RE: Ireland - 2

At least you get Christmas day

Zitat von Gunns10 im Beitrag #16

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At least you get Christmas day

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Where's your normal ride?

Zitat von Gunns10 im Beitrag #18

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Where's your normal ride?

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Zitat von Bravo im Beitrag #19

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Zitat von Gunns10 im Beitrag #18

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Where's your normal ride?

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Shes in the kitchen making a Yule log

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Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #20

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Zitat von Bravo im Beitrag #19

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Zitat von Gunns10 im Beitrag #18

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Where's your normal ride?

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Shes in the kitchen making a Yule log

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Guess where she's going to shove it.....

Alan

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...and Bravo - don't forget to update your signature/mission statement for the new year. (I can't wait....)

Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #22

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...and Bravo - don't forget to update your signature/mission statement for the new year. (I can't wait....)

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Anybody got any links/GPX files/commentary on touring N. Ireland and/or Eire?

Covid permitting I am booked for a biking weekend over the late May Bank Holiday in Dumfries and Galloway based at Gatehouse of Fleet. I am thinking of then taking the Stranraer-Larne ferry. Ideally I will ride down through N. Ireland/Eire Monday to Friday then take the Rosslare-Fishguard ferry back and visit my daughter in Fishguard before returning home late Sunday after 10 days away (Woohoo!!)

My thought process is that it seems likely I will be able to visit Scotland and N. Ireland both being parts of the UK. However I am not sure about Eire which might result in some sort of quarantine restriction. So my "what if" planning is looking at N. Ireland alone or N. Ireland plus Eire.

I have done some online searches and found lots of companies wanting to sell me their services and organise me for sums often vastly exceeding £1,000. No thank you! I just want a written description of the attractions of a day's tour, an outline of my route and, ideally, a GPX file. I checked Ride Magazine routes but they do not appear to cover either.

So far I have mapped out a potential route for Day 1 - Larne to Bushmills on the coastal road (384km = 240 miles) with a stop overnight around Ballycastle. I have seen reference to taking the Atlantic Coast road through Eire but don't really have time to do that on this trip.

So I supposed the sensible plan has got to be mainly N. Ireland with, say, 1.5 days tracking across Eire to Rosslare which I convert into an early return or an extra day around N. Ireland if Covid gets in the way of Plan A.

Any advice appreciated!

Chris

Thanks Wessie. Off out "shopping" on the RS now. Will look at that this evening.

Chris

Hi Chris,
I live in Dublin. The current expectation from the Government is that hospitality will not open before mid summer, I would take this to mean the end of June at least. This would be pubs, restaurants, accommodation etc. The restrictions here at the moment are that you cannot travel more than 5km from your home without valid reason. I hope there is some easing before the summer, but if there is then I'd expect it will only go as far as staying within your own county. If the police stop you and they feel that you do not have a valid reason to be where you are, then they can instruct to go home, if you refuse the you're open to later fine/prosecution. You could argue that getting to Rosslare was a critical journey as you needed to get home, but you'd be taking your chances and it would not be in the spirit of the rules.
I'm always looking for an excuse so when you do come let me know in advance and I'd be happy to join up at some point if restrictions allow. I think you may need a green card now for RoI but the licence is fine.
-Mark.

Mark,

That is very helpful. Thank you. I am trying to keep my finger on the pulse of too many countries at the moment - England (obviously), Wales (to visit my daughter), Scotland (to get to my bike run in late May), Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland (to visit my son in Switzerland August/September). So details for Eire had not come my way.

I might now have to do things the other way round i.e. N. Ireland in May/June then, if I cannot make Switzerland August/September, visit my daughter and travel both ways on the Fishguard-Rosslare route.

Chris

The Ireland tour was cancelled due to uncertainty over Covid restrictions so we are now planning the Scotland SW300 along with a circuit of North Wales and the Lakes. Desperate to get some miles under my belt

I have a feeling Scotland might be a little overcrowded this year.
Instead of our usual German trip which we'll give a miss again this year I was looking at the area around Northumbria, using Hexham as a base, for a three/four night stay.
Not too far from the Lakes or east coast with some remote countryside in between.

Alan