My rest day consisted of exactly that, I didn't do a whole pile of anything, I met Deasun, who I hadn't seen in years, for lunch and enjoyed a good ma...
Having stayed in Birr, we made the trek across the Slieve Bloom mountains to where we had finished the previous day in Mountrath to start from the sam...
Waking up in Limerick was the first time on the entire trip that I had bounced out of bed looking forward to the 100km ahead. The daily pattern of hav...
Tuesday morning, after a well earned day's rest in Killarney, I set off again, this time it was the first time we were heading east, having reached th...
My rest day consisted of exactly that, I didn't do a whole pile of anything, I met Deasun, who I hadn't seen in years, for lunch and enjoyed a good ma...
So the big day is finally here, we head off into the sunset this evening on our way to Killarney, with the knowledge that just a single sleep seperate...
Life decided to throw me some curve balls, and now I'm looking at this end of the year and what I still have to achieve to complete my challenges and ...
Hi all I have finally compiled my list of 2013 challenges, I have left challenge 10 open to you all for ideas, please if you can think of something that would challenge me I would love to hear your ideas. I would also love to hear about your own personal challenges…… here it goes!!! 1.Sky [...]
Well the year passed me by and I found I had less time to write my blog and fill every one in. I have been pushing on with my challenges and Im very please with my results. Here is how the year panned out for 2012 1. Take a cake decorating course COMPLETE 2. I [...]
My rest day consisted of exactly that, I didn’t do a whole pile of anything, I met Deasun, who I hadn’t seen in years, for lunch and enjoyed a good massage in the afternoon. It was exactly what the doctor ordered. Setting off from the banks of the Shannon in the centre of Athlone, the [...]
Having stayed in Birr, we made the trek across the Slieve Bloom mountains to where we had finished the previous day in Mountrath to start from the same spot. We encountered some creative parking on arrival in the Laois town, and after a few attempts to unload the bike and get started I finally set [...]
Waking up in Limerick was the first time on the entire trip that I had bounced out of bed looking forward to the 100km ahead. The daily pattern of having a swim and a soak in the Jacuzzi after the days exertions was beginning to have an effect. I was beginning to feel stronger in [...]
Tuesday morning, after a well earned day’s rest in Killarney, I set off again, this time it was the first time we were heading east, having reached the most westerly spot on the tour in the kingdom of Kerry. 115.2km of tarmac lay between me and the Treaty city. I headed off on the Tralee [...]
So over a very picturesque breakfast myself and Dad bumped into Rob and Marian Heffernan who had also been staying in the Quality Hotel the previous evening. We had a quick chat before each pair excused themselves to get ready for the ride ahead. We stayed off the main N25 as long as possible before [...]
This morning we set off from Kilkenny and had Carrick-on-Suir in our sights, the home of Sean Kelly, the legendary Irish cyclist and former World Number 1. Once again I was on my own and managed to get to Carrick with little to no fuss, there was a nice tester of a hill between Kilkenny [...]
I slept through my alarm on day 2 of the cycle, I’m blaming but my support team managed to get me up in plenty of time to have a great breakfast and get out on the bike a couple of minutes ahead of the 9:30 start we had planned. Dave Somerville who had completed the [...]
So the day of reckoning finally arrived, a mildly sleepless night where final dashing around for bike accessories and other arrangements dragged on to well after midnight. I woke ahead of the alarm clock at about 7:30, and got up, had a bowl of porridge, which I still can’t actually stomach, but does what it [...]
