Ireland the North 2. Banbridge

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Ireland the North 2. Banbridge

Short day with the first 25 miles on cycleways following the coast and the river Lagan until we reached the south side of Lisburn. We had a moment when we encountered a fallen tree across the path and had to dismount and carry the bike over cyclocross style. After the great cycle path we met a small hill which seemed like a mountain after the earlier flat riding. Lorna’s gears were causing problems when we got to Hillsborough so a bit of fine tuning was required after coffee at the Owl and the Pussycat cafe. The rest of the route took us through dairy farmland and what looked like fairly prosperous farms with good farm buildings and modern machinery. The Banville Hotel was found just after lunch and a sandwich at Subway in Banbridge and the weather was still good although cloudy at times. Tomorrow should see a change on the weather but still in the high teens with some rain early on. We may get lucky.

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Photos

Surface algae and beech mast
River Lagan

Boat Club
Belfast

Cyclocross
Tree across the cycleway