Apr 27, 2021 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
There hasn’t been much opportunity for blogging recently – it’s hard to blog when you’re cycling around and around within your 5km limit!! So, you can imagine the excitement of the first opportunity to challenge our legs and our bikes with some...
Sep 28, 2020 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
Ballyferriter (Baile an Fheirtéaraigh) is a great place to stay if you want to cycle the Slea Head area of the Dingle Peninsula. We stayed in the Ceann Sibéal Hotel, which was lovely. On the first afternoon, we turned west along the R559 for a very short while and...
Jul 12, 2020 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
We have cycled the Sheep’s Head Peninsula many times, so we usually look at the beauty of Dunmanus Bay from that side. On this occasion, we drove through Durrus and out along the Mizen Head Peninsula on the R591. We parked at a spot where churns would have been...
Jan 13, 2020 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
A very scenic part of Cork’s historic Butter Road, between Millstreet and Rylane, was the target for our first real cycling adventure of 2020. Getting butter by road to the Butter Exchange in Cork City, for export to the West Indies and South America, was...
Dec 1, 2019 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
What a great way to start December – with a delightful cycle along the lower Cork Harbour Greenway! Six degrees celcius need not discourage you when it’s sunny, not too windy and you are well layered up. We parked at the first car park east of Carrigaline,...