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Conference tallis::celt

Title:Celt Notefile
Moderator:TALLIS::DARCY
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1632
Total number of notes:20523

535.0. "BIKE RIDING IN EIRE?" by WILLEE::OROURKE () Wed Mar 22 1989 12:23

    Gee, I wonder what is going on....there has been a noticable absence
    of activity in this file since 'The Big Day.'  Where is everybody?
    Still partying? (or recovering?)
                   
    Well, to shake you out of it, here's a new topic!
    
    Two of my friends are getting married in July and taking a 3-week
    honeymoon in Ireland.  They are both avid bicyclists, and they want
    to spend part of the trip riding around the countryside.  
    
    They've asked me to find out if 'good' bikes can be rented or if
    they need to bring their own.  Also, where and how much ($)?
    
    Most importantly, they are looking for suggestion on where to ride.
    Some touristy areas would be o.k., but they are also looking for
    areas off the beaten trail.  
    
    They are both strong riders (they rode across the U.S. a couple
    of summers ago), so they can handle most terrain.
    
    So, let's here it:  Where is the best place to ride????
    
    
    /Jen
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535.1Don't forget the bicycle tyre repair kits. :-)STEREO::BURNSa.k.a. 3rd DegreeWed Mar 22 1989 12:5413
    
    
    	Best places to ride ....
    
    
    	Corkscrew Hill, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
    	The Connor Pass, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry
    	Any/All of the "Coast Roads"
    	Ring Of Kerry
    
    
    	keVin
535.2TPVAX1::CULBERTFree Michael CulbertWed Mar 22 1989 14:446
    
    
    Hey keVin where the hell did you think up the name CORKSCREW HIll
    you some kinda nut or something????
    
    paddy
535.3Too many hills/potholes in Ireland!CSG::ONEILLIts a LONG way to Tipperary...Fri Mar 24 1989 09:1511
    
    	Ive seen a CYCLING IN IRELAND PACKAGE holiday from USA - that
    	was incredibly inexpensive... only thing is I cant remember
    	whether I saw it in last sundays Boston Globe or in a Brochure!
    	The details looked interesting - your luggage is 'hauled' around
    	by a van, so you meet your luggage at your next stopover point
    	etc - sounded a bit more comfortable than wandering around for
    	weeks with only the stuff that fits in saddlebags!  Im sure	
    	they could find out from their travel agent?
    
    	ann
535.4TOPDOC::AHERNDennis the MenaceFri Mar 24 1989 09:1715
    Oh God, I still have memories of bicycling in Ireland in 1967. 

    The hardest part was getting to Logan without going through the tunnel.
    At the Aer Lingus counter they were somewhat incredulous when I put my
    35-lb. bike packed with 9 lb.s of clothes, a cup, a plate, knife, fork
    and spoon on the baggage scales.  When it came off in Dublin it was in
    a variety of unrecognizable pieces. 
        
    I remember it was raining all the time.  It was all uphill. Anytime I
    asked for directions they'd say "From Boston are ye? Do ye know me
    wife's cousin?" 
                                  
    After cycling through Denmark and England for three weeks it was
    the first place I had things stolen off my bike.  I even had some
    Tinker try to take it out from under me while I was riding it.
535.5GiddyupDUB01::OSULLIVAN_DWed Mar 29 1989 09:365
    A book came out last year called "Around Ireland in low gear", written
    by an Englishman, who traversed Ireland with his wife and a pair
    of bicycles.  There should be some ideas in there.  
    
    -Dermot
535.6Two days late, two weeks earlyAIAG::GAVINThu Mar 30 1989 08:258
From The Boston Sunday Globe, March 26, 1989:

	If you'd like to know what it is like to tour Ireland by bike, then
join a slide show at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education Tuesday [March
28] at 8:15 p.m. or April 12 at 7:30 p.m.  Call the center for reservations,
(617) 547-6789.  The presentation is by Easy Rider Tours, PO Box 1384, East
Arlington, MA 02174, which also offers a brochure on tours to Nova Scotia,
Pacific Northwest islands and New England.
535.7thanks!WILLEE::OROURKEFri Mar 31 1989 13:4112
    
    RE:  .1-.6
    
    Thanks a lot. I'm going to get this information to my friends this
    weekend.  Hopefully, they'll be able to attend the slide show.
    
    
    BY THE WAY, I FOUND THESE RESPONSES VERY RELEVANT...BUT I GUESS
    RELEVANCE IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER!
    
    
    /Jen