Route advise: Post Leenane...

Timolgra · Aug 25, 2015

Right boys, need a few ideas for Ange and I for the week after Leenane.

Getting the ferry back from Belfast so was really planning on staying north and probably calling in to Achill again but open to ideas which won't involve big distances

Roughly this is what we did last year after Leenane in addition to much of Connemara after coming up around C Cork, Kerry, Clare etc. So don't really want to do the same thing although I could go back to Donegal if someone sorts the weather for us.

PS: We had perfect weather for two weeks last time so would like that arranging also.
Ta :beerjug:

Hairnet600 · Aug 25, 2015

cross country to enniskillen then over the sperrins to portrush then coast back to belfast

lap of strangford

JohnnyBoxer · Aug 25, 2015

Wapping will be along soon :aidan

Timolgra · Aug 25, 2015

JohnnyBoxer said:
Wapping will be along soon

I was hoping for some real local knowledge :aidan

Betty Swollocks · Aug 25, 2015

You missed the best bits of the coast road out on last year's map.

Stay on the Coast from Portrush to Larne.

Timolgra · Aug 25, 2015

Betty Swollocks said:
You missed the best bits of the coast road out on last year's map.

Stay on the Coast from Portrush to Larne.

Sorry, it was was a quick mock up of what we did.
Did it last year and several times before, :beerjug:

This map is very rough, I've done all the little lanes around the coast in most places.

Looking to see if there's anywhere real special inland a bit or any festivals. I've checked but can't find much on at that time of year.

Slightly more accurate to give the general idea and yes I've done the Dark Hedges in good light too :aidan

Hairnet600 · Aug 25, 2015

rosses point to manorhamilton via lough gill

manorhamilton to glenfarne round lough allen R280

belleek kesh dooish gortin plumbridge tobermore kilrea rasharkin clough camlough then south

Killunaght House Bed & Breakfast 80 Killunaght Rd Dungiven BT47 4TU
www.killunaghthouse.com

pinetrees b and b ishlan court ballymoney

http://www.pinetreesbedandbreakfast.com/

greenacres b and b brague banbridge

http://www.greenacresguesthouse.co.uk/index.html

cairnview b and b larne (not actually in larne

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dmac · Aug 25, 2015

Look for Corcreggan Mill, its in Dunfanaghy, really nice place to stay. ADVIRL Meet is on the weekend of the 12th in Sligo as well.

DGB · Aug 25, 2015

You missed out a very good bit at the start of that too; the R335 from Leenane to Louisburgh and on to the N59 at Westport. Anywhere around near Leenane is cracking!

Timolgra · Aug 25, 2015

DGB said:
You missed out a very good bit at the start of that too; the R335 from Leenane to Louisburgh and on to the N59 at Westport. Anywhere around near Leenane is cracking!

Did loads in Connemara, including that as we stayed an extra day after the Leenane do last year.

Flintlock · Aug 25, 2015

A lap of Lower Lough Erne, Lough Navar viewpoint, and a stop in Enniskillen is worth including.

the civil one · Aug 25, 2015

You seem to have missed the best bit .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGNUGdwSQjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY4OLCjw1E4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL75IuAggeg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR_d5Xi2dWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6kpuMz3Ptg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krFTE3pxGsQ

http://www.visitinishowen.com/

Romantic Iniseoghain.
I give ye a run on the bus if your about.

dmac · Aug 26, 2015

Also www.offthebeatentracknw.com is worth a looking at.

Aidan1150 · Aug 26, 2015

Several litres of Jim Beam Black await.

Timolgra · Aug 26, 2015

the civil one said:
You seem to have missed the best bit .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGNUGdwSQjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY4OLCjw1E4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL75IuAggeg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR_d5Xi2dWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6kpuMz3Ptg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krFTE3pxGsQ

http://www.visitinishowen.com/

Romantic Iniseoghain.
I give ye a run on the bus if your about.

Thanks Civil good idea, I did miss that last time as we came down from Fanad Head then through Derry

dmac said:
Also www.offthebeatentracknw.com is worth a looking at.

I'll have a look thanks

EDIT: Just converted one into Mapsource and remembered I've seen this before but didn't use it. Looks good :beerjug:

Another edit!

Coverted it them to tracks which I prefer over routes

Aidan1150 said:
Several litres of Jim Beam Black await.

Oh dear, it could get messy

Jockser · Aug 26, 2015

Belmullet and Ceide Fields ?

The Horseshoe loop behind Ben Bulbin *

Hairnet600 said:
over the sperrins

Always a good call

Hairnet600 said:
round lough allen R280

And the R200 from the R280 at Drumkeeran to the N87 near Swanlinbar
There's also a beautiful road from near Ballinamore across the Ox mountains to Dowra *

the civil one said:
Romantic Iniseoghain.

Definitely – Inch Island, Dunree fort, North Pole Inn, Mamore Gap, Malin Head (accommodation here), Kinnagoe Bay
Inisheoghan 100 route is well signposted

dmac said:
Also www.offthebeatentracknw.com is worth a looking at.

Some great roads / boreens on both the Northern Glens & Southern Waterways trails
And handy links for accommodation in the area

* Will send you waypoints for both, hopefully this evening

Tengiz99 · Aug 26, 2015

And if you're doing that route then the Marble Arch caves and Florencecourt House are well worth a look. :thumb2

Timolgra · Aug 26, 2015

Thanks fellas, it's one thing finding places on a map yourself only to find I would be missing so much. :blast

Even after many trips there over the years, Ireland's one of those special countries where the more you look, the more you find :beerjug:

dmac · Aug 26, 2015

Tengiz99 said:
And if you're doing that route then the Marble Arch caves and Florencecourt House are well worth a look.

Tullymill restaurant and self catering cottages as well, my better half is the chef....

bogman · Sep 2, 2015

Tengiz99 said:
And if you're doing that route then the Marble Arch caves and Florencecourt House are well worth a look.

Good advice, the caves are just a stones throw from Dunluce castle which is a must visit also, belated birthday wishes Tengis99

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