Photos taken on your cycle.

RobFowl

blorg wrote: »

I am cycling solo but get on well with myself, I am very good company :pac:

I'd probably have started a row and not be speaking to myself at this stage

Bunnyhopper

blorg wrote: »

not at all for three months

I'm curious about where the bike lives when you're not using it. I'd be worried about it being nicked every time I went off on a day trip, but maybe that just comes from spending too much time in Dublin

blorg

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

I'm curious about where the bike lives when you're not using it. I'd be worried about it being nicked every time I went off on a day trip, but maybe that just comes from spending too much time in Dublin

It stays at whatever Guesthouse I am at. Some of the time I am there too, other times I have gone off somewhere and back in a few weeks.

meercat

sorry about quality(iphone)

Cookie_Monster

Lake Mangamahoe: Nature reserve and source lake for a hydro plant. Has lots of walking trails and MTB and horse trails too.

big mce

meercat wrote: »

sorry about quality(iphone)

Some-one was doing the seven wonders!

meercat

big mce wrote: »

Some-one was doing the seven wonders!

spot on big mce;)

dermur

This little park was always a very tranquil place to take a breather. Hardly ever a sinner there but much frequented by me when I was out cycling in that neck of the woods (North Eastern China)...

dermur

meercat wrote: »

spot on big mce;)

That wouldn't be Fore, would it? Was threatening to cycle there (from Killucan) this weekend but plans got scuppered at the last minute!

meercat

dermur wrote: »

That wouldn't be Fore, would it? Was threatening to cycle there (from Killucan) this weekend but plans got scuppered at the last minute!

yeah thats it
great little coffee shop beside it for tea
say hello to the owner
very welcoming to cyclists

dermur

Yeah - I like that coffee shop - very friendly place!

That's where I first heard about The Tain route, I'd love to do that some time.

Not sure what the seven wonders is though?

Ole Rodrigo

meercat wrote: »

yeah thats it
great little coffee shop beside it for tea
say hello to the owner
very welcoming to cyclists

Always nice to know of friendly coffee shops

meercat

dermur wrote: »

Not sure what the seven wonders is though?

Water flowing up a hill.
Wood that never burns.
Monastery that was built on bog land and did not sink.
Water that will not boil.
Mill without mill race.
Lintel stone lifted by angels.
Hermit never had to look for food.:)

dermur

meercat wrote: »

Water flowing up a hill.
Wood that never burns.
Monastery that was built on bog land and did not sink.
Water that will not boil.
Mill without mill race.
Lintel stone lifted by angels.
Hermit never had to look for food.

That place just gets more and more interesting!

Cookie_Monster

meercat wrote: »

Mill without mill race.

Is that not just bad design and build rather than a miracle

smacl

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Lake Mangamahoe: Nature reserve and source lake for a hydro plant. Has lots of walking trails and MTB and horse trails too.

Ah but you're missing some amazing wind and driving rain back here CM. None of that namby pamby sunshine and tranquillity rubbish

Cookie_Monster

smacl wrote: »

Ah but you're missing some amazing wind and driving rain back here CM. None of that namby pamby sunshine and tranquillity rubbish

30cm of rain in 36 hours on Sunday and Monday last week, missing nothing!

The weather here varies a lot, it's very Irish today, grey all day, breezy and pissing down since about 5.

The weekend will be a bit more Mediterranean though::):):)

blorg

jinghong

blorg wrote: »

Blorg, on Burma, I have cycled there. The roads are easily the worst I have ever come across, probably matching Romania for potholes. I have cycled in China too, and it's a completely different experience. If you are going, make sure and hit the shan state, nice drag up there from the lowlands though, although Laos should be a good training session if you're there now

buffalo

From Kunming, in south-west China. Rented a bike, saddle was about half a foot too low for me, but put up with it because I was only going on a flat spin around a park. Then I saw the mountains the other side of the lake, and my climbing instinct kicked in. Hope you're all well at home!

blorg

buffalo wrote: »

From Kunming, in south-west China. Rented a bike, saddle was about half a foot too low for me, but put up with it because I was only going on a flat spin around a park. Then I saw the mountains the other side of the lake, and my climbing instinct kicked in. Hope you're all well at home!

I was in Kunming only a few weeks ago. Where are you staying? Have you found the noodles utterly addictive yet? (Pho here in Vietnam can be nice but just NOT the same as Yunnan noodles, that stuff is like cocaine.)

Vélo

blorg wrote: »

that stuff is like cocaine.)

Have you had much cocaine?

You never struck me as the type.

Canis Lupus

Guelmin to Tan Tan, Western Sahara effectively, 160km route of nothingness all around. Real cycle or die territory here.

Carpenter

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Guelmin to Tan Tan, Western Sahara effectively, 160km route of nothingness all around. Real cycle or die territory here.

Who was with you

Canis Lupus

Carpenter wrote: »

Who was with you

No one, on my own these days.

Carpenter

Canis Lupus wrote: »

No one, on my own these days.

Are you fricken nuts

Canis Lupus

Carpenter wrote: »

Are you fricken nuts

Maybe. Ask me again if I manage to get to Mauritania.

Carpenter

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Maybe. Ask me again if I manage to get to Mauritania.

So where exactly are you right now

manwithaplan

Carpenter wrote: »

So where exactly are you right now

And what are you wearing?

Carpenter

manwithaplan wrote: »

And what are you wearing?

:eek: