HALF WAY! Just another 5 days on the bike and we are back where we started.
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A pretty hard and rough day. Starting off with of course the full Irish breakfast we climbed out of Lisdoonvarna to the top of the aptly named Cockscrew Hill. With a wonderful view down the valley.
had warned us that the hill would be treacherous in the light drizzle. I certainly went round one hairpin sideways but Brendan was not so lucky and ate the road. With his bike out of action and nursing bruises I kept on into the stiff headwind towards Galway while he and the van found a bicycle repair shop.
Meeting up again in Galway we enjoyed the benefit of a tail wind to Cliffden but climbing into the stunning Connemara Hills and turning east we were met with ferocious winds and driving rain. Downhill became either a fight to stay in the road with a side wind or the need to pedal to stop being pushed back up the hill.
The last 10km into Leenane was then just a relentless fight into the probably gale force head wind and horizontal rain.
Our friend Elmer had already warned me that there would be times that would feel like being in a car wash.
All that remains of the day is Guinness, food and sleep.
Waking in the morning shows that we are in the most stunning overnight stop to date.
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