Day 6 (Part 2)

Thursday, August 10th
Tramore to Cork
152km

Long day with lots of climbing and wind.  Beautiful scenery though.  At times I seemed to be stopping every few minutes to take a photo.

Again I decided not to try and follow the Lonely Planet route, and instead find my own path with the Ordanence survey map.

From Tramore to Dungarvan I followed a wonderful coastal road.  The scenery was stunning: rocky cliff after rocky cliff.  I'd fly down a sharp decent, whip around a tight curve, strugle up a steep incline, and then stop for another photo.  The weather was great.  Warm, bright sun and brigjht blue sky.  With only a few other tourists on the roads, it was a wonderful morning ride.

The direct route from Dungarvan to Cork is the N25 moterway.  I'd planned to take this the whole way, howver it was a reaaly busy road with a 100km/h speed limit.  I quickly turned off and followed small rural roads for the rest of the afternoon.  This made the day's distance a lot longer, but the roads were very pleasant.

Coming into Cork, I was forced back onto the N25 for 10km.  That was a bit stressful, but I found my way into the city without much trouble.

Ryan and Jen were already at the University of Cork residence when I arrived.  We have a little suite with 4 bedrooms, kitchen and living room.  Ryan was sleeping when I arrived.  He wasn't feeling very well.  Jenn and I went for dinner at a pub down the road and then it was time for bed.