The Blayleys

We headed out with plans to take a ferry across the river,  ride north, then take another ferry back and return. There was no elevation gain...

Henry had mapped out various rides for the group. Neil, Mike, Henry and I would do longer rides, while Paula and Sandra would often drive ou...

Henry and Paula invited a few friends to join them in The Netherlands. Last summer, while visiting family, Henry found a house to rent an su...

I took a round about way back to Killarney. I headed up Moll's Gap and then back over the Gap of Dunlop. Dunloe was crazy busy with e-bi...

 Our friend, Dave Cain, alerted us to Priest's Leap, a few years ago, when he toured around Ireland. It's been on the list since. Jo...

John came over earlier in the year and travelled out west with David. They stayed at a BnB just outside of Kenmare that he raved about. So i...

After a day with family, Dave headed out with me briefly to catch the train west. It was a bit of a journey, with a change of trains, then f...

This was my first trip after the pandemic started. I pack loads of masks, along with my bike and touring gear. A group of friends were plann...

 

I often talk about superstitions  - the ones that you can't say out loud what you fear... or it will happen. But let me just state that ...

Since completing our first Festive 500 in 2011, riding 500km (or more) between Christmas Eve and New Years has become a yearly tradition ...

The Coffeeneuring challenge turned seven this year! Coffeeneuring is a take-off on randonneuring, with a whole host of arcane rules, but ...

The final day was the downhill day. Look at the route profile at the bottom of the page and you'll see what I mean. Sadly after survivi...

Day 3 started with a chilly descent, because we always end the day with a big climb.  And what goes up must come down.  No fear though, we ...

Vermonster continues, now with 8 riders. Dave and Nancy planned to join us for one day. They had just returned from a tour in Japan, and had...