{"id":136,"date":"2011-07-09T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/roads-that-end"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:47","slug":"roads-that-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/07\/09\/roads-that-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Roads That End :("},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p_embed p_image_embed\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-circle tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/09\\\/roads-that-end\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1100px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1100\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/07\/09\/roads-that-end\/28895379-img_0474-4\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7181\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/28895379-IMG_0474.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1309453817&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"28895379-IMG_0474\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/28895379-IMG_0474.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/28895379-IMG_0474.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/28895379-IMG_0474.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=1096&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1096\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"1096\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"28895379-IMG_0474\" alt=\"28895379-IMG_0474\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While few of the back roads here in Ireland are marked, most end up on a connecting road. However, from time to time they stop all together, as this photo shows&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><br><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_136\"  data-site_id=\"6a2997d46fd08b3f3a6bb873\"  data-theme=\"custom\"  data-icon_size=\"40\"  data-icon_l_c=\"#287723\"  data-icon_d_c=\"#9e4824\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/07\/09\/roads-that-end\/\"  data-item_title=\"Roads That End :(\"  data-item_date=\"2011-07-09T23:34:00-07:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.60\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><br><br><br><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While few of the back roads here in Ireland are marked, most end up on a connecting road. 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