Ballina

We'll keep this one quick.

Hotel Westport was a fantastic place, but we had to leave for Ballina after breakfast. We've been told that Kerry is the wettest county in Ireland, but we can now officially say that is not true. According to our findings, it never ever stops raining in Mayo! Conditions, however, could have been a lot worse, as once again we were joined by a gentle breeze on our backs.

We met two truly fantastic characters today, people we can all learn a lot from and draw much inspiration. The first such meeting happened in Foxford, where we met Barney the dinosaur, who wears the CF colours of purple and green. Nice to have you on our team Barney!

The second meeting took place in the beautiful surrounds of the Mount Falcon Hotel, just outside Ballina. We were genuinely delighted and charmed that Jillian McNulty, accompanied by her mother, had driven all the way from Longford just to meet us. Thank to you both so much for the lovely chat. We admire the fantastic work you do Jillian, and hope to see you after the cycle.