Biking the Green Isle
The Adventures of Will and Patrick Cycling through Ireland

As promised a few of wonderful things we saw on our journey today. We saw our first castles today having past beyond the Pale, and a ruined church from the 15th century. We had started toward Tullamore only to decide to go toward a town called Clara as it was more on the way to […]

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If I had ever questioned this before, it was made perfectly clear today. We awoke in our tents to the sound of gently falling rain (which had not been¬†forecast¬†for the next week). Our water proof tents kept us dry, but in order to stay that way we had to find a way to wriggle ourselves […]

Continue reading “Why Ireland is Green…” »

Just a short post to let everyone know how much we¬†appreciate¬†the comments (yes even the snarky ones, Kevin) we can’t reply to them as my bandwidth is rather limited. Please let me just¬†reassure¬†everyone that we are fine. I write this from my tent just as nightfalls at 10:00. Also I am sorry the photo failed […]

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Our stay at the B and B last night was rather pleasant, clean warm beds, hot shower, a very¬†knowledgeable¬†and friendly host and hostess and a breakfast of grains, bacon (both the American and Canadian parts rolled into one) handmade sausages, farm fresh eggs and the best¬†hash brown¬†I’ve ever tasted. Well as the title suggests that’s […]

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But where in all of Ireland is MY sign. You know like a sign that says “your destination 30 miles this way” or a “turn here” or even a simple street sign. This sums up our day pretty handily actually. Having arrived in Dublin just after 8:30 AM we quickly received our bikes and luggage, […]

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The flight has been uneventful and as I write this it is 5:30 am in the morning as we approach Ireland. We’ve been flying so far north, we past from one day to the next without the sun ever setting. Most wonderfully, just before I began to write this entry the clouds far below us […]

Continue reading “The Flight Over” »

So we’re here at SFO awaiting our flight which departs nearly 4 hours from now. We arrived and almost¬†immediately¬†were asked the question we dreaded: “You’re going to check your bikes without a box?” We told them we indeed intended to do so and that our bikes were much stronger mountain bikes, as opposed to road […]

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¬†¬† ¬† Well, pretty soon we’ll be off, and if you’re reading this then you probably know: Patrick and I are going to Ireland this Sunday (June 8th, 2008). ¬†There is a twist, as we’re doing the entire trip by way of bicycle. ¬†Over 488 Km (303 Miles) of riding through the cities, towns and […]

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