Cycling from Cork to Rosslare

bccedahern

Right then I'm off on holidays next Wednesday and leaving from Rosslare Harbour. I came up with the crazy idea of cycling from Cork to Rosslare while the others drive in an attempt to cram as much cycling in before being off it for two weeks but haven't a clue of the best route to take or what kind of distance we're talking. Is it a two day thing realistically?

I'll be grateful for any sort of advice or route suggestions. A GPS map from ridewithgps, mapmyride or the likes would be handy too.

Cookie_Monster

google maps now has a cycling filter, a basic route
http://goo.gl/maps/OrCC0
(via Passage East ferry)

You could do it in a day but two would be more comfortable.

TheBlaaMan

It's about 170km from memory and the main road ad far as Waterford is the way to go - tho you should probably stay off it at the very start and head to Midleton via Carrigtwohill along the minor roads instead of the N25. Waterford to Rosslare can be VIA the ferry and single carraigeway into Wellingtonbridge - Wexford - Rosslare, or stay on the N25 which has a hard shoulder 90% of the way and is good for cycling. Overall climbing is probably about 1800m but ridewithgps.com will tell you. I'd say its going to be 8hrs saddle-time or thereabouts, depending on your pace....

bccedahern

Thanks for those lads, yeah the back roads at the start to Midleton is the way to go I'd say. Ferries go fairly regularly too I presume... Sure I'll leave with plenty time anyway!!!

JMcL

bccedahern wrote: »

Thanks for those lads, yeah the back roads at the start to Midleton is the way to go I'd say. Ferries go fairly regularly too I presume... Sure I'll leave with plenty time anyway!!!

The Passage East ferry goes back and forward continuously. 10-15 is the max you could expect to wait for it in my experience. I'm on the tablet at the moment and can't figure out how to get Google maps to alter the route so can't put a figure to it, but the ferry root looks a fair bit shorter.

corblimey

I had planned to do this a few years ago, but the logistics just never worked. However, I will say that I drove the route before hand, and if it was me, I'd prefer to stay on the N25 as much as possible - the roads around Wexford when you get off the ferry are pretty bad, no shoulders, tourist traffic, potholes galore.

Also, I cycle the main N25 route between Cork and Midleton every week, so I'm not sure why you'd go back roads there, but it depends on where you're starting from, I guess.

ford2600

corblimey wrote: »

I had planned to do this a few years ago, but the logistics just never worked. However, I will say that I drove the route before hand, and if it was me, I'd prefer to stay on the N25 as much as possible - the roads around Wexford when you get off the ferry are pretty bad, no shoulders, tourist traffic, potholes galore.

Also, I cycle the main N25 route between Cork and Midleton every week, so I'm not sure why you'd go back roads there, but it depends on where you're starting from, I guess.

I disagree!

I would take back roads for a lot of journey including the passage cobh ferry.

After that get back on n25 and take to Dungarvan. From here follow coast road to Passage East. Smashing coastal route.

Morrisseeee

RideWithGPS makes it @ 188.7km, so just a long ROK, no major climbs to negotiate
Note: I didn't know (until now) that RideWithGPS lets you cross the ferry !!