Category Archives: Ireland

After a huge overnight raimstorm that we were very happy did not occur while we were biking, we left the charming seaside resort of Dungarvan for Cork, Ireland’s second city and the jumping off point for our ferry to France.  Time to find pints of Beamish, one of Corks native stouts, to celebrate a good […]

We had quite an adventure trying to find a place to stay in Kells; there was one well-signed B&B, which was beautiful and fully booked up. The proprietor helped us by calling another B&B in town, The Chestnut Lodge, and then proceeded to give us wrong directions. We biked to the next town before realizing […]

Yesterday we camped in a fishing park outside the town of Ballinakill.  The day before, our first day out of Dublin, we went about 60 km, stopping at Moate Lodge next to Moate Altscull.

First we’d like to thank British airways for getting our bikes here on time, without incident, and without charging us any extra fees.  We put together our bikes and ate a pad thai dinner in the airport and cycled off to our b&b, about 10 miles.  By the time we reached it, it was 10:30 […]