High wind on Djouce

Yesterday morning Dublin and north Wicklow was threatened with rain. Sometime close to 11.00 the first rain of the day began to fall but its bark was far bigger than its bite and it blew off  out over the sea.

Good news as it meant there was no significant rain while climbing Djouce. But cloud cover was very low.

Djouce can be a windy spot but yesterday it was, at least for me, close to impossible to stand upright at the summit, which is 725 metres.

And then suddenly, on the descent, cloud lifted and some fabulous views, including a clear view of the Vartry Reservoir.

But it was the ferocious wind with a speed of 62 km/h that was the scary highlight of the walk.

   Cloud lifted, wind calmed, down off the mountain.