{"id":5564,"date":"2012-12-25T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/12\/25\/castlebar-christmas-eve-ride\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:21","slug":"castlebar-christmas-eve-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/12\/25\/castlebar-christmas-eve-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Castlebar Christmas Eve Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I had to get a few photos of this tire shop located next to a brook.\u00a0As long as I have been here in Ireland, I have wondered if our zoning rules back in the States would allow something like this \u00a0to be built in such a bucolic setting<\/div>\n
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Looking down to it from the relatively steep hill that drops down to it.<\/div>\n
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Dead tires appeared on one side of the building<\/div>\n
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The gate here leads to a graveyard (closed to the public)\u00a0that sits on the other side<\/div>\n
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Before I made it around to the back of the business above, \u00a0a friendly horse joined me<\/div>\n
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As did a rainbow<\/div>\n
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From slopping around in the field,\u00a0my shoes were a muddy mess.<\/div>\n
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Once back in town, \u00a0the Castlebar Concert and Marching Band\u00a0was hard at work<\/div>\n
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I had to get a few photos of this tire shop located next to a brook.\u00a0As long as I have… read more<\/a><\/p>\n


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