A morning a week or so ago on the my way to work I passed a touring cyclist asking for directions to Dublin Airport from a teenager going to school. I stopped and asked if I could help. In the end I showed him to the right road that would bring him down to the airport in Dublin.
The cyclist turnout to be from Holland and had been touring from his home through England, Wales, and Scotland, over to Northern Ireland and down to Dublin. His bike was fully loaded and he had completed 138+ km the day before as he put it a long day. He mentioned that the roads in Ireland where very busy and that the cycling conditions with traffic make the cycling very hard. I had to agree with him.
I through for a moment, why do we not use secondary roads in Ireland that are cycling priority. By create cycling corridors that are signed and where large tucks and vans are not permitted, or are permitted at a reduced speed. I think something like this would make Ireland a more interesting place to cycle and promote cycle tourism in a bigger way.
We have the scenery if not the weather and when we do have the weather there is no better place to be in Ireland.
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