coffee van, and spent two hours on Maulin, lower than last Sunday’s Djouce and somehow steeper, with Powerscourt Waterfall falling away below Ride Rock.
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Dilan, Doğan and I drove down to Djouce — it’s not Juice, however it sounds — parked beside a film set, and walked the Ballinastoe boardwalk while Wicklow behaved itself.
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