Here I go again! The build-up!

Having a beer with my son Sean last week, he asked me "well when is your next adventure?"
I dismissed his question, as I do now when asked. Think I've done enough trips and trails to do me a lifetime. He was equally dismissive of my assertion and said I should, at least, hold on to the idea
I had a disturbed sleep that night because he told me that there was no reason for me to quit now and that I still had it in me to go.
In the early morning, Malin Head  to Mizen Head came into MY head and I let it rest there. Its an iconic trip I thought, undertaken by many as a challenge to do in 5 or 4 or 3 or even 2 days, between 600 and 700 kms. But I have no interest in that madness and could never see the attraction in that. Then as the incubation progressed I thought!
I had cycled the spine of America (Vancouver to Mexico) in 2008 and in 2011 the spine of New Zealand (Cape Rienga to Bluff) . So why not the spine of Ireland as a trip?
So, I left it there to incubate further!
Before long it looked like something I might like to do.
It is usually done by groups, supported by a crew or one person doing the impossible. My plan began to materialise. It was to resurrect Loretta, my Cannondale touring bike, unearth my panniers and maybe my tent and do it as an unsupported trip, stopping where the notion takes me and hopefully completing it in something like 6 days. that sounded do-able to me and an adventure that maybe, just maybe would be within my capability.
And so to plans.
Loretta needed some attention. So the bike shop is the first port of call for a health check. Next is a scour through my belongings to dig out the bags and make lists of 'bits' to take. Priority this time is cables and chargers and boosters! Things not required when last Loretta was travelling. But essential kit in this day and age.
Routes are the next thing. What way to go? Not too much of the Wild Atlantic Way route because that would be much longer. My focus, as always, is 'getting there'! No side trips! No sight-seeing. Unless I happen to stumble on it! Just Do It! as Nike say!

First draft route

Mizen Head in the South to Malin Head in the North

Loretta