Ormonde Bridge / River walk

Sky King

Anyone parked up at Ormonde bridge on the ring road and gone for a walk down along the river on that new walkway? What's it like? Can you cycle on it?

Seems to be getting popular.

Captain Havoc

Only seen it from the bridge, I don't think I'd fancy cycling it though, I was actually thinking of taking a stroll there this week.

ergonomics

The walkway is quite narrow so I'm not sure if a bike would really fit comfortably. Apart from that it's nice. Lots of places to sit. It was very busy last Sunday which is nice to see.

rayc

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Only seen it from the bridge, I don't think I'd fancy cycling it though, I was actually thinking of taking a stroll there this week.

Yeah I walked it a few weeks back, but started in at the tax office. The wooden walkway only extends from town to the ring-road, after that it's a forest/field path along the river. The walkway would be too narrow for a bike I think, you could cycle the forest path but it's not ideal for cycling either I'd imagine. It's really just a walked path through fields/forest.

It's a lovely walk though and a great asset to Kilkenny.

Captain Havoc

I've cycled the path on my mountain bike, the problem is that you need to lift the bike over gates every two minutes.

Cabaal

The raised walkway are nice but it gets very busy at the weekend,

Its very very narrow to the point that even with two people passing its not very great, so cycling on it if you meet even one person is just going to be a pain, sure you could cycle on it but you wouldn't want to meet anyone.

I recently walked the river route up until it re-joins back into the fields with cattle, its not bad, liked the wooded area after the bridge and there's nobody else walking that end of the route either.

Captain Havoc

Sunny day so I decided to walk it, it's grand but there's no way you'd be able to cycle past anyone. We walked down from Maudlin St. across the bridge and back down the other side.

Plug

Im surprised the funkie junkies haven't taking over, hopefully it stays usable.

fabbydabby

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I was actually thinking of taking a stroll there this week.

Really?

Be sure and let us know the day and exact time.

Will you be alone?

Autosport

fabbydabby wrote: »

Really?

Be sure and let us know the day and exact time.

Will you be alone?

You for real???? :eek: