1 Irish Eccentrics Norn Iron September 2014 Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:31 pm
92KK 84WW Olaf
Life time member
So, for our September weekend. So far Comberjohn has dealt us two excellent weekends, 2012 and 2013, starting with breakfast in Hillsborough and on to some fabulous roads, North Antrim Coast, Torr Head, Bushmills distillery and of course lovely Ballycastle where one simply must stop for ice cream.
Fortunately some of us live too far away to make it a day trip so we have to make it a weekend! 2012 was a camping weekend at Tollymore Forest Park, on Comberjohn's excellent recommendation. In 2013 we had the benefit of a very excellent internet offer so we stayed at an Hotel in Kilkeel. It was rather nice to roll up outside the hotel and find our local welcoming committee waiting for us. Dinner, a trip to a pub, a great weekend and so on. I am planning camping at Tollymore Forest Park again. Its a wonderful setting and offers great scope for a little exploring in the Mournes on Sunday.
What remains for us is to sort out a date. Comberjohn seems to arrange the weather as well as the routes so its over to you John to suggest the date. Just because you now have a full fairing doesn't mean we want you arrange any rain to test it out....we expect the usual sunshine!
Since we have interest from Becky and Paul Lipscomb and possibly a few more you should know that some of us travel from Cork and take the M50 around Dublin and the M1 for Belfast. Approximate time from Dublin to Tollymore is about 2 hours plus stops. Anyone coming in on a ferry to Dublin can link up with us very easily just north of Dublin, especially if it is an afternoon ferry. Advice if you arrive on afternoon ferry is take the tunnel north for the M50/M1, its tolled [€10 Friday evening, €3 other times] but it skips all the rush hour traffic and stops you getting lost. A little research suggests using the Irish Ferries 11.50am from Holyhead to arrive Dublin 13.39 and possibly using Stenaline for return. Rosslare will also work for Paul, travel north on N11 and link up with 88KE at Gorey.
Looking forward to a great weekend!
Comberjohn [Resident!!]
Markzz
Paul Lipscomb [Hotel booked].
Becky.
92KK [Hotel booked]
Ringfad [Hotel booked]
88KE and Alex [Hotel booked]
Pat O'D [Hotel booked]
Corkboy [Hotel booked]
Sgmayhew [Hotel booked]
Cluain Si [Hotel booked]
Tom O'Leary [Hotel Booked]
Bjorn and Gerda [Hotel booked]
Electric Monk
Reg [Galway]
GMcQ hopefully.
Bai?
Eddietheclutch
Trapper?
Two Hondas 2?
BlacKrock?
DeRodster [away]
Tom Foley [away]
Sagi [away]
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