{"id":5517,"date":"2013-10-24T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/10\/24\/farmer-joe-now-83-visited-a-year-later\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:57","slug":"farmer-joe-now-83-visited-a-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/10\/24\/farmer-joe-now-83-visited-a-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmer Joe, now 83, Visited a Year Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\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\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/24\\\/farmer-joe-now-83-visited-a-year-later\\\/&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\/2013\/10\/24\/farmer-joe-now-83-visited-a-year-later\/dscn0693\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6119\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0693.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4320,3240\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.9&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S1100pj&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1382525194&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.015873015873016&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCN0693\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0693.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0693.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0693.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=1096&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0693.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0693.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1096%2C1096&amp;ssl=1 2192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0693.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=1096%2C1096&amp;ssl=1 3288w\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1096\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"1096\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"DSCN0693\" alt=\"DSCN0693\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Ran up with Farmer Joe today while out hammering the back roads on the Eagle.\u00a0Last time I saw him I was on my recumbent. On the HiWheel this time, I got a picture of \u00a0him with his beautiful wife Kathleen, who he went to the same one-room\u00a0schoolhouse with. You can hear his amazing story <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/29\/82-yo-irish-farmer-tom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>HERE<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/nbgireland.blogspot.ie\/2012\/09\/82-yo-irish-farmer-tom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><br><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_5517\"  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\/2013\/10\/24\/farmer-joe-now-83-visited-a-year-later\/\"  data-item_title=\"Farmer Joe, now 83, Visited a Year Later\"  data-item_date=\"2013-10-24T17:53:00-07:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.64\"  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>Ran up with Farmer Joe today while out hammering the back roads on the Eagle.\u00a0Last time I saw him I&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/10\/24\/farmer-joe-now-83-visited-a-year-later\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><br><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_5517\"  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\/2013\/10\/24\/farmer-joe-now-83-visited-a-year-later\/\"  data-item_title=\"Farmer Joe, now 83, Visited a Year Later\"  data-item_date=\"2013-10-24T17:53:00-07:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.64\"  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},"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":[9,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1qZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":560,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/29\/82-yo-irish-farmer-tom-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5517,"position":0},"title":"82 yo Irish Farmer Joe","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0A couple of days ago I was out riding when a herd of cows blocked my way. 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