Getting to HRTA

Masada

Took a few photos to help new people to find HRTA., its gonna take 2 posts with the amont of pics so dont post in between you newbs.,:p

Get onto the M1 from where ever your comming from, M50 for most or from citycentre through dorset street, drumcondra, by santry and straight up to the M1., its well sign posted,;)
head northbound on the M1 and about 5mins up the M1 you'll cross a big bridge thats made from concrete, this is it in the pic.


youll be taking the first exit after that bridge, this is the sign,


when you come to the top of that exit theres a roundabout, you will be leaving at the third exit so as to cross the motorway bridge, once across you will come to another larger roundabout seen here,

proceed straight through this roundabout and you will be on this road,

you'll pass a statoil garage on the right side of the road,


you'll come to another small roundabout, go straight through this one aswell,


Once past that you'll see a retail park on your right with a mitsubishi dealer on the corner,


keep going straight and you'll pass an Esso garage, (theres a supermacs in there if you want to get food on the way),


soon after the esso you will see a left turn for ballyboughal, take this turn.


Follow this road all the way and you will cross a bridge and there will be a haulting site on the left. this is the road you will be on.


Keep going and you will come to a crossroads, you will be taking the right turn at this cross roads.


Keep going straight down this little road, be careful though, theres some pot holes there that you could loose a 5 year old in.,


at the end of the road you'll see this house, take the left turn here.

Masada

after you turned at the above house continue past the old derelict cotage looking gaf and follow the road around, you'll come to this, follow it around to the left.


then you'll be on this road, your nearly there.,


next you'll see this house on your left, right facing it is another yellow house,

this is the house oposite the previous one, take this turn down the lane here,


then you will be on this road,


keep going another 100meters or so and you'll see this entrance, dont park in here though, head towards the house in the background,


This is the entrance to the carpark, and congratulations, you found HRTA,;)

kevteljeur

Crikey, this isn't all the route I took the last couple of times. Explains how come I still haven't been - and had a game either :-(

(I've been going straight through to Ballyboughal at that crossroads)

Well thanks very much!

(Edit: Ahhh, I posted too soon! It's different route, and it means I was within 100 metres of the damn place :-( )

Witcher

you shouldnt be using a cam driving!!


law breaker!!!!! :mad:


dubliners :rolleyes:



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Masada

Ive tried a few ways and this is the quickest., frankie thinks so too, hes my satnav.,:D

Mweelrea

Good man vtec
Theres been alot of ppl getting lost up there lately

You named your sat nav frankie? lol:D

Site-Ops

Deadly.... I have been going through the cross roads also to ballyboughal and turning right...... You have saved me a couple of miles im sure.

Masada

blay1 wrote: »

you shouldnt be using a cam driving!!


law breaker!!!!! :mad:


dubliners :rolleyes:



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Err, im in the left hand side of the car.,

CULSHIES!!

kdouglas

I was actually just looking at that route yesterday on my way back, haven't tried it yet, normally i go either via the old hrta or a similar route but i take the next turn after that one for ballyboughal

Cheeky monkey

Someone sticky!!

Witcher

vtec wrote: »

Err, im in the left hand side of the car.,

CULSHIES!!

culchies are cultured!




and i live in bray, right at border with dublin, im not a culchie

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Masada

blay1 wrote: »

and i live in bray, right at border with dublin, im not a culchie

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oh right, i heard about that condition, sounds like you have selective dub syndrome, you a dub when it suits ya.,:D:p

Mweelrea

blay1 wrote: »

culchies are cultured!




and i live in bray, right at border with dublin, im not a culchie

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Where are culchies from so?;)

kdouglas

Cheeky monkey wrote: »

Someone sticky!!

ill add it to the newbie sticky

Witcher

Mweelrea wrote: »

Where are culchies from so?;)

anwhere south of bray!


and i dont want to be a dub!

wicklow is much nicer to live in!

no drug shootings in wicklow!



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Dr_Pepper

Good Job Man.

Mweelrea

blay1 wrote: »

anwhere south of bray!


and i dont want to be a dub!

wicklow is much nicer to live in!

no drug shootings in wicklow!



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lol not yet anyway:D

South of bray
That means greystones is full of culchies!

Masada

no all the big dealers just move out that direction instead.,lol

Witcher

vtec wrote: »

no all the big dealers just move out that direction instead.,lol

yeah, but their jobs are in dublin, they commute and shoot in dublin



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Witcher

Mweelrea wrote: »

lol not yet anyway:D

South of bray
That means greystones is full of culchies!

greystones is full of culchies!




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Mweelrea

blay1 wrote: »

yeah, but their jobs are in dublin, they commute and shoot in dublin



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lol

Poor old Bray is stuck between culchies and dealers.:D

Witcher

Mweelrea wrote: »

lol

Poor old Bray is stuck between culchies and dealers.:D

you dont know the half of it! you really dont!



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Masada

think i forgot what the original topic was now that weve gone so far off.,lol

Witcher

vtec wrote: »

think i forgot what the original topic was now that weve gone so far off.,lol

yeah, its my fault



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CrazyRabbit

Useful. I was gonna do the same on Sunday, but using the existing route in the Newbie Thread (I made a new map last week for this route and kdouglas added it to the thread).

I however, forgot to bring my camera. Doh!

Masada

lol., i was gonna do a vid but pics make more sense because people can print them and bring them along to be sure of the route.,

Mweelrea

vtec wrote: »

lol., i was gonna do a vid but pics make more sense because people can print them and bring them along to be sure of the route.,

Good thinking

kevteljeur

vtec wrote: »

lol., i was gonna do a vid but pics make more sense because people can print them and bring them along to be sure of the route.,

Handy alright, especially the photo of that last bit. I'm normally a good navigator but I just couldn't find the right turn-off for HRTA on that little backroad. After several attempts, I still haven't met you lot in the flesh

Masada

lol., yeah i had the same problem at first., i thoguht it was an entrance to the house.,

CrazyRabbit

kevteljeur wrote: »

Handy alright, especially the photo of that last bit. I'm normally a good navigator but I just couldn't find the right turn-off for HRTA on that little backroad. After several attempts, I still haven't met you lot in the flesh

Best thing is to look for the "Concealed Entrance" sign. Take the left just after that.

kdouglas

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Best thing is to look for the "Concealed Entrance" sign. Take the left just after that.

you only see that sign if coming from the swords side, following vtec's directions you come from the other way

kevteljeur

kdouglas wrote: »

you only see that sign if coming from the swords side, following vtec's directions you come from the other way

I saw that sign alright; my initial problem was not trying hard enough; I didn't go far enough down the road from Ballyboughal (badly underestimated how far a kilometre is). Then, when I got as far as that sign the following time, I wasn't sure if that was it, or if I'd gone past it. And it was getting too dark to be sure, and you'd all probably cleared off by then too.

Masada

lol., thats where franky comes in, err, i mean satnav.,;)

nonex

thats a bad road where you turn right at the cross roads vtec,the best way is to come by the back of the airport and it's a better road and it can take 15 mins less, i'll do up a map,or look up naul road for the airport on a road map and you see what i mine.

kevteljeur

nonex wrote: »

thats a bad road where you turn right at the cross roads vtec,the best way is to come by the back of the airport and it's a better road and it can take 15 mins less, i'll do up a map,or look up naul road for the airport on a road map and you see what i mine.

This week I'm going to watch every minute of Bear Grylls that I can get away with before my girlfriend beats me to an inch of my life with cockroach entrails. Then, next Saturday I'm going to head out early, car fully stocked with 2 days of food and water, with maps, satnav/GPS tracker, compass, divining rods and a magic chicken foot. And vtec's photos.


I might even bring some Airsoft gear in case I find the place

Masada

nonex wrote: »

thats a bad road where you turn right at the cross roads vtec,the best way is to come by the back of the airport and it's a better road and it can take 15 mins less, i'll do up a map,or look up naul road for the airport on a road map and you see what i mine.

i know the road your talking about there, ya come out on the farside of the runway where people park up to watch the plnes, i used it to get home once when i was curious aout weather i was going the right way or not and it took 11mins longer than the way i go now.,lol, most of the potholes where refilled recently but theres 2 pretty big ones near the end of the road comming to the big white house.,