{"id":5523,"date":"2013-09-07T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/07\/irish-evening-ride-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:57","slug":"irish-evening-ride-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/07\/irish-evening-ride-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Evening Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recovered from Posterous.com, a now closed blogging platform<\/p>\n<div>May 13 2012, 7:58 AM\u00a0\u00a0by Martin Krieg<\/div>\n<div>\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\\\/09\\\/07\\\/irish-evening-ride-2\\\/&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\/09\/07\/irish-evening-ride-2\/41033959-img_2880\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6140\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033959-IMG_2880.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;1336506646&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=\"41033959-IMG_2880\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033959-IMG_2880.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033959-IMG_2880.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033959-IMG_2880.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=\"41033959-IMG_2880\" alt=\"41033959-IMG_2880\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Flanked for mile after mile of pastures, I finally decided to stop and take a picture.\u00a0It was getting dark but I could not pass this photo up as I&#8217;ve never seen such a pretty welcome sign..<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/Data%20folder%20%3E%2012-09\/Posterous%20NBG%20Ireland\/image\/2012\/05\/41033959-IMG_2880.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\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\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/07\\\/irish-evening-ride-2\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 826px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"826\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 826px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"826\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/07\/irish-evening-ride-2\/41033961-img_2884\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"822\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6141\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033961-IMG_2884.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;1336508069&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=\"41033961-IMG_2884\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033961-IMG_2884.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033961-IMG_2884.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033961-IMG_2884.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=822&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033961-IMG_2884.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033961-IMG_2884.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033961-IMG_2884.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" width=\"1096\" height=\"822\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"822\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"41033961-IMG_2884\" alt=\"41033961-IMG_2884\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 822px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>This lake looked like it stretched forever. I was running out of light tho&#8230;..<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/Data%20folder%20%3E%2012-09\/Posterous%20NBG%20Ireland\/image\/2012\/05\/41033961-IMG_2884.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-square 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\\\/09\\\/07\\\/irish-evening-ride-2\\\/&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\/09\/07\/irish-evening-ride-2\/41033958-img_2898\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1096\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6142\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033958-IMG_2898.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;1336511995&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=\"41033958-IMG_2898\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033958-IMG_2898.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033958-IMG_2898.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/41033958-IMG_2898.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=\"41033958-IMG_2898\" alt=\"41033958-IMG_2898\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 1096px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>On my way home, I came across this foreboding warning&#8230;.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recovered from Posterous.com, a now closed blogging platform May 13 2012, 7:58 AM\u00a0\u00a0by Martin Krieg Flanked for mile after mile&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/07\/irish-evening-ride-2\/\">read more<\/a><\/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":[9,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1r5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8172,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/05\/18\/walls-of-irish-green-recumbent-style\/","url_meta":{"origin":5523,"position":0},"title":"Walls of Irish Green &#8211; 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