Ireland - The Wild Atlantic Way

Tim, good write up and glad u enjoyed Ireland. What did you do with your kit when in the sleeping pod.? Quite interesting

Barry
 
Good write up Tim. Funny out of the three peninsulas. I prefer Beara as its usually quieter. Have they fixed this yoke over to Dursey Island yet??
 

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Good write up Tim. Funny out of the three peninsulas. I prefer Beara as its usually quieter. Have they fixed this yoke over to Dursey Island yet??
Yes Marcus, all fixed and going again since early in the summer. I remember several years ago watching a pod of dolphins using the strait between the mainland and the island to corral a shoal of fish into a ball to lunch upon, fascinating to see.
 
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This thread was very useful when I was planning my trip to the south west of Ireland in June. I was solo on a KTM 790 Adventure. My biking friends were off to France but I was saving my 90 in 180 days for right now, so I needed to be somewhere not in the Schengen zone.

I decided to concentrate on a relatively small area of the Wild Atlantic Way in the south west of the country. Ireland is not cheap for accommodation and I chose to stop overnight in hostels. My trip was close to midsummer, so long daylight hours and great weather.

Day 1: I woke in London at 4:30am, started out at 6am, and took the 1pm ferry from Fishguard to Rosslare, arriving 4:30pm. I slept in a day cabin during crossing and overnighted in Sheila's Hostel in Cork (fine hostel).

Day 2: The next day I rode the Ring of Beara (green route), then overnighted in the Railway Hostel Killarney. The Railway was a major disappointment, so I can't recommend that one.

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Day 3: Rode the Ring of Kerry (blue route).

Day 4: Rode the Dingle Peninsula (red route and my favourite of the three) and overnighted in the Grapevine Hostel in Dingle (lovely hostel).

Day 5: Rode to Dublin, overnighting in Jacobs Inn Hostel (real upmarket at just €30). Hostels have changed an awful lot since I first did Youth Hostelling nearly 60 years ago! This is the reception area in Jacobs Inn in Dublin. And a photo of the 'pod' sleeping system where you have privacy curtains and electric sockets in each pod.

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Day 6: day in Dublin

Day 7: Ferry to Holyhead, rode home.

Ireland was lovely, and the Dingle peninsula is every bit as impressive as Scotland's west coast. Locals were consistently welcoming, creating a very positive and happy atmosphere. I have every intention to return next year to tackle more of the Wild Atlantic Way.

The Irish Road Trip Guide is a useful planning site, https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/
I booked hostels through HostelWorld, https://www.hostelworld.com/st/hostels/europe/ireland

I have a GPX file with more than 40 waypoints but it's too large to upload here, you can access it via my thread on Horizons Unlimited at https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/h...-fit-anywhere/where-to-go-stay-ireland-104730

Happy to answer any questions with my limited knowledge.
Tim
When you came off the ferry from Valentia back onto the mainland at Reenard Point you passed one of the finest fish restaurants in Ireland Tim.
https://www.oneillsthepoint.ie/ is well worthy of a visit if you are in that area again
 
Yes Marcus, all fixed and going again since early in the summer. I remember several years ago watching a pod of dolphins using the strait between the mainland and the island to corral a shoal of fish into a ball to lunch upon,fascinating to see.
Good stuff that would have been something to see. First time i was on that cable car the door wasn’t interlocked…..so you could open it up on the way over. :D
 
Some nice looking country, haven't been down that way on 2 wheels since 1978 on my 400Four, time I did something about it. May I think might work
 


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