I took this photo thinking it offered a worthy view of the cows that often make up a part of what I see when I look out over the handlebars here. However when I embellished it, I realized that it also shows an example of the roads that have been s…
The skies were blue. It was warm (in the low 60’s). Rare. Especially for a March day in Ireland. Instead of spending it in the saddle, I worked on my wheel. Seems the 1/2 inch high spot I was able to get away with on US roads is a prescription for…
It is rare that you don’t see rain in a 7 day forecast here. Much less “heat” such as this, the first tshirt day since last Fall. So with the Eagle still awaiting a few tig weld patches, I rolled about 20 miles on the bent. The bridge here is what…
The yellow house above looks down on the house below that used to be the main house of this sheep ranch. Below all of this are the sheep and their fields……..
as are the sheep……. THX 4 all of U!!
Top is one of Ireland’s longest established fuel importers, Owned by the Reihill family, they are part of a 100% Irish owned company dating back over 200 years.
The roads of Ireland have been hard on my bikes. My Eagle and my bent have both visited Blacksmith Pawel in the last few days Here he is welding two more cracks that developed on my Eagle. And I just found another today……. And here he is tig w…
When the British built the rail system here in Ireland, they often went through those large hills in the way, by blasting through them. When cars then became popular, short bridges were built over the top to reconnect both sides of the slope. Here…
Irish Phone Booth that is……….
A national holiday of monumental proportions, St. Patrick’s Day is like our Fourth of July… Eagled in the late morning. Then came back and watched a great Ireland team get clobbered by England in rugby. Next up was an international St. Patrick’s…