Ireland always draws me back, even when it means stupid amounts of miles up stupid hills in the stupid rain.
This year the lovely folk at
Cycling Safaris came up with a new trip to
The Secret West.
The immediate attraction of this was it covered some key locations on the
Cavan & Leitrim Railway
The downside, you might have guessed, is that it involved stupid amounts of miles up stupid hills in the stupid rain.
As a group cycling holiday it also made it difficult to go off-piste to explore the C&L as much as I would have liked. For instance travelling by train with heavy luggage meant I missed Nancy in steam at Dromod on the train from and to Dublin. And I also forgot to check the links I had to historic maps showing the route of the line, meaning on at least one occasion I cycled along it for a few miles without realising. Anyway here are a few photos.
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| The coal mine at Argina were the main source of traffic on the C&L. |
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| Which is why the museum includes a model of a train |
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| And elsewhere you find odd reminders |
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| Few as poignant as this |
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| Though the nearby station remains well preserved |
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| Just waiting for trains to return. |
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| As a student, a book of his poems was always in my pocket |
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| Train services are improving |
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| It is always good to meet up with The Enterpises |
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| The famine ship replica is haunting, even though they chose to model it on an original with an exemplary record |
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| But we should never forget |
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| And I ended the trip with an Azuma experience that did not match my expectations |
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