Wednesday 10 March 2010

Blue Sky Friday

For the record: Friday 5th March - Dave rode from his house, up the Wicklow Way to "Fairy Castle", and home via Three Rock. Ride time: 1h 28m; distance 18km; ascent 436m.

This is a spin I've done variants of upwards of 50 times I would guess. A bit of a climb on the road gets me into Kilmashogue Forest and it's all off-road from there. I'll let the photos do the talking.



Welcome to Kilmashogue - timecheck 12:59 - beating the magical 13m barrier.



Sun through the beech trees - nice



Stackstown Golf Club - which we boarded through last Jan. Resisted temptation to ride through it today



This is the mess Coillte leave behind when they clear-fell



Still plenty of snow about in shaded parts



Opening out now, nice views across the Dublin Mountains and the city below



"Fairy Castle" and cairn - summit is 536m. Timecheck 52m. Snack time...



Kippure, the highest point in Dublin (757m) and the famous RTE transmitters on top



The track ahead, with view down to Dublin Bay and Howth in the distance



Just to prove I was there...



View back up from Three Rock masts



No mountain-biking. Hmmm. The start of the Boneshaker track. Starts out easy enough...



...and gets pretty gnarly




Self-portrait, and home for the clean-up.

Over and out - pedal on dudes. Print this post

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Dave, that looks amazing, great to see some pictures of Ireland in spring time, beats the hell out of the fires of hell we are barely enduring over here!

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