The West Cork Run, pictures and a bit of text

West Cork Run

Richie,

Thanks for a great week-end. Thanks to Mick for the "upgrade" and the breakfast in the morning. First time on the new GS12 and he handled it like a pro! ( Richie.... please remind him about my "adoption" request!)

Big Tom! What can I say..........



























Stop Snoring please!
 
Nostrils

Firstly,
Richie thanks for the run out on Saturday. Its been a few months since i've been out on the bike and i enjoyed it immensely,some great roads and cracking scenery:clap It was great to meet some more tossers in the flesh that you only see or read on the web. To those tossers who had to endure my Nasal rumblings over the couple of nights i apologise most sincerely,particularly Jockser and Michealk who were in very close proximity:blast. Thanks to Ed and Mary for sorting the B&B in Holycross on friday and Thanks to Mike for the bed in his beautiful house on Saturday night/morning after the barman brought me home:eek:Hope to meet you all soon. BF.
 
big fella said:
Firstly,
Richie thanks for the run out on Saturday. Its been a few months since i've been out on the bike and i enjoyed it immensely,some great roads and cracking scenery:clap It was great to meet some more tossers in the flesh that you only see or read on the web. To those tossers who had to endure my Nasal rumblings over the couple of nights i apologise most sincerely,particularly Jockser and Michealk who were in very close proximity:blast. Thanks to Ed and Mary for sorting the B&B in Holycross on friday and Thanks to Mike for the bed in his beautiful house on Saturday night/morning after the barman brought me home:eek:Hope to meet you all soon. BF.
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Hi Tom, missed you on Sunday morning (not literally) just like to say it was good to meet you, and your snoring did not bother me in the least:D
 
big fella said:
To those tossers who had to endure my Nasal rumblings over the couple of nights i apologise most sincerely,particularly Jockser and Michealk who were in very close proximity:blast.
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Apology accepted :thumb2
Just don't do it again - or else :augie

As I was sweeper for the weekend I had ample opportunity to stop & take pics knowing that there'd be someone waiting at the next junction for me. And it worked most of the time - some folks just need further practice at the drop-off system :rolleyes:

Anyway, a few of my pics.

Borlin (sp?) Valley :
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The other side :
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First 'rest' stop :
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Towards Sheep's Head :
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Sheep's Head stop :
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Ken : "Where's me tea ?" :
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Heading away from Sheep's Head :
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Mandylicious said:
Great so far, hurry up :bounce1
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Patience my dear :P


Some nice coastal boreens (R2D2/Ed directly in front & Aidan & Mandy further ahead) :
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And a wee harbour :
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Bit early for Sunday service so we kept going :
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And there's the coast again :
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On the way up to Priests Leap :
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At the top, looking back the way we'd come :
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And our exit route :
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A short stop at the top to take in the views :
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A bit more coastline :
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Interesting rock formations :
(Some geologist-type will be along shortly to explain how / why..)
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It would appear from all the pics so far, I never took my helmet off the whole weekend :blast Must have been a bad hair day :augie

Great pics Jochen and John :thumb
 
And then we got to the Tim Healy Pass :bounce1
Half way up :
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All stop at the top :
(have ya ever noticed how GSers seem to 'take over' the whole road anytime they stop ? Mind you, it's not that hard on some of these roads ;))
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Looking back down :
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A bit of history :
(As part of my ongoing efforts to edjumacate the philistines among youse :augie)
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The other side, heading back to 'civilisation' :
(I'd have been quite happy to sit at the top all day, especially if the tea shop had been open !)
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Who said they take a lot of drink in the South West ? ::nenau
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Mandylicious said:
Must have been another bad hair day :augie
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:augie :augie


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Jaws100 said:
Ya get first prize for that last pic Jockser :thumb2
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D'ya think there'd be a market for installing them in peoples houses :D


Here's a selection of scenic shots taken between Glengarriff & Eyries :
(due to a GPS malfunction I don't have a tracklog so can't tell you exactly where they are :()
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Gotta go, more to follow but it'll probably be tomorrow.....
 
Jockser said:
:clap :clap :clap
Good plan. Too many bikes would just spoil it ;)
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Funnily enough when we were riding around and I was looking at my average speeds I was thinking, "I know who will have the highest speed"


You, catching up after all the snap shots... Out of interest I got up to 117KMH... I was not hanging around sometimes... But I bet you got faster... Don't post it here though as the Garda might be watching...

The 117KMH was on the dual carriage way BTW:augie
 
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