a possible 2011 west cork run.... But to where?

[richie]

Met up with Chris on top of Molls Gap this morning hoping to try out his new bike. However he'd just cleaned it and as it had been raining decided to use his other bike the TA :wag:

Anyway I was trying out a route for next years run. We headed up .... GAP

And then down the other side to .... Where we took a left and did the next pass .......

And on into .......... where we had dinner, nice pub with well priced food and open all year

After dinner we swapped bikes so Chris could try my Vara.... and headed over the hill to ......bay

Lovely

Then over another hill and around a few bends took us back to Chris's house for a cuppa... Fortunately by now the weather had improved and we took out the Versys... But I did not take out the camera :

And burnt some rubber back to our starting point Molls Gap.. The versys is a great bike but took me a while to get used to the front wheel as well as trying to keep up with Chris who knows the roads round the place very well...

PS I have removed all names of places visited as If you found out I would have to kill you, secrecy and all that

Thanks for the trip Chris, I did 300km's and am now a bit tired...

The only downer for the possibility of this route for next year is that it takes in about 50k's of the RoK which even today half way through september had a few coaches on it which would be difficult for a big group of riders to get around.

 

[richie]

The only downer for the possibility of this route for next year is that it takes in about 50k's of the RoK which even today half way through september had a few coaches on it which would be difficult for a big group of riders to get around.

An important point, any remarks????

I always tell people to avoid the Ring of Kerry but have wangled the first half of the route on great roads with no traffic. Beautiful....

 

[Aidan1150]

No pain no gain as they say Richie. Sure how bad could it be anyway? I know a few of the places in your pics, so a wee bit of the ROK won't hurt on the day with the amount of good stuff you have planned too.

 

[Jockser]

B************ Gap looking well
Bring it on Richie

Sure how bad could it be anyway?

 

[davidgibson999]

B************ Gap looking well
Bring it on Richie :bounce

+1

 

[richie]

+1

Shouldn't that be +2 as we all hope Linda is coming too

 

[davidgibson999]

Shouldn't that be +2 as we all hope Linda is coming too

Haha we'll have to wait and see