Running, Cycle Touring and Roaming with Simple Living and Slow Travel
August 21 - Glengarriff to Killarney No pedal again today, so we decided to ramble instead. We hit the road under grey skies and motored through the little village of Glengarriff and the scenery continued to be spectacular, with the rugged hills and coastline on either side of us, then through rock tunnels in the... Continue Reading →
August 20 - Skibbereen to Glengarriff Following the Wild Atlantic Way route is taking us into the wild west of Ireland, into just the scenery we’ve been wanting to find and it certainly delivered today. We had rocky hills, rugged coastline and sweeping, panoramic views. Magical. After some early rain, the day became an absolute... Continue Reading →
August 19 - Little Island to Skibbereen You can keep your isobars and your barometric pressures and your low front this and high pressure that. Yeah, there are specific, technical, accurate meteorological terms, but they aren’t a patch on the language that’s used on the ground. As I’ve mentioned before, our all time favourite weather... Continue Reading →
August 18 - Waterford to Little Island When you look outside first thing in the morning and see a clear sky and a glint of sunshine, well ain’t that just a great looking day right there! We had that as our start and a great day did indeed continue. We drove down to Kilmacthomas to... Continue Reading →
August 17 - Gorey to Waterford Sunshine! Yep, we were greeted this morning, most definitely, by sunshine! We stepped outside and soon realised that sunshine doesn’t necessarily mean it will be warm, because it wasn’t. A definite nip in the air and a partying wind a blowin’ but clear skies and it all looked set... Continue Reading →
August 16 - Dublin to Gorey Hills are easy when you have an extra pair of wheels. Hills are also easy when you have an engine. We did the hills easy today. Today we implemented Stage 2 of our cunning plan, so today was day one of the “Van Plan”. If there was going to... Continue Reading →
August 15 - Dublin Aren’t those nature photographers and film makers a patient lot. They can sit for hours or days, waiting for their shot, waiting for something furred or feathered to do something that will be worthy of commentary from Sir David Attenborough. We could have joined their ranks today. We left the hubbub... Continue Reading →
August 14 - Dublin Well, Dublin is officially the noisiest place we have been thus far. Yes, I know it’s a city and yes, I know it’s a capital city, but still. We have been in a lot of cities and this is the eighth capital city we have been to this trip and none... Continue Reading →
August 13 - Portadown to Dublin Another ripper ride today. More sunshine! Fabbo! More memorable meetings with people. More scenery and…we implemented Stage 1 of our cunning plan… We rode out of Portadown under clear skies and sunshine, but with a definite bite in the air. It was chilly and a breeze was blowing, but... Continue Reading →
August 12 - Belfast to Portadown What an absolutely magic day. It couldn’t get much better. An absolutely top ride, with great places to pedal and more people to put a smile on the dial. A ripper day! We set off reasonably early, hitting the pedals before 8:00am and we were straight away in the... Continue Reading →
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