| Photo

September 5th 2017
Day 4 Tarbert The wind, the wind. Oh! It was ferocious all day and in our face. We had a very good full Irish breakfast, well most of us did, which put us off to a good start. A short decent was followed by a steep climb needing more gears than most of us had, and those that had them were struggling to hold the front end down. As we looked to our left we saw Doonagore castle, built in the 16th ce ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Kerry » Tarbert

Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more

Message Follow (4) Comment

Richard Dugdale

Pennyfarthing

I am a retired engineer, born in 1945, who loves cycle touring. I started by riding Lands End John O Groats for charity. Followed by C2C, the Three Towers (Blackpool - London -Paris Blackpool), European section of North Sea Cycle Route (Rotterdam to Bergen, 3,500 km), several sportives and trips to Spain and the Alps, Slovenia, Albania, Macedonia, Turkey, Japan, Kerala and Tamil Nadu (India), Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Australia, including Tasmania and New Zealand. Kyushu Japan, USA, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Sicily. I ride two days every week with some retired riders and usually lead a... full info

Joined	January 4th 2008	Trips	13
Last Login	January 7th 2024	Followers	4
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	0
Blogs	456	Guestbook	128
Photos	3,387	Forum Posts	5

[photo=9568328]

[blogger=56300]

[photo=9568328]

[blog=994975]

[blogger=56300]

Top Photos Trips (13)Blog Map

Tot: 0.035s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 8; qc: 13; dbt: 0.0109s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb