Theses are the approximate route maps for our trip using Google Maps. We generally tried to use the smaller roads that may not appear on Google Maps. For more information contact me directly.
France Segment, 1,251 km:
Ireland Segment, 924 km:
And the gear from the trip!
Over
the years I have learned to just put up with the load! I was probably carrying
around 50 Pounds of gear, including the water and daily foods and additionally the
bicycle weight was also 38 pounds.
We
did not carry any camping equipment. We stayed in small hotels, a few fancy
ones, and B&Bs. We eat breakfasts at our lodging (usually included in the
price), lunch was a picnic on the road. We either carried food from the night
before or bought stuff on the road for lunch, dinner was at
restaurants in town. My lunch was usually a sandwich bought on the road or one I
made with cheese & smoked salmon, and a banana, and an apple for snacks.
By
the way I carried maps (generally at 1 to 100,000, or maximum 200,000). In France
these were the Michelin Maps (best maps ever). For Ireland, I found Irish Survey maps which
were the most detailed and had all of the small roads identified, but they did
not have names or road designations on them that existed on the actual small road. So may be the next generation of the survey
maps will include the small road designations and names to make life easier.
The
electronic systems (Garmin & Phone GPS) sometimes got confused and send us
in wrong places or identified roads that were not actually roads! We also relied on local people which appeared
out of nowhere when we were lost (or sent the wrong way by the electronic
devices) and looking to find which way to go. People of Ireland are amazingly friendly and
helpful and will always help if they can in anyway.
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