{"id":350,"date":"2012-04-12T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/mysteries-of-the-road"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:27","slug":"mysteries-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/04\/12\/mysteries-of-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries of the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p_embed p_image_embed\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/12\\\/mysteries-of-the-road\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 1465px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"1465\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; 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height: 1461px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>There are many unnamed roads like this that can offer a short cut or end up in someone&#8217;s front yard&#8230;&#8230;..<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<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\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/12\\\/mysteries-of-the-road\\\/&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\/2012\/04\/12\/mysteries-of-the-road\/39999130-img_2659-4\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7268\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/39999130-IMG_2659.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" 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;1334174403&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=\"39999130-IMG_2659\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/39999130-IMG_2659.jpg?fit=450%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/39999130-IMG_2659.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/39999130-IMG_2659.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=\"39999130-IMG_2659\" alt=\"39999130-IMG_2659\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And there are many many roads like this that are almost surreal in their beauty&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And there are many many roads like this that are almost surreal in their beauty&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-5E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5596,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/08\/16\/irish-farm-roads-vs-us-farm-roads\/","url_meta":{"origin":350,"position":0},"title":"Irish Farm Roads vs US Farm Roads","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"August 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The farm roads of Ireland are just too delicious. 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