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Irish rain is wetter than English! - Dave48 - 28-04-12
A few summers ago I set off from Wicklow in bright sunshine only to experience monsoon conditions crossing the mountains to Dublin.
Still remember sheltering under a tree with boots full of water, lighter that refused to work and totally demoralised by "wet underpant" syndrome. However later that day found me riding west towards Galway & a beautiful sunset. Moral? No pain no gain?
Re: Irish rain is wetter than English! - dolau - 29-04-12
Loved riding in Ireland- must go back on day
Friendly drivers who use their mirrors and pull into the hard shoulder to let you past letting you make progress
Re: Irish rain is wetter than English! - Dave48 - 30-04-12
First time I went for 2 weeks tour round with another friend both riding solo. Was impressed with courtesy on N roads-as you say they pull over to wide hard shoulder-had to watch for potholes though! The Wicklow day was the only really wet one. Second time was 2005 and rode with my lovely(Welsh) partner.We had a heatwave that week. Sadly she developed cancer & died in 2008. I took a solo trip back to Ireland 2 months later & it rained torrents but not all day every day. What a beautiful country when the
sun shines!
Re: Irish rain is wetter than English! - Pat - 30-04-12
(28-04-12, 11:15 AM)Dave48 link Wrote: A few summers ago I set off from Wicklow in bright sunshine only to experience monsoon conditions crossing the mountains to Dublin.
Still remember sheltering under a tree with boots full of water, lighter that refused to work and totally demoralised by "wet underpant" syndrome. However later that day found me riding west towards Galway & a beautiful sunset. Moral? No pain no gain?
No, the moral of the story is life's always sunnier when you're heading away from Dublin.....