A Common Sight: New House – Old House
The yellow house above looks down on the house below that used to be the main house of this sheep ranch. Below all of this are the sheep and their fields……..
Irish Country Estate, Roads and Sheep
as are the sheep……. THX 4 all of U!!
HiWheeling to the Top
Top is one of Ireland’s longest established fuel importers, Owned by the Reihill family, they are part of a 100% Irish owned company dating back over 200 years.
Irish Road Punishment
The roads of Ireland have been hard on my bikes. My Eagle and my bent have both visited Blacksmith Pawel in the last few days Here he is welding two more cracks that developed on my Eagle. And I just found another today……. And here he is tig w…
Country Overpasses
When the British built the rail system here in Ireland, they often went through those large hills in the way, by blasting through them. When cars then became popular, short bridges were built over the top to reconnect both sides of the slope. Here…
I Phone Booth
Irish Phone Booth that is……….
St Paddys Day in Ireland
A national holiday of monumental proportions, St. Patrick’s Day is like our Fourth of July… Eagled in the late morning. Then came back and watched a great Ireland team get clobbered by England in rugby. Next up was an international St. Patrick’s…
Evolution of an Eagle Crack
Pawel did such a fine tig weld, you probably cannot see it in the picture I took after the Eagle and I just rolled 12 miles..
Five Pound Dog Hampers Training Ride
This little dog followed me for three miles. Every time I thought I had him lost, he would appear AGAIN. Right in front of my wheel. On one of his many detours, he entered a large field where he chased two big black birds and then four sheep and t…
Irish Cemeteries
They are everywhere here. This country of four million people used to be made up of twice that number before the famine and disease of the mid 19th Century began a population drain that lasted for over a century. Often, such burial lands are found…