Who's done a round the coast of ireland tour?

OK, i know that several here have done either LEJOG or JOGLE but has anyone
gone round the coast of ireland at all?

Anywhere that you would specifically want to see or anything you'd wish
you'd done?

Anywhere specific to avoid?
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Ireland.

 

"BGN" said to "Donegal Paul"

heh, cnut

You've obviously never been
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Obviously not, I've got such an English surname...

 

"BGN" said to "Donegal Paul"

DOH! didn't clock that! So I should avoid wherever you grew up then?
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Avoid Ireland.

 

You could make a slight change and call yourself Toomey.
It's a good Irish name and you could be an excellent Kenneth Toomey.

 

Don't forget your fridge.


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Dnc

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Dunno.

As long as I can take my fiddle, I dont care we go.

D

 

I've not done a coastal tour, but have in my youf done a trip to all
the main towns in Ireland. I know the place isn't that big, but I
managed to string it out over a couple of weeks. Depends what you want
to see.

I don't think Dublin's a place to see anymore, but would just get
straight out there, into the sticks.

I'd avoid Galway. But that's because I did something I shouldn't have
done and don't want to be caught there again.

 

Did Dublin > Sligo > Mayo > Galway >Burren > Dublin last year with my
daughter. Did it as a 5 day trip with one of the deals in one of the bike
mags, 60 quid return I think for the two of us and the bike. Loved Mayo,
very pretty scenery, disappointed with Galway, found it too industrialised
for my tastes in place.

Burren was great in a moonscape way ... as are the cliffs of moher .. 650ft
vertical

Burren was great in a moonscape way ... as are the cliffs of moher .. 650ft
vertical

Once back in Dublin took my daughter to see Riverdance at the Gaity Theatre.
I was expecting a bit of a dull evening but it was very good.

Hotels and bar B&B's we used were all very good standard and reasonably
priced.

Galway
Achill Island ~ seemed to be full of pikey's

 

Moher is well worth the effort, especially if you do the standard
climb over the edge and stand on the hidden ledge bit. Not that I'd do
that myself of course.

Wicklow is good fun, the road over the Wicklow Gap is a stormer with
exciting little bends leading onto narrow bridges where you almost
clip the bridge wall as you exit the bend.

 

Surely you mean, dont forget your shovel?
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Donegal Paul
Maico Letta 247cc - We have the technology.
Lambretta Li186 - We have some more technology.
Eibar Li186 - LEJOG Scooter
Vespa T5 Mark I
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.iowcaravans.co.uk
www.ride2006.co.uk

 

I'll claim that as a whoosh then. Someone else gave the clue away up
there ^^^.


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Dnc

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V2300 - flat cap and rug ~|~ A6 2.5TDi V6 Quattro Sport

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Our provisional plan is to go
Dublin - wicklow - arklow - wexford - rosslare - waterford - dungarvan -
cork - kinsal - skibbereen - bantry - kenmare - sneem - cahersiveen - dingle
? - tralee - limerick - ennis - kilkee - galway - clifden - westpoint -
belmullet - ballina - sligo - ballyshannon - donegal - killybegs -
burtonport - gweedore - letterkenny - carndonagh - londonderry - coleraine -
portrush - ballvoy - belfast - bangor - newtownards -- newcastle - dundalk -
drogheda - dublin

Doubt we'll have time for that sort of thing

Suspect we shall be camping, as we did in May for LEJOG

It's Ireland mate
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Donegal Paul
Maico Letta 247cc - We have the technology.
Lambretta Li186 - We have some more technology.
Eibar Li186 - LEJOG Scooter
Vespa T5 Mark I
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.iowcaravans.co.uk
www.ride2006.co.uk

 

thats two then cos i have no idea at all :-/
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Donegal Paul
Maico Letta 247cc - We have the technology.
Lambretta Li186 - We have some more technology.
Eibar Li186 - LEJOG Scooter
Vespa T5 Mark I
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.iowcaravans.co.uk
www.ride2006.co.uk

 

There could have been. And a shotgun. ;-)

 

Moher, then.

 

Donegal - the roads are shite ;-)

There again the black stuff in Nancys, Ardara may brighten the day

 

Enlightening two people at once, what joy.

As mentioned up there Tony Hawkes wrote a book about hitch hiking
around Ireland with a fridge.

"Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work". Christy Moore
sings it. And I'm now earwormed.