Apres trip and one or two malfunctions! More photos on Alastair’s flickr page. More of Alastair’s biking stuff at sportcrazy.net.

A view from Ground Zero lots of stops for discussion and to watch other bikers do their thing!

Wonderful experience cycling these boards, previously this would not have been a route for Mountain Bikes

Discussing the trip technicalities and the possibilities of good pictures

Nine hardy souls set of from Bellacorrick to do the 18 miles to Ballycastle, the route followed the Western Way, a hiking trail through the most remote part of North Mayo. The route could be used as a cycling way for those who use Mountain Bikes and like an endurance challenge without the technical difficulties […]

Took this picture on Mountain Bike Trip mid February

This is Paddy Colgan from California with whom I have enjoyed many hikes all over Ireland

Many years ago I was hiking with some American friends from the Sierra Club, we were discussing Ireland in the context of it’s religious dispositions. After a while I stopped talking about the Irish and their religious perspectives and asked what of my American friends. We went around the group and various people explained their […]

One of my favourite poems is, ” The Four Quartets” by TS Eliot “In my beginning is my end, in succession houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended are removed, destroyed restored, or in their place is an open field or a factory or a bypass. Old stone to new Building,…..” East  Coker. One of […]