Old man looks for shamrocks.
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Philwhiskeydrinker
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Cool, post a report up wi' plenty of pics.
Have a good run Andy.
Have a good run Andy.
Philwhiskeydrinker
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2500 miles is more!Barftone said:
outrunner
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winxp-master said:Even if the weathers not the best m8, think about all the people (like me) stuck in an office doing work for 12 hours and you're on your bike. You git.
Being retired I don't give a hoot about people working
anyway you are guaranteed to be dry behind your desk. Andy.
outrunner
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Lutin said:I do hope that Andy hasn't drowned as the weather has been several flavours of shite over the past couple of days.
No. I have not drowned, but as you said, the weather has been crap since last night. Slept with my clothes on last night as the rain and wind was biblical and I was prepared for a quick evacuation if the tent collapsed, however, it held up and was undamaged this morning. Now I am safely tucked up in a nice B&B just outside Letterkenny preparing to upload some piccies off my camera. More to come (perhaps) as this Wifi is a bit slow.
Andy.
outrunner said:Lutin said:I do hope that Andy hasn't drowned as the weather has been several flavours of shite over the past couple of days.
No. I have not drowned, but as you said, the weather has been crap since last night. Slept with my clothes on last night as the rain and wind was biblical and I was prepared for a quick evacuation if the tent collapsed, however, it held up and was undamaged this morning. Now I am safely tucked up in a nice B&B just outside Letterkenny preparing to upload some piccies off my camera. More to come (perhaps) as this Wifi is a bit slow.
Andy.
Ah ha! Glad to hear that you're still alive!
Hope that you've managed to recover somewhat in the B&B.
outrunner
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Day 1
Day one, the start of my Irish trip. The bike was all loaded the night before so I set off about 9 AM to head for the ferry at Cairnryan. After taking my usual detour to the Cafe Royale in Annan for a hearty breakfast I arrived at the ferry check in at 12.45 and was on board the boat by 1 PM.
Leaving Cairnryan.
The trip takes 2 hours, you are in sight of land all the time but that does not make it any less boring as there is bugger all to do on the boat.
Off the ferry and on up north on the A2, makes a change to get off a ferry to another country and still drive on the left. The road is nice to drive, plenty of bends as it hugs the coastline.
First pictiure from Ballygalley slipway looking north.
Travelling a few more miles to look back to Cairnlough.
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Next stop was Cushendun where I had a nice plate of haddock and chips in a local pub the name of which escapes me.
View from the car park in Cushendun.
By now it was time to find the campsite I had booked at Watertop Farm at the far end of Ballypatrick forest. Here are a couple of views looking back towards Cushendun.
On the way I came across this place.
It is known as the vanishing lake as sometimes the water just drains away, then it fills up again, there must be a valid geological reason for this but I could not be arsed to google it.
A few miles further north is the campsite where I set up house for the next 2 nights.
Watertop campsite.
The campsite was OK, not too busy but expensive as in £15 per night.
That was it for day one, weather was fine, 188 miles from home and no shamrocks to be seen!
Andy.
Day one, the start of my Irish trip. The bike was all loaded the night before so I set off about 9 AM to head for the ferry at Cairnryan. After taking my usual detour to the Cafe Royale in Annan for a hearty breakfast I arrived at the ferry check in at 12.45 and was on board the boat by 1 PM.
Leaving Cairnryan.
The trip takes 2 hours, you are in sight of land all the time but that does not make it any less boring as there is bugger all to do on the boat.
Off the ferry and on up north on the A2, makes a change to get off a ferry to another country and still drive on the left. The road is nice to drive, plenty of bends as it hugs the coastline.
First pictiure from Ballygalley slipway looking north.
Travelling a few more miles to look back to Cairnlough.
.
Next stop was Cushendun where I had a nice plate of haddock and chips in a local pub the name of which escapes me.
View from the car park in Cushendun.
By now it was time to find the campsite I had booked at Watertop Farm at the far end of Ballypatrick forest. Here are a couple of views looking back towards Cushendun.
On the way I came across this place.
It is known as the vanishing lake as sometimes the water just drains away, then it fills up again, there must be a valid geological reason for this but I could not be arsed to google it.
A few miles further north is the campsite where I set up house for the next 2 nights.
Watertop campsite.
The campsite was OK, not too busy but expensive as in £15 per night.
That was it for day one, weather was fine, 188 miles from home and no shamrocks to be seen!
Andy.
outrunner
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Day 2
Today was spent running about in the north of Ireland doing the Coastal trail thing, as you do.
The guy at the campsite advised me to go to Murlough Bay, so I did. What a sight it is, the road down is very narrow, steep and twisty with not the best of surfaces.
Really not the place to take a car although I did meet a silly French person driving down when I was leaving, at least he had the decency to have his wife walking in front to look out for any traffic.
After leaving there I went across to Bushmills to have a look at Dunluce castle.
Only other thing of interest was this place, well it might interest the Lowflyer.
And before you say anything John, it was as near as I could get without paying to get in.
I then made my way back along the coast by way of Whitepark bay
To the Giants Causeway, very interesting if not a tad expensive.
Enough was had with the geology so moving on along the coast I saw Dunseverick Castle, or what's left of it, a bit optimistic to call it a castle, if you ask me.
Not too much of a castle left at Kinbane head either.
No, honestly, there is a bit of a castle there if you look closely.
A view in the other direction.
Next nice wee place was Ballintoy which used to be a really busy place with limestone works that supplied stuff all over.
The wee harbour.
One of the caves left by limestone excavation.
Still keeping to the coast road I stopped for a coffee in Ballycastle. Plenty of moneysworth in the harbour.
The beach? not so much.
Final bit of sightseeing for the day was Tor Head.
Another day enjoyed, 115 miles...........................but still no shamrocks.
Andy.
Today was spent running about in the north of Ireland doing the Coastal trail thing, as you do.
The guy at the campsite advised me to go to Murlough Bay, so I did. What a sight it is, the road down is very narrow, steep and twisty with not the best of surfaces.
Really not the place to take a car although I did meet a silly French person driving down when I was leaving, at least he had the decency to have his wife walking in front to look out for any traffic.
After leaving there I went across to Bushmills to have a look at Dunluce castle.
Only other thing of interest was this place, well it might interest the Lowflyer.
And before you say anything John, it was as near as I could get without paying to get in.
I then made my way back along the coast by way of Whitepark bay
To the Giants Causeway, very interesting if not a tad expensive.
Enough was had with the geology so moving on along the coast I saw Dunseverick Castle, or what's left of it, a bit optimistic to call it a castle, if you ask me.
Not too much of a castle left at Kinbane head either.
No, honestly, there is a bit of a castle there if you look closely.
A view in the other direction.
Next nice wee place was Ballintoy which used to be a really busy place with limestone works that supplied stuff all over.
The wee harbour.
One of the caves left by limestone excavation.
Still keeping to the coast road I stopped for a coffee in Ballycastle. Plenty of moneysworth in the harbour.
The beach? not so much.
Final bit of sightseeing for the day was Tor Head.
Another day enjoyed, 115 miles...........................but still no shamrocks.
Andy.