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The last 12 miles! The road from Corofin to Ennis was easy to ride. We were able to enjoy a side trip to Dysert O,Dea, a medieval tower house/castle. This was the site of a famous battle in the 13th century where the Irish Chieftains defeated a large Norman army. We were able to explore all the floors of this structure and see what life was like back in that time (definitely not the Hilton…I want a heavenly bed…just being honest). Brian and Geoff especially like the ‘kill hole’…a hole in the floor where residents could pour boiling water or boiling oil on the doorstep of would be intruders…home protection system’s early start I suppose! Actually that would make a great advertising campaign….anyway, cool to see but we were ready to find our way home.
Now, you may recall skeptical reader, that we had a little trouble on our first day following directions laid out for us. Ever since the first day, we have been very lucky to have simple instructions. But this afternoon’s instructions were extremely hard to follow (cycle for 1km then you come to a left turn at the yellow bungalow but turn right then the immediate left
over a bridge then pass a ruined church…and so on). We made a pact to stop at every possible intersection to be sure that we did not turn the wrong way… we were tired and ready to be done, so we didn’t want to miss the road to Ennis. We did well, making it back to our first B&B (and waiting car) by 4pm!
We did it. We rode 90 miles in three days! Who would have thunk it?!!
Now we had to find our way to Galway and our B&B there for the journey to the Connemara area!!
Gaelic phrase/word for the day: Thaistil mé 90 míle in Éirinn ar rothar, agus ní raibh bás!
(I travelled 90 miles in Ireland on a bicycle and didn't die!)
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Joan Masters
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Congratulations!
Doesn't the car seem really easy and fast now? Enjoy the rest of your journey.