10. Jul 2025

Dundalk - Drogheda

Photo 1: "Low Tide"
Today marks the One-Fourth-Milestone of Snail-Trail 4.0. I thank God for bringing me this far and helping me to overcome the setbacks that I have had - broken trekking sticks, broken water filter, and broken phone. By the end of the day I would be faced with another new challenge, a big blister on the bottom of my left foot. Today would be a very hard walk... literally, 41 kilometers almost completely on hard road surfaces, some of those roads would have a lot of traffic, and some roads would be without a sidewalk. In Scotland I did not have that much walking on roads. My feet apparently were not used to walking such long distances on hard surfaces.

Photo 2: Still there would be nice views here and there.

Photo 3: Walking through a village

Photo 4: An old rock bridge over the Dee River... I love these old bridges!

Photo 5: "David"
My host for the night was David, a young man from one of the churches that Patrick works with. He too was set free from drug abuse by God's saving grace and now senses a call to ministry. His younger brother, Phil, is also staying with David. We had a discipleship talk evening which lasted untill well after 11.00 pm, which was late for me on the Snail-Trail. It was a good encounter though. Phil took that definite step to follow Jesus. Then we talked about what it means to live in the empowering of the Holy Spirit and asked God to fill us with his Spirit. It was a good end to a "hard" walking day. I did, by the way, soak my feet in hot salty water at David's which did bring some relief.