Click on the links below to see the route details.
Day 1 - Mizen Head to Killarney
Day 2 - Killarney to Kilrush
Day 3 - Kilrush to Galway
Day 4 - Galway to Carrick on Shannon
Day 5 - Carrick on Shannon to Donegal Town
Day 6 - Donegal Town to Malin Head
Total Distance Cycled: - 434 miles
Extra Day - Malin Head to Larne
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Nicer Photos - a few extra shots from Malin Head
Getting ready for the final push. The tower at Malin Head is in the distance and Bill is relaxing in someone's garden!
Gordon and Bill in reflective moods.
Alan and Celia making photos.
Davie contemplating a pedal from Malin to Mizen.
The Water Rats.
Gordon and Bill in reflective moods.
Alan and Celia making photos.
Davie contemplating a pedal from Malin to Mizen.
The Water Rats.
Crash Scene
This is where the cycle lane ran out.
Shelter from the Storm - just 15 minutes before the crash.
Shelter from the Storm - just 15 minutes before the crash.
Day 7 Summary
Malin to Larne and then home.
It had been planned that a few of us would cycle the 85 miles or so from Malin Head to Larne. Due to Friday's incident only Bill did the cycle and everyone else travelled in the van. The weather was atrocious with prolonged heavy downpours making both driving and cycling difficult. As mentioned yesterday Gordie and Jack popped into the hospital in Antrim for a once over. Alan managed to sneak a picture of Gordie's X ray.......
We came back to Scotland on the fast ferry from Larne to Troon - a bit of a bouncy ride. Didn't stop these two sleepy boys catching up on some shut eye.
We'll post details of the route and a few more photos over the next day or two.
As some of you probably realised we had an outage on the blog on Thursday and as a consequence lost some posts/comments. We've managed to reinstate most of the posts but lost a few comments.
It had been planned that a few of us would cycle the 85 miles or so from Malin Head to Larne. Due to Friday's incident only Bill did the cycle and everyone else travelled in the van. The weather was atrocious with prolonged heavy downpours making both driving and cycling difficult. As mentioned yesterday Gordie and Jack popped into the hospital in Antrim for a once over. Alan managed to sneak a picture of Gordie's X ray.......
We came back to Scotland on the fast ferry from Larne to Troon - a bit of a bouncy ride. Didn't stop these two sleepy boys catching up on some shut eye.
We'll post details of the route and a few more photos over the next day or two.
As some of you probably realised we had an outage on the blog on Thursday and as a consequence lost some posts/comments. We've managed to reinstate most of the posts but lost a few comments.
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Poor wee souls
Jack and Gordie popped into the Antrim Hospital on the way to the Ferry terminal as they were both still suffering after yesterday's crash. The outcome? Gordie has a broken scaffoid and now has a stookie on his left hand. Jack has cracked ribs.
Friday, 13 May 2011
Day 6 summary
A really mixed day. On the positive side we made it to Malin Head - some fantastic scenery on route and great sea views from around Malin Head. Unfortunately we had a bad crash on a long fast descent about 15 miles out of Donegal. A cycle lane suddenly stopped and we had to take quick avoiding action. Jack and Gordon came down and then collided. The net effect was a broken frame on Gordon's bike and cuts and bruises for both. Fortunately they were not too badly hurt athough shaken.
5 riders and 4 bikes? Jack gave Gordie his bike to allow him to complete and jumped into the van for the rest of the trip to Malin Head. This all put a dampener on the rest of the day particularly when, a little later, some yobs threw a bottle from a car at Celia.
Despite all this we eventually made it to Malin Head. Here are today's stats,
Distance cycled - 81 miles
Cycling time - 5 hours 46 mins
Average speed - 14 mph.
I'll post some photos in due course.
Day 5 summary - photos
Here are the photos that should have been attached to the Day 5 summary post.
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