Not The Long Way Up day 3

Great meal last night in Kilcrohane , a bit “school dinner” but hit the spot. Breakfast proceeded much like yesterday with our host Jennie most put out at our refusal of a fry. We averted a cross border incident by accepting scrambled eggs , which were delicious. The...
Not the long way up day 2

Not the long way up day 2

Joan delivered as promised with the fry 😍. We had another miraculously dry day with sun. A fresh ( headwind) most of the day made sure we got a workout. The days report Swim x1 ( Baltic) Wordle 3/6 ( champion) Punctures 0 Near death incidents 0 Navigational errors 0...
Not the long way up day 1

Not the long way up day 1

Early start with 6am dip in Rostrevor, then into Doc Lewis’s car to Kinsale , dropping his car there for him to pick up at the end of his TAW.Loaded bikes in Kinsale and headed towards Clonakilty. Roads busy in places. We have “R “( restricted) drivers in the north....
Not The Long Way Up

Not The Long Way Up

Day 0 . This trip has been in the offing for some years , having been scuppered by covid . Finally got around to it , now i’m not so sure as it is no longer looming but a reality . I’ve spent the last 2 weeks agitating about packing , spares to carry and...

Doctor Everest

Doc Lewis has submitted his. Everest report so that we all migh share some of his pain , I was devastated that I was away on holidays when he did it 😉 . The weather was to say the least not conducive to photo graphs . Here we go….. Everesting Everesting was a...