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Blow & Snow – Some Winter Riding in Ireland
“Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No,…
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The Tiger Conquers All: Two-Up to Rosslyn
Forte est vinum fortior est rex fortiores sunt mulieres super omnia vincit veritas “Wine is strong, a king is stronger, women are stronger still, but truth conquers all” (1 Esdras, chapters 3 & 4). I liked The Da Vinci Code. There, I said it. I know I am not the only one, my better half is…
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Turning The Wheels Against Depression – AAI 2014
Motorcyclists and raising money for charity go together like leather and chrome. Combining them brings out all the best in people, both those who ride and those who don’t. Going through towns on a sponsored motorcycle run, waving, with buckets ready raises awareness for all taking part. The Annual Across Ireland (AAI) is a prime…
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Touring On The NC700X – Part 1 The Southern Loop
I finally managed to take some time for some touring with the NC700X, it also synced nicely with my final push to snap the last of the Irish Photo Rally locations. I broke down the remaining points into two groups, a Southern Loop and Northern Loop. Both routes will take a night or two camping,…
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Exploring Meath’s Heritage – Battle of the Boyne
The largest land battle ever to take place in Ireland occurred just outside of the coastal town of Drogheda when some 61,000 men faced off to decide who got to sit on the throne of England, the Battle of the Boyne website describes it as; Both kings commanded their armies in person. William had 36,000…
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A Brief Step Into The West
Just back from an overnight trip to County Clare and some of its best known attractions, though for me the Cliffs of Moher was the main reason for going. Thanks to the M4 you can travel from one side of Ireland to the other relatively swiftly, though at the cost of 2 tolls (90c x…
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Buell Goes To Scotland
Over the first two weeks of June my partner and I set off on a tour of Scotland on my Buell Ulysses XB12XT. Scotland has been somewhere I had always wanted to see, especially the much refereed to John O’Groats. Coming from Ireland we decided to travel to Larne and cross to Troon, though coming back we…
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Counting The Days: Summer Plans, Air Hawks and Highland Rides
Image via Wikipedia While spring is planning on being fashionably late I am already focusing on the summer riding season and have got the foundations of some trips in the works. Currently there are two definites and one ‘probably’. The first definite is an overnight to the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare. I have not been to…
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Irish Motorcycle Road Racing Exhibition (Oct 23/24)
Image by Aled Beswick via Flickr Over the weekend of October 23rd/24th there will be an exhibition in Kells, County Meath, showcasing all aspects of road racing here in Ireland. So if you enjoy watching the thrill of the racing this will be an unique opportunity to get to see everything else that is going…
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Fancy a Ride this Sunday? AAI Info/Reg Ride-Out
With the Irish Motorcycle Show only taking place every two years now the organisers of the Annual Across Ireland have taken to organising information/registration ride out when they can not have a stall at the Motorcycle Show. This years event will be held on Sunday 28th March with everyone meeting between 10am – 12pm at…
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