Posts Tagged ‘Trip’
Friday, May 1st, 2009
They say the last 5% of any trip is the most dangerous and believe us the wind and gails on the way up from Dun Loghaire to Holywood stood as testimony to that addage. After over 4000 miles of tarmac and dirt we are finally back in Holywood, at the Green House.
To say at this point we are exhausted is an understatement and the thought of our own homes, beds and particularly bathrooms is heavenly. Family are glad to see us and we are certainly glad to see them… time to sign off now and spend some time with loved ones. We’ll be back blogging after the weekend with pic updates and lots more… must rest, thanks everybody, going to collapse now!
Tags: Blogging, Cadiz, Charity, Fundraiser, Holywood, Home Coming, Motorbike, Sky Developments, Supporters, Trip, Wrong Way Round
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
It took some grit and determination but we made it, the unexpectedly toughest leg of our journey to date I think… can’t even remember when we started all this. What a night of riding, and we thought it was starting to become rough going at 4pm yesterday, things only went one way from there, downhill, and that’s not a bikers metaphore for going well!
But as always we have managed to make it in one piece, no broken bones but bruised behinds and battered bodies, something we are becoming well used to at this point in our journey. So this is it really, our last big stop on route back to Northern Ireland… sad in a way as it has all gone so fast, but so satisfying to have covered so much ground and achieved so much.
You're A Tourist, Really?
Hmmm Translate
Thanks Bank Of Ireland
Tags: Almost, Arrival, Finshed, Paris, Rest, Tourists, Trip
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
For those of you who have been following our regular tweets on www.twitter.com/wrongwayround you may be puzzled by our regualr references to ‘finding subways’… just to clear this up, we are not constantly looking for a tunnel underneath a road to sleep in after a hard days biking!
Our kind sponsors Karen & Ger are owners of several Subway hot food franchises back in sunny Northern Ireland and have challenges the pair of us to eat at least three Subway sandwiches as we cross the continent. Unfortunately Karen & Ger we have been on the road from Holywood to Cadiz and have only now found one on our return legs so here you go… a massive plug for Karen, Ger and Subway Belfast!
I Love Subway
One Sub Coming Up
Tags: Charity, Food, Hot, Motorbike, Sandwich, Sponsors, Subway, Trip
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
A short blog note for Richard at Hemsec SIPS. We have your hand picked Valencian orange safely packed to be delivered to you on our return. Still tearing towards Barcelona so this entries going to be short, one thing though, throughout our trip we have noticed someboy who has been following us. Check out the pics below and let us know if you have seen him before.
Richards Orange
Who's This Fella?
There He Is Again!
Tags: Followers, following Us, Man, Michelin, Motorbike, Sky Developments, Trip, Wrong Way Round
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Friday, April 17th, 2009
Hello Everybody. We are now back on the bloggosphere, twittersphers and emailsphere (if there is such a thing). Due to some minor technical issues we have been off the radar but we are now all sorted. Our trip has got off to a fairly soggy start with non stop rain during the Holywood to Holyhead leg on Wednesday 15th and the Holyhead to Brecon leg yesterday wasn’t a whole lot better… but our spirits are high and the best thing is the closer we get to Cadiz the better the weather will get - Hopefully!!
Next stop ferry, then mild, clement France for some real bike riding!
So here goes with a plug for the sponsor that sent us on our way from Holywood on leg one - Octagon Design, our design company of choice and designers of this fantastic website. Cheers Damien & Ray and thanks for all the hard work!
Thanks Octagon, Open You're Eyes Stephen
Monkey Says... Monkey Does...
Tags: Cadiz, Charity, Design, Fields of Life, Fundraiser, Holywood, Motorbike, Octagon, Sky Developments, Trip, Wales, Wrong Way Round
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Always the way, you lay all your plans, triple check everything and then boom! the tech lets you down. For some reason our twitpics are not posting on twitter and the site so afraid today you’re just going to have to make do with these few shots on the blog. Twitter due back up and running propertly within hours so hopefully we will be back on track for tomorrow.
Gotta go, big afternoon ahead, muscles starting to ache already though, Cadiz seems a long way away right now. Oh.. BTW the ‘Cook & Eat Roadkill’ challenge - Does this count?
Sign Says It All
Roadkill?
Barbeque
Tags: Blogging, Camp, camping, Charity, Followers, Motorbike, Motorbikes, Sky Developments, Trip, Wrong Way Round
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Stephen airs out the tent he’ll be calling home for the next 2-3 weeks. Thanks to our great climate, he only had to wait ten minutes to test for water resistence!
Luckily he won’t be sharing it with Alan!
Stephen testing out his new tent!
Tags: camping, Charity, journey, Motorbike, Round, tents, Trip, Way, Wrong
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Sky’s Wrong Way Round Charity fundraiser at TAPS2, Cotton Court, Belfast on Monday 30th March 2009 was a roaring success. Over 70 people attending the exclusive ‘Spanish Night’ and enjoyed delicious tapas, flamenco dancing, authentic live Spanish music and a range of exciting fundraising activities.
The Wrong Way Round team would like to thank everybody who attended, particularly those who pledge donations, bought raffle tickets and took part in the charity auction on the night. The support of everybody who took the time to join us is greatly appreciated.
Tags: Cadiz, Charity, Fundraiser, Holywood, Motorbike, Night, Sky Developments, Spanish, Trip, Wrong Way Round
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