A hot bath is a wonderful invention! Treated myself in their fine restaurant and was in bed by 10.
Morning broke early and breakfast was leisurely.
After breakfast I arranged to meet up with Aine. Aine was a good friend that had put me up some years earlier on a Cycle Against Suicide 14 day trip around Ireland. We had stayed in touch periodically and it was an opportunity for a catchup with her face to face again.
Heading out into the traffic I was still a bit wary from the buffeting yesterday. But the contrast was total. Single carriageway yes but a lovely wide shoulder. The traffic was heavy but we had a separation which was good.
I took a wrong road out of Ennis but it didn’t matter, both ways led to my next town, Gort.
Heading out into the traffic I was still a bit wary from the buffeting yesterday. But the contrast was total. Single carriageway yes but a lovely wide shoulder. The traffic was heavy but we had a separation which was good.
I took a wrong road out of Ennis but it didn’t matter, both ways led to my next town, Gort.
My road went through Crusheen. Great, because it paralleled the motorway which took all the traffic. So I had a straight, clear, slightly downhill 1%, wind assisted trip to Gort.
Was ok until I reached Clarenbridge and I don’t know where the traffic came from.
Traversing the dual carriageways around Galway was a noisefest. Roundabouts and detours. Even with my computer mapping I veered off my route again. I had loaded a few more km’s onto my trip but I held my nerve and got through it.
Stopping in Claregalway for some lunch and a relax before the 25km jump to Tuam. I was hoping to get further today but Tuam was inviting.
Cycling along I make observations about roads and engineering of roads and wonder if the roads and road infrastructure are designed by children playing with Lego. But that’s the subject of another book all of its own. Kept asking imaginary council types... why did you decide to put that there? Why didn’t you finish that bit? Why did you stop there and start again 50 meters on up the road? Where is that footpath going cause it just stopped in a grass verge? Why didn’t you just.....?
Many questions! That’s how my day goes! But it’s all grist to the mill for me! Not happy unless I’m giving out!! 😜
Tomorrow is Sligo! Rain coming! “You have to learn to ride in the rain too”
Cycling along I make observations about roads and engineering of roads and wonder if the roads and road infrastructure are designed by children playing with Lego. But that’s the subject of another book all of its own. Kept asking imaginary council types... why did you decide to put that there? Why didn’t you finish that bit? Why did you stop there and start again 50 meters on up the road? Where is that footpath going cause it just stopped in a grass verge? Why didn’t you just.....?
Many questions! That’s how my day goes! But it’s all grist to the mill for me! Not happy unless I’m giving out!! 😜
Tomorrow is Sligo! Rain coming! “You have to learn to ride in the rain too”
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