new cycle routes

GoldenGreen

Hi Folks,
Just noticed recently new cycle signs going up in around the creeslough area, they are a white background with blue lettering. It has a picture of a bike and a number and sometimes a place name with distance.

As I notice them usually pointing up narrow back roads was wondering if these roads have be set aside as a new cycle route through the county and if so where can you get a map of these routes.

If anyone has any info, that would be great.

homer simpson

Do you remember what the route number is?

GoldenGreen

homer simpson wrote: »

Do you remember what the route number is?

There is one in the center of Creeslough point down Magheraroarty Road with it saying Glen and a distance (seems a really strange way to go to Glen Village down that road)

And there ther eis one point up the Faymore more saying Dunlewy(I think) and distance then up the Faymore road about a mile there is a sign with a bike on it and just the number 1 in a blue box.

Will try and get pics of them later

homer simpson

GoldenGreen wrote: »

There is one in the center of Creeslough point down Magheraroarty Road with it saying Glen and a distance (seems a really strange way to go to Glen Village down that road)

And there ther eis one point up the Faymore more saying Dunlewy(I think) and distance then up the Faymore road about a mile there is a sign with a bike on it and just the number 1 in a blue box.

Will try and get pics of them later

http://www.smartertravel.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/1204%2027%20Application%20for%20Route%201.%20Donegal%20Town%20to%20Newtown%20Cunningham.pdf (edited link removed the %20 for spaces, silly PDF files :pac:)

The proposed route starts in Donegal Town and links Mount Charles, Inver, Ardara,
Leitirmacaward, Dungloe, Burtonport, Crolly, Dunlewey, Gortahork, Dunfanaghy,
Creeslough, Glen, Milford, Ramelton, Letterkenny, Manor Cunningham and finishes
to join Route 2, the Inis Eoighin Route in Newton Cunningham which will also apply
for funding under the NCN scheme.

A new 196 KM cycle route costing €500K on mainly narrow back roads.There is also a couple of maps out there but none seem to follow the route proposed in the above fully.

echo beach

homer simpson wrote: »

A new 196 KM cycle route costing €500K on mainly narrow back roads.

Cycling along narrow, twisting back roads sounds as dangerous, or even more dangerous, than cycling on a main road. Surely a cycle route should be for bicycles only, like the new one in Mayo that follows a disused railway line.

GoldenGreen

echo beach wrote: »

Cycling along narrow, twisting back roads sounds as dangerous, or even more dangerous, than cycling on a main road. Surely a cycle route should be for bicycles only, like the new one in Mayo that follows a disused railway line.

could not agree more, looks like the route they are sending you from Letterkenny to Creeslough is via Milford and Glen village.

Shame they dont do up the old rail line between Letterkenny and Cresslough and even the old viaduct just outside Creeslough would then be an attraction in itself, but then again this would take a lot of money which there is none of this weather :-(