Walking between counties, possible/safe?

Giblet · 04-07-2007 04:49PM

Pfft, I've walked from Dublin, to Wicklow, to Kildare in 20 mins.

Collie D · 04-07-2007 04:55PM

Giblet wrote:

Pfft, I've walked from Dublin, to Wicklow, to Kildare in 20 mins.

..in your bare feet?

Giblet · 04-07-2007 04:58PM

Well I actually did walk it, I live on the border of Dublin and Kildare :>

John Mason · 04-07-2007 04:59PM

are you mental?????????? have you ever driven on these roads? the N1 isnt in the best of condition and there a lot of building sites along the way, so there is a strong possibility of been mowed down by a passing JCB

there are no footpaths or grass verges and load of dead animals. i wont drive that road in the dark

and termonfecking is a long way outside drogheda

Capt'n Midnight · 04-07-2007 07:12PM

biko wrote:

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

No you can't.
You can walk on a path on top of the cliffs though to Greystones. Fairly flat after that I'd imagine.

And as for which is the main road, the motorway BYPASSES Drogheda and it's illegal to walk beside it

Wertz · 04-07-2007 08:50PM

Don't know why you'd want to do it, but it is possible; ie. there is an N route the whole way. At whitehall you'd need to branch off through santry, past the airport and down throiugh swords....then it's the long road past rush and lusk and onwards to balbriggan. From there it's out past gormanstown and then onto julianstown....by that stage drogheda is only a few miles further on.
The road may be in disrepair, but it only takes local traffic now and IIRC there is plenty of hard shoulder so getting run over shouldn't be that much of a threat (no more than it ever is)...although that said there are some bad bends and narrow stretches....just walk on the right hand side of the road (ie face into oncoming traffic).
The road is a boring drive (who could believe that it was once the main Dublin-Belfast rd?) and I'd say it's an even more boring walk...best of luck with it, but you'd be better served taking a proper hike someplace...

passive · 04-07-2007 11:49PM

*stumbles to pc*

Hi... okay. Following some of the safety advice, "it'll suck" advice and basci common sense I decided not to walk the N1 to Drogheda and instead set off along the coast, heading North, to see how far I could get.

My route is marked in purple... I had to get the train across the bridge at Malahide, as a malahidian friend told me it wasn't safe. I should have walked though... it looked easy enough and no train crossed for a half hour

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I took a few pictures along the way but i'm too sleepy to properly illustrate this account...

From Donabate (across the bridge) I walked along to the beach, to some places I remember from childhood (ah, memories) and walked along the cliff past a house with a confederate flag, a mental home, then onto portrane beach. I was, until the following misadventure, convinced that there was a path from Portrane to Rush at low tide... There isn't. Then i got lost in portrane because i went to the road instead of back down the beach... queue some frustrated wandering... Then some nice stranger gave me a lift to portrane town, from where i was ready to give up at the prospect of walking the 7 or 8 km to rush to get back on track.

luckily my Luskian friend drove to meet me in Donabate (after I walked back to there.. mbleh...) and brought me to hers for food and resting of feet... By now I was a little sore, and losing momentum didn't help[HTML][/HTML]! I left for hers with the intention of reaching Balbriggan but, in the end, limped to a bus stop in Skerries and got home about an hours ago.

I also got rained on. A lot.

So... to summarise; It was an interesting, introspective and pleasant experience but, as i pushed it too far and got cold and wet and sore, I stopped being able to focus on anything other then getting home. Also; research your route before going on a long walk, in both Malahide and Portrane about 100 metres of low, but fast flowing, water stopped me from crossing to my destination. It sucked monkeys.

Em.. so the picture covers 23km or something... I didn't go as the crow flies.. em... lots... it was lots... I don't think i'll be walking tomorrow. Goodnight people... =/

(edit; just checked the picture to make sure there was nothing private or incriminating around my desktop... I'll upload the "butt-500.gif" to prove it's nothing icky :P)

(edit2: heh... anyone know a better mspaint-like product for mac? I found that one a little awkward to draw with ^_^)

kdouglas · 05-07-2007 12:12AM

fair play, it's a decent walk alright... dont think i'd have lasted that long, probably have gotten bored after an hour or so

crushproof · 05-07-2007 12:18AM

fair lay,you cant beat a random walk.
did one last sunday with some friends, ended up in the dublin mountains at some big tower, was a pretty cool spot.
eventuqlly found our way home!

FunkZ · 05-07-2007 12:46AM

Man you're a legend!

Ya should have walked the 10/15 km extra to Julianstown and we could have gone for a pint!

January · 05-07-2007 10:51AM

That's a fair old walk, congratulations! I love the vroom vroom and choo choo bits in your map!

Dord · 05-07-2007 11:27AM

Fair play to ya!

I cycled 23Km a few weeks back, from one side of Dublin to the other. I was knackered after it! To top things off, I hadn't cycled in about 4 years prior to that day.

loyatemu · 05-07-2007 12:25PM

as suggested earlier - walk to Wicklow is a much better option

Coast Road to Dalkey, then onto Killiney beach as far as Bray, cliff walk to Greystones, then along the beach to Wicklow (or the adjacent railway line - only 10 trains a day or so).

Walking between counties, possible/safe?

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