Jeff O’Reilly is not the same man he was nearly six months ago, when he left his job as longtime general manager of D’Arcy McGee’s Irish Pub on Sparks Street. For one thing, there’s 52 less pounds of him. That’s what cumulatively walking 1.75 million steps, or 1,400 kilometres, does for a person on the path to becoming healthier. As well, he’s no longer putting in the long and late hours that come with a career in the hospitality industry. His new work environment is one of Ottawa’s most beloved rural attractions: Saunders Farm. On Monday, O’Reilly started his new job working for Mark Saunders and his wife Angela Grant Saunders at their award-winning agri-tourism business, located in the southwest corner of Ottawa in Munster Hamlet. Mark reached out to O'Reilly this past spring about a new craft cider business that Saunders Farm was launching, knowing that O’Reilly’s wealth of experience, knowledge and connections in the alcoholic beverage industry would be a major asset, along with his high-level event planning and community relations work.