Jul 29, 2024 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
You could start this cycle from Midleton train station but on this occasion we parked our van at Bawnard Crossroads, the first crossroads beyond Ballinacurra on the R630 Midleton to Whitegate road. Our cycle was a 44km round trip and from the train station it would be...
Mar 11, 2023 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
This Greenway is an easy 14km cycle from Tralee to beautiful Fenit. We stretched it out by adding a worthwhile little jaunt at the Fenit end. Finding the start of the Greenway in Tralee town was a bit of an ordeal. Kerry County Council certainly needs to work on...
Aug 11, 2022 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
The Healy Pass on the Beara Peninsula would seem to be a daunting challenge. However, the generous looping switchback turns, especially on the County Cork ascent from Adrigole, make for a very mangageable and wonderful adventure, especially on an electric bike. Access...
Jun 8, 2022 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
If you’re feeling up to a challenge and want to see some of the most rugged and remote scenery in Ireland, this journey is a real rite of passage. It can be broken into sections of course, but we decided to do a two-day trip staying overnight in Kenmare....
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,...
Sep 9, 2019 | E-Bike Adventures and Routes
We started our journey at Fossa, just outside Killarney on the N72. A roadside cycle path takes you to the Gap Road, a left turn just beyond Fossa. The Gap of Dunloe is well signed and the gentle slope up to Kate Kearney’s Cottage allows you to warm up those...
