Walking between counties, possible/safe?

passive · 03-07-2007 11:12PM #1

Not entirely sure where to put this so...

Tomorrow I intend walking from Dublin-Drogheda just for the sake of it, for some kind of achievement and for some introspective musical time. I am, however, unsure if this can be physically done.

The route I am thinking of walking is pretty much the N1. Are pedestrians allowed to walk alongside these type of roads (National Primary or whatever). Forgetting "allowed" can anyone who drives along this type of main road with any type of regularity tell me if there is generally a grass verge/footpathy space alongside that would facilitate this adventure?

I'd walk along the coast but google earth shows a train only bridge from malahide to whatever it is north of malahide, and I'd rather avoid any kind of small, windy, car demolishing me after a sharp corner, type roads.

Em... please move if there's anywhere better suited for this (road safety? east region? dublin? meath? louth? walking? famous last posts?)

Thanks

Tha Gopher · 03-07-2007 11:35PM

The tone of your post indicates that you intend to reach Louth in time for last orders

Havent been there in 6 odd years but i recall Louth and Monaghan having very narrow roads.

Btw have you thought this through? A person can walk and average of 3.5 mph, but this will slow as you walk further.

edit- wipes eyes. Jaysus, I thought you had said Donegal to Drogheda.

Right, im going to bed

dermot_sheehan · 03-07-2007 11:36PM

Cycle it, it can be done in 2 and a half hours or so.

Winters · 03-07-2007 11:47PM

It took me about 3 hours to walk from Dublin to my house here out in Howth. I hope you have cleared your day for the walk as it will take you many hours.

As gabhain7 said, your better off cycling it. You can do it in a few hours.

Also, with the recent weather, dont forget to bring an umbrealla.

passive · 03-07-2007 11:53PM

The day is set aside for it, i'm planning to leave my house at about 7. I may go the coastal route for safety reasons, but that starts to get complicated as i get further north (or so google earth says)

em.. it's about 35 miles (says google maps) and I walk quite quickly so i think I can do it within daylight hours if i can find a walkable route... Thanks for the advice... I'm gonna walk one way or another and see how for I can get. My bike squeaks like crazy and is horrible/only to be used in emergencies, plus it's kinda about the walking. I'll let you know how i get on!

And hee, yes, Dublin, Not Donegal O_o.

Pighead · 03-07-2007 11:54PM

Bring a laptop too and give us hourly updates. One thing though, why the hell did you choose drogheda as a destination point. Believe me buddy you will feel absolutely no sense of achievement upon arriving in Craptown.

wyndham · 03-07-2007 11:57PM

How are you getting home Forrest?

passive · 03-07-2007 11:59PM

Bus home if i make it by 9, or so says my plan. If that fails I have a friend who lives in Termonfeckin who'll have a surprise late night knock on the door... em... i don't have a laptop/infinite wireless signal... And why Drogheda? Damn good question... 'cos i make it to be about a day's walk away i guess?

About the N1 again though... anyone know if there's walkable grass most of the way up/if it's illegal to walk along that type of road?

goodnight and i'll talk to ye tomorrow night... (great, now i'm under pressure to do this or make up a damn fine fictional account of it tomorrow...)

bug · 04-07-2007 12:07AM

passive wrote:

Bus home if i make it by 9, or so says my plan. If that fails I have a friend who lives in Termonfeckin who'll have a surprise late night knock on the door... em... i don't have a laptop/infinite wireless signal... And why Drogheda? Damn good question... 'cos i make it to be about a day's walk away i guess?

About the N1 again though... anyone know if there's walkable grass most of the way up/if it's illegal to walk along that type of road?

goodnight and i'll talk to ye tomorrow night... (great, now i'm under pressure to do this or make up a damn fine fictional account of it tomorrow...)

are you going to eat on the way?
what happens if you want to go the toilet.
This is madness george.

Go for a walk up the mountains instead. Getting jelly legless, tired and lost or drowned wont give you any musical introspectiveness.
Unless you are trying to prove you're stupid I suggest the above.

brataccas · 04-07-2007 12:19AM

Some hitchhiker HI.

Kintarō Hattori · 04-07-2007 12:24AM

Fair play to you passive. It's an interesting idea and something cool to do with your time instead of drinking in the pub, or sitting on the couch all day watching TV.

FunkZ · 04-07-2007 12:26AM

I tried walking from Swords to Julainstown drunk last summer, I cried for most of the way. Good luck!

Kintarō Hattori · 04-07-2007 12:48AM

LazyFingers wrote:

I tried walking from Swords to Julainstown drunk last summer, I cried for most of the way. Good luck!

Are you still drunk??

Timans · 04-07-2007 01:01AM

Why would you possibly want to excercise? You could miss The Afternoon Show! :eek:

humbert · 04-07-2007 01:06AM

I think it's perfectly legal to walk along a national road but they are a bit walker unfriendly in places if memory serves. motorways between dundalk and dublin now so at least they should be quieter. just stay on the right hand side of the road and keep your head up.

Capt'n Midnight · 04-07-2007 01:41AM

humbert wrote:

a bit walker unfriendly in places if memory serves.

Drogheda-Dundalk is just suicidal on the main road.

Dublin-Drogheda isn't as bad but still not pretty - best to check out the route in a vehicle first.

Karlusss · 04-07-2007 02:11AM

Pighead wrote:

Bring a laptop too and give us hourly updates. One thing though, why the hell did you choose drogheda as a destination point. Believe me buddy you will feel absolutely no sense of achievement upon arriving in Craptown.

"Craptown", you must've spent hours coming up with that one.

I've always wanted to walk somewhere far away, after all Ireland's only a tiny wee island as we keep reminding ourselves. Good luck OP.

biko · 04-07-2007 02:20AM

Someone once told me you can walk on the beach between Bray and Wicklow, would that be an alternative?

Blush_01 · 04-07-2007 02:53AM

eo980 wrote:

Fair play to you passive. It's an interesting idea and something cool to do with your time instead of drinking in the pub, or sitting on the couch all day watching TV.

Knowing passive, he'll have his massive bottle of Smirnoff in his backpack.

Fair play to you, although considering you walked from college to work I have no doubt you'll do it.

[off topic]Wear your rainbow trousers Passive. No black tops! And bring an umbrella. Listen to Baz Luhrmann's advice. Don't take candy from strangers. Remember that if you bump into a certain someone on the way there (or back) Fleur misses him, and it was your fault he went on his merry yellow way in the first place. Take photos. Leave the flowers alone. And don't drop your litter![/off topic]

event · 04-07-2007 09:42AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Drogheda-Dundalk is just suicidal on the main road.

which main road?

bug wrote:

Getting jelly legless, tired and lost or drowned wont give you any musical introspectiveness.
Unless you are trying to prove you're stupid I suggest the above.

how would you drown on a road?

Tar.Aldarion · 04-07-2007 09:52AM

Anybody going to drive along and find him, maybe drive slowly behind him jeering?

Stephen · 04-07-2007 09:54AM

Its legal to walk along national primary roads (i.e. N1) but NOT motorways (M1). Pedestrians on motorway = suicide.

kdouglas · 04-07-2007 10:02AM

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Anybody going to drive along and find him, maybe drive slowly behind him jeering?

***grabs megaphone and jumps in car

fair play passive, i think i'd probably be dead after a few hours walking... best of luck with it

Dord · 04-07-2007 10:18AM

whats the bets that he'll get lost along the way!

Mr.Plough · 04-07-2007 10:23AM

N1 becomes the M1 at like santry. and i dont think you can walk on the motorway as my bro got picked up for walking down the M50 once.

he was p*ssed, but not stumbling or anything.

he was naked though

Jimoslimos · 04-07-2007 10:30AM

Pighead wrote:

Bring a laptop too and give us hourly updates. One thing though, why the hell did you choose drogheda as a destination point. Believe me buddy you will feel absolutely no sense of achievement upon arriving in Craptown.

Could be worse - he could be heading for Dundalk! At least in Drogheda he'll be able to converse in broken english with the locals;)

daveirl · 04-07-2007 10:41AM

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loyatemu · 04-07-2007 11:04AM

the main road from Dublin to Drogheda is now the M1 motorway and you're not premitted to walk on it. The old N1 is now a regional road and the signposting may not be the best if you are going a long distance on it.

I presume the OP has set off by now, but a better idea might have been to walk to Wicklow as you can follow the coast all the way down.

cailinoBAC · 04-07-2007 03:34PM

Maybe somebody could ring up a radio station and tell drivers to look out for him and report on his progress? Anybody?

January · 04-07-2007 04:39PM

cailinoBAC wrote:

Maybe somebody could ring up a radio station and tell drivers to look out for him and report on his progress? Anybody?

I volunteer you cailinoBAC!!

Collie D · 04-07-2007 04:44PM

Anyone else notice that this thread was posted at last orders time? Many a great idea to be had at that hour that never gets followed through.

Walking between counties, possible/safe?

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