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5 June 2023
2 May 23 – Westport to An Ceann Ramhar – 82km We had a reasonably slow get-up, packed the bikes and said goodbye to Westport. Really enjoyed our stay here and it’s definitely somewhere that we will come back to in the future and would recommend as a place to visit. The first couple of […]
1 June 2023
Fri 26 May – Sat 27 May. Clifden. A day off in Clifden where we did very little other than walk round the town (which is a lovely little place), take a trip to the supermarket and stock up on midgie repellent and headnets as our experience at the campsite in Spiddal had left us […]
26 May 2023
So it’s probably worth saying something about our planning process so far. As we have found in the past, our plans never survive past the first few hours and this trip is no exception. Initially, when we arrived in Rosslare, we’d planned to go to Cork, but the accommodation in the city proved, at first, […]
22 May 2023
17 & 18 May. Kildorrey/Mitchelstown. 16km local cycling. Two days off the bikes, chilling out and catching up with old friends was just what we needed at this stage – and I had some work to do as well so our stop here was well timed. Mitchelstown is where I had my first job after […]
18 May 2023
Firstly, something we missed out of the last report. In the last campsite in Wales, we met a guy called Will who was pedalling around the coast of the U.K. for charity. Not that unusual apparently. However, Will was cycling a Brompton folding commuter bike and pulling a trailer, which to me is hard as […]
13 May 2023
Tues 9-10 May. Chepstow to Cardiff. 55km. I had a work call to do at 9am so we left Chepstow around 9:45am which was a late start for us. But as we were planning a day off in Cardiff didn’t mind how late we got there – and we were staying with friends Alan and […]