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Cycle up Turlough Hill, Wicklow.

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    #32
    jober
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    After reading this thread.I'm going to give turlough hill a bash tomorrow. Iv cycled past the gate a few times but never ventured up there.I'll be coming from Hollywood direction .hopefully the legs are up for it.


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    Sunsets On Tuesday
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    jober wrote: »
    After reading this thread.I'm going to give turlough hill a bash tomorrow. Iv cycled past the gate a few times but never ventured up there.I'll be coming from Hollywood direction .hopefully the legs are up for it.
    Would it be steeper coming from that direction?


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    Wishbone Ash
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    Sunsets On Tuesday wrote: »
    Would it be steeper coming from that direction?
    No - more gentle gradient and the prevailing south westerly will usually be behind you.


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    jober
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    So done this earlier .not as steep as I thought it would be definitely alot easier than kippure.I'd be slow at climbing most hills but had i known it didnt kick up id say i could of gone up quicker.fog was bad up there couldn't see a thing.will definitely give it another go some time when it's fog free


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    #36
    crosstownk
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    And you introduced me to the joys of Sorrell Hill afterwards! :pac: (Sat 4th April 2015)

    Yep. Sorry about that. I went up it from the other side earlier this year and the surface is absolute shíte. Broken. Worse than Preist's Leap's surface. As I climbed up (back in March this year), I did think that 'WA must have thought I was taking the píss that day'.

    Great view over Blessington Lakes from Ballynultagh Gap.
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    Alek
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    I went up it from the other side earlier this year and the surface is absolute shíte. Broken. Worse than Preist's Leap's surface.

    Tempting! I love bad roads.

    (tried St. Kevin's Way yet? :D )


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    crosstownk
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    Alek wrote: »
    Tempting! I love bad roads.

    You'd probably love Ballynultagh Gap at 4am with studded tyres in -5C!
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