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Douglas to the airport business park

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  • 05-11-2017 4:12pm
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    cordragza
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    Got a job on the airport business park. How long should i give it to get on for 8.45am on a typical morning? Driving in. Also what'd be the best cycling route? Thanks folks

    Use the Rochestown Park Hotel as a starting point


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    .red.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,338 ✭✭✭.red.


    cordragza wrote: »
    Got a job on the airport business park. How long should i give it to get on for 8.45am on a typical morning? Driving in. Also what'd be the best cycling route? Thanks folks

    Use the Rochestown Park Hotel as a starting point

    That's not an easy answer, your fitness levels will play a big part. That hill is a killer, never ending. I'd say absolute minimum of about 40/45mins if your pretty quick on the bike


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    Rippy
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    Cycling would be a lot easier coming home than going !
    I think best route would be RPH to Fingerpost, then Church Road under the bridge . Up Donnybrook Hill then right at lights towards Grange .
    Left at Pinecroft Inn then Cooneys lane up to the top ( longish climb)
    Turn right and straight along to the airport .
    40 mins and 7.5km according to google . you would want to be fairly fit.

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Rochestown+Park+Hotel,+Rochestown+Rd,+Douglas,+Co.+Cork/Cork+Airport+Business+Park,+Ballycurreen,+Co.+Cork/@51.8636866,-8.4707149,14z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x4842b0fec3d42f73:0x20a3ae6137f84114!2m2!1d-8.4247281!2d51.8794219!1m5!1m1!1s0x48448fa4277cb2f1:0x2600c7a7bb4d1042!2m2!1d-8.48232!2d51.85078!3e1!5i1


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    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    Rippy wrote: »
    Cycling would be a lot easier coming home than going !
    I think best route would be RPH to Fingerpost, then Church Road under the bridge . Up Donnybrook Hill then right at lights towards Grange .
    Left at Pinecroft Inn then Cooneys lane up to the top ( longish climb)
    Turn right and straight along to the airport .
    40 mins and 7.5km according to google . you would want to be fairly fit.

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Rochestown+Park+Hotel,+Rochestown+Rd,+Douglas,+Co.+Cork/Cork+Airport+Business+Park,+Ballycurreen,+Co.+Cork/@51.8636866,-8.4707149,14z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x4842b0fec3d42f73:0x20a3ae6137f84114!2m2!1d-8.4247281!2d51.8794219!1m5!1m1!1s0x48448fa4277cb2f1:0x2600c7a7bb4d1042!2m2!1d-8.48232!2d51.85078!3e1!5i1


    nah, at Donnybrook don't take that right, instead go straight on and head up via the back roads, you'll be ready for Le Tour de France come next summer :D

    Seriously though, Rippy has posted the least hilly route, the hill is longer but less steep. But once your fitness improves you can try the other way...a brilliant way to tie in a good workout and a commute.

    I hope your place of work has showers.


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    two wheels good
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    Rippy wrote: »
    Cycling would be a lot easier coming home than going !
    I think best route would be RPH to Fingerpost, then Church Road under the bridge . Up Donnybrook Hill then right at lights towards Grange .
    Left at Pinecroft Inn then Cooneys lane up to the top ( longish climb)
    Turn right and straight along to the airport .
    40 mins and 7.5km according to google . you would want to be fairly fit.

    Nice route.
    I'lll add a scenic option to avoid the dangerous hill; Douglas West to Grange Hill junction: Through Ballybrack woods - enter at Douglas Comm park, exit at Breen's Suzuki.
    I'd say the journey justifies purchase of an electric bike.


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    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    two wheels good wrote: »
    Nice route.
    I'lll add a scenic option to avoid the dangerous hill; Douglas West to Grange Hill junction: Through Ballybrack woods - enter at Douglas Comm park, exit at Breen's Suzuki.
    I'd say the journey justifies purchase of an electric bike.

    the hill is not dangerous, no need to be scaremongering. It's wide enough with a good hard shoulder for cycling. As long as the cyclist has a good set of lights and high-viz clothing it is perfectly safe.


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    two wheels good
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    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    the hill is not dangerous, no need to be scaremongering. It's wide enough with a good hard shoulder for cycling. As long as the cyclist has a good set of lights and high-viz clothing it is perfectly safe.

    Didn't intend to scaremonger. Maybe "dangerous" is an exaggeration in the general sense but I've experienced dangerously close overtakes on that hill. However, it's certainly not wide enough and there is no hard shoulder - rather a deep un-protected drain along one section. And a right turn at the lights. Maybe we're referring to different roads.
    BTW it was daylight; lights and hi-vis irrelevant.


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    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    two wheels good wrote: »
    Didn't intend to scaremonger. Maybe "dangerous" is an exaggeration in the general sense but I've experienced dangerously close overtakes on that hill. However, it's certainly not wide enough and there is no hard shoulder - rather a deep un-protected drain along one section. And a right turn at the lights. Maybe we're referring to different roads.
    BTW it was daylight; lights and hi-vis irrelevant.

    the main road to the airport? I've cycled it many times and I found it to be fine. My point about hi-vis being if cyclists wear the stuff along with lights they can contribute to their own safety rather in general. I counted 4 cyclists in a period of 10 minutes yesterday evening with no lights on their bike, at 7pm (dark).


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    two wheels good
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    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    the main road to the airport? I've cycled it many times and I found it to be fine. My point about hi-vis being if cyclists wear the stuff along with lights they can contribute to their own safety rather in general. I counted 4 cyclists in a period of 10 minutes yesterday evening with no lights on their bike, at 7pm (dark).

    As I suspected, you mis-interpreted my route suggestion.
    I complimented the choice of the route through Grange. Then I offerred the route through Ballybrack woods as a scenic alternative to the section Douglas West to Grange Hill junction.
    Consider that again for a moment instead of jumping in with the "cycling isn't dangerous" mantra - which I didn't claim BTW.


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    run_Forrest_run
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    two wheels good wrote: »
    As I suspected, you mis-interpreted my route suggestion.
    I complimented the choice of the route through Grange. Then I offerred the route through Ballybrack woods as a scenic alternative to the section Douglas West to Grange Hill junction.
    Consider that again for a moment instead of jumping in with the "cycling isn't dangerous" mantra - which I didn't claim BTW.

    not going to bother arguing with ya, relax.


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    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,927 ✭✭✭mik_da_man


    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    not going to bother arguing with ya, relax.

    Well you're completely wrong so no point arguing anyway.

    The suggestion through the woods is a good one, that hill is not a great spot to be cycling up


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