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NigelS
03-09-2008, 06:44 PM
or anything in between Dublin and there?


(edited due to change in plan :P)
ianog
03-09-2008, 06:46 PM
" NO "
Liam
03-09-2008, 07:23 PM
Still no
Liam
03-09-2008, 07:23 PM
Well actually, good bike trails in Newry.
NigelS
03-09-2008, 07:26 PM
still not back on the mountainbike unfortunately :(
paddyobrien
03-09-2008, 07:26 PM
north antrim coast is scenic. better if the weather is nice.


Portadown has loads of silly people wearing orange.


belfast??


no idea if you'd drive up on the M1/N1/A1 road or not though
paddyobrien
03-09-2008, 07:27 PM
could go hiking in the mournes too
Sean
03-09-2008, 08:13 PM
Lots of scenic riding around Carlingford/Newry area, and further north on the other side of the Lough if that's what you're after?

Or will there be a ladyfriend in tow?
Barrydanzig
03-09-2008, 08:31 PM
well sean, even if there is a girlfriend in tow, there can still be Lots of scenic riding done.


zing.
Liam
04-09-2008, 07:39 AM
Well done Barry, like it.
TomH
08-09-2008, 10:57 AM
Carlingford is beautiful, you can climb the Mountain at the back of the village in about 3 hours and the views are amazing, or across the lough venture into the Mourne National Park, it's really nice and nearly always empty so you have this huge national park to yourself, Slieve Donard is a very good hike, up to 720m I think...


Belfast is worth checking out, even just to drive around the staunchly loyalist areas and see all the murals alongside blue, red and white kerbs, union jacks and the stares as an Irish reg drives throught the area!...The nationalist areas are equally impressive..and then the cranes in the Harland & Wolfe shipyard are kinda cool, plus it's where RMS Titanic was built,..


Also you can surf up around Portrush,

...I popped into an Orange Lodge one day up in very loyalist area called Tandragee, there was even a Celtic v Rangers match on the television, now that was an interesting day!...
NigelS
08-09-2008, 04:40 PM
HELLO!


I was up there this weekend. It's a really nice area. The Causeway Coastal Route is beautiful. Blue skies made it all the better :D


We went to the bushmills distillery, the Giant's Causeway, the (ballintoy?) rope bridge, and then took the rest of the coastal route down to glenariff (i think) waterfall. Turned back towards ballymena afterwards to take na bothair mhór (sic) home. If anyone hasn't been up there, then I thoroughly recommend it. I also have contact details for an amazing B&B in Ballycastle. We were treated like kings!
Alex
09-09-2008, 06:09 AM
Hello,


I was there as well, how come i didn't see you with your huge funky hair style!?!?!?!?!

You were hidding....:)


See you soon, got injured so no cycling for a while :( ......