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Where to spend the day cycling?

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  • 22-05-2010 4:18pm
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    JJayoo
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭


    Hiya

    I have tomorrow off and want to take advantage of the good weather, just wondering if anyone could advise a scenic route. Am planning on throwing the bike into the citylink clifden bus and hopping off along the way.

    Any suggestions :D


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    jkforde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭jkforde


    Head to Clifden (bus & bike), cycle out towards Ballyconneely on the R341 as far as Ardagh, go left before the bridge and then use the minor roads all the way back to Maam Cross and then get the bus back to Galway (check with the bus driver on the way out to Clifden for any changes to the day's timetable!)... did this last year and it was class day

    🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️



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    burren
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭burren


    The Oughterard-Rossaveel road has very little traffic and is in my opinion the most scenic drive/cycle relatively close to Galway. You could opt then to cycle the busy coast road back to Galway or the Casla road to Maam Cross (R336).

    If that's not enough distance for you , you could also take a left on the R340 which you could follow all the way through Carna back to the N59. Or take the shortcut betweeen Derryrush and Cashel which is again a nice scenic minor road. Also the route between Cashel and Clifden along the minor roads is a great cycle. This is probably the same option (Clifden to Maam Cross) as jkforde is suggesting.


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    Sniipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭Sniipe


    very good advice from Burren, I've done this a few times and its definately one of the most scenic areas close to Galway. The hill is nice as well :)


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