IRELAND

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Total kilometers biked: 1104 kilometers

Days biked: 9 days

Road conditions: mainly sealed, some dirt/grass roads on Sheep’s Head Peninsula

Weather: unusually hot, dry and sunny; The Irish heat wave, only one afternoon rain shower

Food & Water:

Food: expensive, we ate mostly bread, cheese, fruit, yogurt, etc.

Water: always easily accessible; stores/pubs filled our water bottles with no problem 

Sleeping:

Camping in wild: 80% of time while biking, spent about 5 days in Dublin with friends

Campgrounds: 20% - about $15 per night with showers

Alternate transportation: Due to time constraints, we took a bus from west of Limerick to Dublin, no problem taking bikes on the bus (had to pay an extra fee)

Maps Used: standard road map we got from friends in Ireland

Highlights: visited medieval castle, Sheep’s Head Peninsula, Gap of Dunloe was so incredible we biked through it twice

Experiences: met a nasty Irish driver outside of Cork, hung out with the travellers