Irelands Atlantic West Coast.

[Chas]

Has any date been decided yet?

 

[wobbly]

Am thinking of going on Mon 7th Sept, the 0230 ferry from Fishguard to Rosslare, then drive to start point. I am ok gor 7 days, but given the frequency of ferries if people wanted shorter, or join up later in week, its easy.

 

[Chas]

I should be back from Romania by then.

 

[wobbly]

You hope.....

 

[Shayne]

Feels like tempting fate to express an interest when we only return from Romania about a week before departure so i will decide in September .

 

[wobbly]

No problem, easy in / out is the plan.

 

[thelal]

Looks interesting. I may be back by then and would be nice to meetup along the way.

 

[wobbly]

Ive been reading about rights of way - best advice is to buy the relevant os map and use the lanes coloured yellow - essentially minor roads or byways.

Read the folliwing on Donegal, altho I wasnt thinking of starting at that end and going north.
http://greenlanedonegal.town.ie/home

Pete

 

[wobbly]

Minor change to start date - I am now going on Thursday 10th September - Ive been offered a job on the Wednesday that will pay for the trip so its a no-brainer!

Economy fare is £184 return, routes as before, add £20 for a cancellable ticket.

I spent about 3 hours in Stanfords, Bristol, as they have the entire Discovery series of maps in stock, but at £8.50 each might be a tad pricey (I reckon I need about 20!), could get the whole country on Rangemaster for less, but I really prefer old school mapping, and in an emergency you can wipe yer arse with an old map, but with an ipad.........

Routes - there are two different types of minor road that I am intending to use, 4m width or less than 4m width, and they are abundant, some are unpaved but they will still be smooth - I will be on road biased tyres.

Pete

 

[Garfieldus]

I spent about 3 hours in Stanfords, Bristol, as they have the entire Discovery series of maps in stock, but at £8.50 each might be a tad pricey (I reckon I need about 20!), could get the whole country on Rangemaster for less, but I really prefer old school mapping, and in an emergency you can wipe yer arse with an old map, but with an ipad.........

They are about €9.50 (€7.71+23% VAT) here. That's about £6.60 at the moment.

I have a lot of sections in TIFF format if you want them. I can upload them online and give you ftp access. Let me know if you're interested.

Routes - there are two different types of minor road that I am intending to use, 4m width or less than 4m width, and they are abundant, some are unpaved but they will still be smooth - I will be on road biased tyres.

Might be of interest - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreen

 

[GeekOKent]

@wobbly - did this trip ever take place ?

 

[thelal]

I'll be doing parts of it over the next several months (as live near Galway on west Coast). Here's some pictures from few weeks back on Achill Island

 

[AndyCook]

We loved achil island when we visited last September
Is that camping spot by road upto the loch ? I think I recognise it, I recognise the loch, we parked there for lunch and I caught and released a load of small trout fly fishing on that loch.

We stayed at lavelles campsite

 

[thelal]

Andy
It was the road up the hill (as you go out towards Keem beach) and off towards the Loch Accorymore above Dooagh town on the SW side.
Got a few small trout as well

 

[wobbly]

Not yet, I have a week in Vercors end of June, then 2 weeks in Portugal/Spain in Oct, dont fancy it if the weather is too wild

Thelal - do you know Gort at all?

 

[thelal]

Not really. Only started exploring Ireland now that I'm back here.