West Clare

A short day on the cards was a welcome change from the challenging terrain of Kerry. Our destination was the Tarbert Ferry, which would bring us into Clare, our 7th of 14 counties. Kilrush proved its generosity in style, and nowhere more so than in The Haven Arms pub on the town square. The bar man, Martin, joined us in a table quiz. We failed to impress in the quiz, but Martin and the lads certainly impressed when they announced our trip to the whole bar, leading to unbelievable generosity from the locals. Many thanks to all in The Haven Arms, such a welcome was not expected but was very much appreciated.

We were met by rain and wind the following morning, but it was wind coming from the right direction this time! It blew us up and over the hills that separated Kilrush and Kilkee, meaning that we arrived in Lahinch way ahead of schedule and not overly tired. This short day will hopefully stand to us as we have a long enough journey tomorrow into Galway.

When we arrive in Galway we will be conducting a bucket collection in Galway City from 5pm. We are thrilled to be joined by Galway representatives of the CFAI as well as members of the CyclingForCF Team, who are making the journey from Dublin to help us out. We would like to invite anyone around the Galway area to join us outside the Galway Radisson at half 4. Contact the lads on the numbers below if you would like to help out:

Cathal: 083 4362197

Conor: 083 3600243

Today Cathal received news that his granny used the term "blog" in a sentence! The wonders of the internet (world wide web) will never cease to amaze! We'll have to keep the language clean from now on...