Mizen Head to Kenmare: 55 miles We left Mizen Head just before 2 pm and luckily the weather conditions we’re pretty favourable (if anything there was a dead heat in sheltered areas). We set a fairly decent pace, and stopped in Durrus, Bantry and finally in Glengarriff. The biggest climb of the day (indeed… Read More Mizen to Malin Day 1: Mizen to Kenmare
So, final day before we kick off Mizen to Malin and everyone is pretty excited. Fortunately the chest infection is much improved, but with a short 55 miles to start with tomorrow, I should be in fairly decent shape (Having said that there is a Cat 3 climb to negotiate in the Caha Pass, but… Read More T-Minus 1 Day
In this edge-of-the-seat post I’ll just go over what’s in the right bag. Clothes Pretty much the only stuff in this pannier are (off the bike) clothes and toiletries. We’re only doing a week, and staying mainly in B&Bs, so I’m bringing the following: 2 x t-shirts 1 x pair shorts 1 x hoodie 3… Read More Packing My Panniers: Part 2
Now for a very exciting post: how I’m packing panniers for the Mizen to Malin cycle next week! Gripping stuff for the non-cyclists, I know, but since we’ll be on the bike for a week it makes sense to put a bit of effort into getting it right. Now, I haven’t done a multi-day tour… Read More Packing My Panniers: Part 1
So, as part of our plans for Mizen to Malin (less than 2 weeks now), we* decided to do a full day spin, on similar roads and with similar mileage as to what we plan for the main trip. And as a final prep we said we’d go with the bags fully loaded. So the… Read More One Day Tour around Lough Derg
Last night 2 of us did our first spin with the bikes fully loaded (racks and about 7kg in the panniers, basically what we plan on taking with us for Mizen to Malin). Considering the sun had been splitting the stones all day and was quite humid we thought a nice easy 30 mile spin,… Read More 1st Fully Loaded Training Spin
So, it’s about 2 & 1/2 weeks to go and we’re in to the home straight for preparations for our cycle tour from Mizen Head (southerly most point of Ireland) to Malin Head (Most northerly point). There are 4 of us doing it, and for at least 2 of us it will be a fairly… Read More Countdown to Mizen to Malin
