On Sunday morning I headed up to Donegal to do #1 on the Photo Rally, For some reason it didn't occur to me that a "Communications Mast" would be best placed on top a a mountain 
Well i should have known better now really!.Anyway I got to where the photopoint was and took my photo in high winds but no rain thank god.Did a bit of sightseeing and headed to Bunbeg where I was booked into a hotel.I have to say that I LOVE Donegal and it had to be one of the best biking days for me to date! The road from Dungloe to the Glenties is something to experience! I stopped at the Blue Haven Hotel for lunch ,I asked the barman"Is that Ben Bulbin mountain way off in the distance?" "Aye" says he and added"If you can see Ben Bulbin it's probably going to Rain and if you can't see it,that's because it's raining already",,, perfect!
Next day ,I awoke to lashing rain and headed over Glenveagh into Letterkenny and across the border into Derry ,got to another hill top and took the shot of the Fishtail Milestone,No 2 on the list.A quick stop just outside Cookstown to get in #3 and then home.
Here is a link to a 2 minute rough cut video of the whole weekend including some shots of Killybegs which,you can smell when you are 3 km's away from and,Slieve League. When you do something like this you can't help wondering if there is any need to go outside of Ireland on a bike,yes of course there is,as there is so much to see but,it will do you no harm to sample this little country first.It may be small but it is diverse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37oXp1ZCQC0
A big thanks to the guys who organised this,although to be honest I wasn't thanking ye when I was trying to turn my bike around on a boreen in the middle of nowhere on the top of a mountain!Note to self,,do some offroad training!!! Cheers guys
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Well i should have known better now really!.Anyway I got to where the photopoint was and took my photo in high winds but no rain thank god.Did a bit of sightseeing and headed to Bunbeg where I was booked into a hotel.I have to say that I LOVE Donegal and it had to be one of the best biking days for me to date! The road from Dungloe to the Glenties is something to experience! I stopped at the Blue Haven Hotel for lunch ,I asked the barman"Is that Ben Bulbin mountain way off in the distance?" "Aye" says he and added"If you can see Ben Bulbin it's probably going to Rain and if you can't see it,that's because it's raining already",,, perfect! Next day ,I awoke to lashing rain and headed over Glenveagh into Letterkenny and across the border into Derry ,got to another hill top and took the shot of the Fishtail Milestone,No 2 on the list.A quick stop just outside Cookstown to get in #3 and then home.
Here is a link to a 2 minute rough cut video of the whole weekend including some shots of Killybegs which,you can smell when you are 3 km's away from and,Slieve League. When you do something like this you can't help wondering if there is any need to go outside of Ireland on a bike,yes of course there is,as there is so much to see but,it will do you no harm to sample this little country first.It may be small but it is diverse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37oXp1ZCQC0
A big thanks to the guys who organised this,although to be honest I wasn't thanking ye when I was trying to turn my bike around on a boreen in the middle of nowhere on the top of a mountain!Note to self,,do some offroad training!!! Cheers guys
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...... think we might have to switch the ABS off for some of those roads.
& apologies for the hijack 
