Hi all,
See the article about my upcoming Faro to Dublin Cycle in this weeks edition of the European Irish newsletter:
The Travels of Eugene O’Leary: from Faro to Howth. | Irish News in Continental Europe

Anybody interested in giving up their Christmas celebrations and joining me on a 98 mile cycle from Nazareth to Bethlehem; leaving Nazareth on Christmas Eve morning (hostel overnight) and arriving Bethlehem on Christmas Day as a fundraiser for Crumlin Children’s Hospital? Replies to onyerbike@the-pedaling-pensioner.org

Took my bike on the 10:30 a.m. bus from Dublin to Virginia, County Cavan on Sunday. Left Virginia at 1 p.m. and headed off on the 60+ mile journey home. Really cold and knackered by the time I reached Dunshaughlin, and with another 25 miles to go, but soldiered on. Have to get a lot more miles in my legs over the next few weeks before I start on the Portugal to Ireland cycle!! The winter inactivity has certainly taken its toll. I did this each way last year (120 miles) without any bother!

Any over 65’s cyclists (male and female) interesting in getting together as a group (”The Pedalling Pensioners”) and doing Malin Head to Mizen Head as a fundraiser for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin in mid-August?