La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

I was cleaning out my father’s shed recently and came across his old carbide cycle lamp. He said he used it in the late 1940’s but it was considered to be an antique then. Made by Joseph Lucas of Birmingham. He said it gave a lovely soft light. I must ask him how it faired in very wet weather and what did he use on the rear. His father had it before him and he reckons it dates from around 1900.

I'd imagine the tether system could get very messy if the rider forgets they have it attached and goes to routinely dismount. Presumably they have thought of that.

Didn't really know where this would belong, but I thought it might be useful for some, or at least give some ideas.

A few things.

1. What are your start and end points? The start point is agreed I think but where are you saying the "sea" is?
2. End to end especially over long distance is a pain in the hole logistics wise; ask anyone who has attempted M2M solo.
3. I'd imagine a 200/300km loop route from source would be much nicer.
4. There are two audax Ireland river routes which I've done, while not very difficult they are harder than you might think.
5. Once you have your start and end points just plug into cycle.travel and see what it spits out

Thanks for the reply

1. Start point is the Shannon Pot, or as close as I can get to it. End point is up for debate, depending on what works out best. Could be the Kilrush/Kilkee side of things, could be Foynes or Ballybunion side. I mean, I could even finish in Limerick City. Nice and easy way to get home, then.
2. As above, if I finish in Limerick (or come back to Limerick) I have a transit hub that's easy enough to get home from. I could envision it as a two day trip, either b&b or camping.
3. If you have such a loop, I'd be more than interested in having a look.
4. Again, if you have a link or GPX file of either (or both) of those routes, that would be great.
5. I did just that, and it gave me the route below. Follows the river until Carrick-on-Shannon, and then deviates. I can obviously pull the route closer to the river, but I was hoping someone had it done, so I didn't have to curate all those roads

@Large bottle small glass thanks for those routes, much appreciated. Yes I think Limerick would be the easiest all right.

As regards your planned route above, I'm right on the Barrow Way, if you wanted a bit of company for at least part of it, pm me

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9AFBsgfpdvwCeqdRA here.

It's less intimidating and more open now.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EXokJ4K17y68f7M66

Thanks lads. The boards.ie hive mind strikes again.

Down with this sort of thing

Good article on Escape Collective (might be member only, though) explaining what happened.

Essentially, it seems like a programming mistake in counting GPS weeks rollover was the root cause.

For those few interested in such things