Boreen Run 2008 in the Sunny SouthEast.

Daithi;I don't suppose you'll be at the Boreen Run Gerry ?[/QUOTE said:
You are supposing correctly.
I did my first riders rally in 1975 and while I have missed a lot of them since - bringing up kids and making ends meet - if I'm free over the Aug bank holiday it's the riders.
As Aidan alludes, it's imperfect but it reminds me of my youth - nostalgia and all that shite. :rob
I'm a creature of habit.
The Boreen would appeal but even I can't bi-locate or be in two spots at the same time, simultaneously, contemporaneously.........................................














































...........................................you still awake?
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Daithi said:
It's gonna be great ! :bounce1
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Sure is ;)
Here's a wee taste of what's on the agenda for the first day :moped:

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:aidan :beer: :aidan :beer: :aidan
 
petcul said:
Bl%%dy '£ll

Do we need to bring a spare set of TKC 80s with us?:aidan
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Nope. The entry fee includes a free set for all participants. But if you don't make it to the top of the waterfall you've to buy Daithi & I drink for the whole weekend :D
 
well done:clap like the look of them pictures, :roll obviously a lot of research and recce runs went into this :augie looking forward to it :bounce1:bounce1

ps. will not be taking the same route as AR14 :eek:, this is not erzberg or whatever its called :D:thedummy
 
Hey Guys is that waterfall about halfway tween Waterford and wexford and due north off the main route??

I've been trying to find half a dozen times since I first visited it back in 94 when there was no such thing as a GPS!

The wrecked trawler is it on the shore of a peninsula SE of waterford ????
 
Jaythro said:
Hey Guys is that waterfall about halfway tween Waterford and wexford adn due north off the main route??

I've been trying to find half a dozen times since I first visited it back in 94 when there was no such thing as a GPS!

The wrecked trawler is it on the shore of a peninsula SE of waterford ????
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The waterfall is Mahon falls. I'll phone a friend on the trawler
 
Jaythro said:
Hey Guys is that waterfall about halfway tween Waterford and wexford and due north off the main route??

I've been trying to find half a dozen times since I first visited it back in 94 when there was no such thing as a GPS!

The wrecked trawler is it on the shore of a peninsula SE of waterford ????
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Jay, the trawler is in Bannow Bay, between Rosslare & Waterford :
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And Mahon Falls is in the triangle between Waterford, Dungarvan & Clonmel :
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HTH ;)
 
Thanks Jockser the trawlers about where I thought it should be Fethard is a hard name and place to forget. I bet it's Hellishly well built up down there now compared to 94~95?

I think I recall a similar waterfall somewhere over east of Waterford I saw it on an old map I had and took a trip up But Hey it was 14 years ago so it may well have been the Mahon Falls

Thanks Guys
 
Jaythro said:
Thanks Jockser the trawlers about where I thought it should be Fethard is a hard name and place to forget. I bet it's Hellishly well built up down there now compared to 94~95?

I think I recall a similar waterfall somewhere over east of Waterford I saw it on an old map I had and took a trip up But Hey it was 14 years ago so it may well have been the Mahon Falls

Thanks Guys
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There ain't no feckin' waterfalls between Waterford and Wexford - at least, not since the last ice age :augie..........Mahon Falls, well worth the spin :thumb2

The wreck is the Portlairge (as gaeilge; The Waterford) - not a trawler but a dredger that is beached along the shore of Bannow Bay, Wexford near to Tintern Abbey -

(shamelessly blagged from another site

"For the information those of you who seem to have no feeling for Waterford's Heritage, the dredger SS Portlairge was built in Glasgow in 1906 and worked on the Suir for 74 years up to the time it was retired (and sold for a pittance) in 1980. Its proposed replacement never materialised as it was caught up in the intricacies of a liquidation when its builder - the Ross shipyard - went bust. The Portlairge was only one of 3 working models of its generation and type in 1980. In truth, the decision to dispense with it could be viewed as a rather shortsighted and unfortunate decision of the then Harbour Board. Imagine the attraction it would now be on the river. To those of us Waterford folk who had connections with the ship - and there are quite a few of us - the sight of it in its present state, is heartbreaking; better it had been scuttled than end up as a rusting hulk. Unfortunately, it is probably beyond saving at this stage and that is to al of Waterford's shame")

Diathi, is the boreen going to the Abbey - well worth the visit....?

Vireo
 
vireo said:
There ain't no feckin' waterfalls between Waterford and Wexford - at least, not since the last ice age :augie..........Mahon Falls, well worth the spin :thumb2

The wreck is the Portlairge (as gaeilge; The Waterford) - not a trawler but a dredger that is beached along the shore of Bannow Bay, Wexford near to Tintern Abbey -

(shamelessly blagged from another site

"For the information those of you who seem to have no feeling for Waterford's Heritage, the dredger SS Portlairge was built in Glasgow in 1906 and worked on the Suir for 74 years up to the time it was retired (and sold for a pittance) in 1980. Its proposed replacement never materialised as it was caught up in the intricacies of a liquidation when its builder - the Ross shipyard - went bust. The Portlairge was only one of 3 working models of its generation and type in 1980. In truth, the decision to dispense with it could be viewed as a rather shortsighted and unfortunate decision of the then Harbour Board. Imagine the attraction it would now be on the river. To those of us Waterford folk who had connections with the ship - and there are quite a few of us - the sight of it in its present state, is heartbreaking; better it had been scuttled than end up as a rusting hulk. Unfortunately, it is probably beyond saving at this stage and that is to al of Waterford's shame")

Diathi, is the boreen going to the Abbey - well worth the visit....?

Vireo
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No Vireo, we won't be visiting the Abbey, I had a look at info on it here and would like to have a wander, but there won't be time on the Boreen Run for it. Interesting to get a bit of info on the wreck, I'm sure it would have been worth keeping.
Beautiful area down around there, we were down around that neck of the woods on Saturday for the Boreen Run, stunning scenery, really enjoyed it.
 
Daithi said:
Beautiful area down around there, we were down around that neck of the woods on Saturday for the Boreen Run, stunning scenery, really enjoyed it.
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Miserable weather over the weekend but "Any day on the bike..." as they say.
 
me too

Put me down for this one.

What's the story with accommodation? I guess I could bring the tent (lidl's best)...
 
w00kie said:
Put me down for this one.

What's the story with accommodation? I guess I could bring the tent (lidl's best)...
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You can book your place HERE, general info HERE, accommodation for both the Saturday and Sunday are included. If you need accommodation on the Friday give either of us a shout, I think Jockser has the contact details of a good few places nearby.
 
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