Anyone thinking of Daffodils that wonderful poem by William Wordsworth? (Photo: By rollingroscoe MorgueFile)
The challenge after returning to work following a bank holiday weekend is to remember that you started the working week on Tuesday so Wednesday has come around a lot quicker than expected. Check out some of the walks the walking group in the library in NUI Maynooth have participated in over the past few years. The Liz McDonnell 5K Cross Country Run.
Don’t panic you don’t have to run necessarily. You can walk this 5K while enjoying the beautiful grounds of Castletown House all the while feeling really good about the fact that you are walking for such a worthwhile charity as ARC Cancer Care Support Ireland. Details for the 2014 5K are not yet available but we hope to support it again this year.
Interestingly the NUI Maynooth Archive and Research Centre is located on the second floor of Castletown House in Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
This facility marks an exciting new collaboration between the Office of Public Works and the National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Sorry I digress, so back to the subject of walking and our experience here in the library, the Maynooth 10K offered a great opportunity to challenge ourselves. Once again relax you can walk this one too! Some of the course includes the wonderful grounds of Carton House. Who knows you may even spot a well know golfer or rugby player as you stride through this pretty stretch of Maynooth. It is not too late to register if you want to take part in the Maynooth 10K.
Almost time to say goodbye to the daffodils until they can delight us again next spring! (Setting: College Grounds, Maynooth) (Photo: B. Gardiner)
All proceeds will go towards the development of all-weather facilities on Moyglare Road in conjunction with Maynooth GAA.
Best of luck to all those taking part in this year’s event. Happy walking or perhaps more appropriately for this particular walk happy celebrity spotting. Enjoy.
Library Staff Development 