Photo Rally 2012

[Hairnet600]

hopefully over next weekend if vosa realise the bike IS moted and i can buy tax

visit aunty chris with the old man (hes on the 400 ) and do carlow and limerick

 

[Damien]

hopefully over next weekend if vosa realise the bike IS moted and i can buy tax

visit aunty chris with the old man (hes on the 400 ) and do carlow and limerick

What is this tax thing you speak of?

 

[Hairnet600]

road tax boiy

same as you

although same as you they dont spend it on the roads

 

[Damien]

I was out wandering about on the bike yesterday. When I came home I decided to connect the sat nag to the computer and download my track and upload the photo rally points.

When I had all that done, I realized I had ridden right by the Dublin/Kildare point.

What a numpty!

 

[Ravenbyrne]

I was out wandering about on the bike yesterday. When I came home I decided to connect the sat nag to the computer and download my track and upload the photo rally points.

When I had all that done, I realized I had ridden right by the Dublin/Kildare point.

What a numpty!

And you fly for a living

 

[Hairnet600]

Is that what happens at your age......

 

[Damien]

Not senile, just thick!

 

[Ropey]

Not senile, just thick!

I can vouch for that!!

 

[Hairnet600]

Did carlow wexford and waterford today

Cork and poss limerick tomorrow

 

[Hairnet600]

Epic fail on the cork point this.morning

 

[Spear Ruler]

Epic fail on the cork point this.morning

Details Mark

 

[Hairnet600]

got to macroom after sat nav sent me towards cork from mallow i dont do that side of the country much (i had no paper map with me)

quest isnt detailed enuff to show smaller roads

get there and it says left turn in xx as normal

straight into a crescent of bungalows

only way out - the way you came in

so pushed for time - it was now 1145 after id left near mitchelstown at 9.45 ish - i battered it back to mtown to collect some bits and meet to old man for the trip back to dub with the old man (hes on a 400)

i get back near the house and i meet him halfway from the house to the village

time is it?

12.20

that cant be right can it??

macroom to kilbeheny - i was a bit annoyed at doing it for nowt

but then i ran outta petrol near cahir and lucky its downhill into the village

left cahir at 1315 to catch up with old man

i caught him up at monastrevin at 1400

then another hour from there into dub (id been *cough* going quickly and had to pace him at 60-70 ish back to dub from strevin)

pics in a min

ps i now know looking at google maps where i should have gone but seems quests dont do boreens

 

[Hairnet600]

st laserian gates old leighlin

with lovely lee - he came for the spin down the n81 from blessington

eee's a cocknee but work in eire on and off (dont change the plate sor)

only 23 to go LOL

he bugga'd off back to dub after that after we failed to find food in leighlin

so i headed for wexford........

evoys forge wexford

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauchamp_Bagenal

that was across the road from it..........

then across to waterford on way to kilbeheny

durrow viaduct waterford

then from there head for lismore and ya bump into this

the road from clogheen towards ballyporeen looking at the galty

then up the mountain a bit to stop here

and one more......

the oul' fella on the boat after doing 250 miles in 3 days

i did 720 in 2.5 - ill make a traveller outta him yet

 

[Jockser]

quest isnt detailed enuff to show smaller roads

It is if ya know how to use it

It's the same maps for Quest as for Nuvi, Zumo, etc. Zoom in & all will become clear

 

[Jockser]

the oul' fella on the boat

So that's what yer gonna look like in a coupla years

 

[Hairnet600]

So that's what yer gonna look like in a coupla years

too late

he old he needed sleep

shure after 3 hours on the bike you do that too dontya

 

[Kamikaze]

too late

he old he needed sleep

shure after 3 hours on the bike you do that too dontya

Yeah...and sometimes he stops the bike first.

 

[Jockser]

Yeah...and sometimes he stops the bike first.

But only sometimes

 

[GSDGS]

Ballyknockan No. 10 Photo - attention

There is a temporary metal alloy bridge on the Lacken to Ballyknockan road close to Ballyknockan. Cyclists are advised to dismount while crossing. In the wet it could be slippery (shiny metal surface) even on a motorcycle.

A much more scenic approach is available from the Wicklow Gap direction, wonderful views of the lakes coming down the mountain. Alternately approach from Hollywood or Valleymount to avoid the temporary bridge in the wet or the dark or the wet and the dark.

 

[GSDGS]

Video of the temporary bridge

from Kevinb99 on IBF

advance to 4.25 and watch to to 4.40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbvycFlr6nA&list=UUuRJJkPwP43Vrm-MPqAXL6Q&index=1&feature=plcp