Louth Coastal Tour

wav1

This yrs Louth coastal tour will take place on Sunday Nov 23rd leaving from the retail pk on the Donore Rd Drogheda at 10.30am..Its a really nice 80km route.
This yr the charity involved is the Leukemia unit at the Mater Hospital,where someone very young and who is very involved in our sport is currently being treated..Some of you may know of whom I speak.
Anyway there will be a cuppa and sambo on return.Route will be fully marked out and lead vehicles etc will be in place...Entry e20
Hope to see some of the usual faces there.

RobFowl

Lovely part of the world and I intend to be there, possibly first outing in Velo Club Balrothery gear if it's arrived by then.....
Great charity as well.

bcmf

In.
The day before my 25th *ahem cough* birthday so you can count me in as well.

wav1

bcmf wrote: »

In.
The day before my 25th *ahem cough* so you can count me in as well.

Born in a leap year bcmf?

bcmf

wav1 wrote: »

Born in a leap year bcmf?

The leap year wouldn't have me so I had to make up my own date

Eamonnator

This is a great spin, really well organised.
Thanks for putting it on again wav1.
Ill be there.
I'm sure, the 9.00am Quay Cycles group will be there en masse.

Weepsie

Train from Dublin gets to Drogheda at 10:19, might try and get to this

Eamonnator

Train Station is less than 10 minutes from the start. No bother to you.

killalanerr

I will be doing this again all going well,this will be year 4 for me i think, Wav is one of the crew that makes cycling happen in the the Leinster area, so i almost feel obliged to support him .

Its for an excellent charity this year and always well run with the cup of tea to warm you up after ,ill be cycling from Balbriggan in good time to get to the start not like Rob and bmf who need to drive to the start soft lads.....

I know Lenny has been a bit busy of late but is their a Facebook page ?

wav1

killalanerr wrote: »

I will doing this again all going well,this will be year 4 for me i think, Wav is one of the crew that makes cycling happen in the the Leinster area, so i almost feel obliged to support him .

Its for an excellent charity this year and always well run with the cup of tea to warm you up after ,ill be cycling from Balbriggan in good time to get to the start not like Rob and bmf who need to drive to the start soft lads.....

I know Lenny has been a bit busy of late but is their a Facebook page ?

No facebook page but i'll get on to mini wav in that regard as he did something last year on that.You have to be 2 minutes earlier this year LOL.
Looking forward to it.

bcmf

killalanerr wrote: »

Its for an excellent charity this year and always well run with the cup of tea to warm you up after ,ill be cycling from Balbriggan in good time to get to the start not like Rob and bcmf who need to drive to the start so they can be on time for the start not like me........

fixed......

detones

Cant believe its that time of year already. Done this the past 2 years and hope to do it this year too. Lovely route and very well run. May spin up from Balrothery/Balbriggan too with Killalaner. Just need to talk Bcmf and Mr.Fowl into doing it too ;-)

bcmf

Oh myself and yer man Fowler are doing it just have to have the car ready in case yer man Fowler forgets to get outta bed.
Not that its ever happened before.

billyhead

detones wrote: »

Cant believe its that time of year already. Done this the past 2 years and hope to do it this year too. Lovely route and very well run. May spin up from Balrothery/Balbriggan too with Killalaner. Just need to talk Bcmf and Mr.Fowl into doing it too ;-)

Might do likewise although Im coming from Rush. If you do decide to spin up from Balbriggan let me know what time and place you intend to depart from? Otherwise I will have to get the early morning train.

detones

billyhead wrote: »

Might do likewise although Im coming from Rush. If you do decide to spin up from Balbriggan let me know what time and place you intend to depart from? Otherwise I will have to get the early morning train.

Will do. Im hoping bcmf and Co will be my early morning train. ILL be tailing them all the Way there. Choooo Choooo!!!

furiousox

Be sure to allow yourselves at least one hour at the border crossing into Louth.
Weekends tend to be busy so bring a flask of hot soup and a good book in case there is a delay.

bcmf

furiousox wrote: »

Be sure to allow yourselves at least one hour at the border crossing into Louth.
Weekends tend to be busy so bring a flask of hot soup and a good book in case there is a delay.

We have to cross through the badlands of Meath first.More worried about that tbh. Last time I passe through Meath I had a banjo thrown at me...

Eamonnator

It could have been a lot worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqNMjZpSbnU

RobFowl

Eamonnator wrote: »

It could have been a lot worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqNMjZpSbnU

He was looking for that at the coffee stop........

ugsparky

Donore retail park ... that's the one with TK Maxx, Halfords etc ?

Eamonnator

ugsparky wrote: »

Donore retail park ... that's the one with TK Maxx, Halfords etc ?

That's the one.

oconnpad

is there a route map available?

coastwatch

This looks like it,
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1867600
with thanks to lennymc

oconnpad

Cheers, defo think i'll take this in.

killalanerr

The Facebook page is up, make sure to invite all your friends https://www.facebook.com/events/580562368735810/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

Knoby

Is this a leisure spin or a flat out hammerfest.

killalanerr

Definitely not a hammer fest, a controlled lesure tour

Eamonnator

I was injured for this event last year, but in 2013, my average speed was 28.4KPH.

Knoby

I might head up to Drogheda just back from a bd injury so average would be 25kph max i would reckon the distance is another obstacle for me if I do turn up Ill be on a black Bianchi Sempre.

killalanerr

Eamonnator wrote: »

I was injured for this event last year, but in 2013, my average speed was 28.4KPH.

Just checked mine for last year @28kph, it was a nice sized group so no need to go to the front unless you want to,it was well controlled on the few hills

Doc07

I went to school in Drogheda so should do this for nostalgia alone. Will wear the old pink boards jersey.