It has not really sunk in yet, the whole 8 months that have passed from the seat of a motorcycle. Riding across two continents to reach Ireland has been a challenge and a valuable undertaking.  Dealing with corrupt cops, bureaucratic paper pushing consular officials, drunken angry men & twitchy AK-47 swinging border guards, has all be a new and exciting challenge (occasionally frustrating).  But for each of the few rotten eggs that I met along the way, I have surely met one hundred gracious, welcoming & friendly people. People…

31st October 2014          10-13℃         147km Kilkenny – Adare I set out from Kilkenny in the pouring rain, and it wasn’t long before I was completely soaked through.   I had decided to take the many small backroads and lanes between Kilkenny and Adare, and the result was weaving along narrow country lanes, drenched in mist and rain as I weaved along between the narrow hedges.   Of course it was alot of fun, despite a few slippery moments riding through…