GPX - The Wild Atlantic Way

[Mzokk]

Did it earlier this year, went from Cairnryan to Belfast, did the Titanic museum which I found an excellent experience.

Did an anti-clockwise route using routes i copied from the official guide onto basecamp, took two weeks in all with a mixture of camping and air b&b saw an awful lot of rain which was the main turn off for me and if I’m honest not somewhere I’d be in a hurry to return to any time soon.

Its driest here (statistically) between April and June. But even during this period there can be wet spells and it can be cold particularly if its dry and sunny during the day the temperature will plummet at night best book a B&B (near a pub) or Hotel rather than camp. Frosts in April are not uncommon. If you can, the best option is to see if there is a stable high coming in, in May or June and go for it (it was great this year in June it got up to 30+ centigrade which is very rare) and not much rain from February until now. I've been doing "look for high pressure and go for it", for years for trips to Scotland (though it's harder to get accomodation in North West Scotland at short notice now since the NC500!) September and October here can be wet and windy as can February March. It's generally more Stormy around the equinox's than at other times of the year. That said we are a smallish Island at the edge of the Atlantic so if you don't like the weather...........just wait a minute .

It can create its own drama mind "Knockalla" Co.Donegal February

 

[Mzokk]

This is Magilligan Point View at the Donegal end of the WAW looking suitably wild. 30 minutes later at Kinnego bay the sun was splitting the trees and it seemed you could reach out and touch Islay and Jura.

 

[Wapping]

Reach out and touch…..

There is a very strange optical illusion, you sometimes get on the coast near Calais. Riding along a very small unclassified road (on the hills above the main coastal road) about a mile or more inland, you can sometimes look out into the Channel, where the ships seem to be close enough to touch. Very odd.

 

[Wapping]

On our recent ride on the highways any byways around Leenane, I saw the wiggly sign, shown in the picture above, on a blue background. I thought it was for rivers… Not least (and this is a very poor excuse) the French are very good at putting signs on their many rivers.

Bloody odd rivers, out here in the middle of nowhere, all a bit hilly, nothing to see or pathetically small (as in non existent) as you ride past the sign, I thought to myself. Why bother? Then, later on in the day, it dawned on me…. Helped that I saw a full road sign!

The idiot Englishman abroad. Thankfully, I didn’t ask a local!

 

[Hillhound]

Rickety doesn't even begin to describe it Im sure you noticed that you can see the sea through the planks that make up the floor

Nice walk over Dursey Island. View attachment 444211

Some wag had posted a speed limit on the Island road.......this was back in 2016.