Why this ride
342 km from Cork to Cork, about 5 h 04 of riding. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cork long day · Sceilg Mhichíl
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 342 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 04
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Cork
Cork calls itself the real capital of Ireland and says so with a grin. The city began as a monastic settlement on marshy islands in the River Lee, and the centre still sits on an island between two channels, with bridges at every turn. It is Ireland's second city, but a proud and independent one, with its own accent and food and a long history of rebellion. The English Market, a covered food hall that has traded since the late eighteenth century, is the best place to see it, with butchers selling spiced beef and drisheen, a local blood pudding, fishmongers laying out the day's catch and bakers offering brown soda bread.
Read the complete Cork write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cork is where the day begins. Next is Sceilg Mhichíl.
2. Sceilg Mhichíl
Sceilg Mhichíl, in English Skellig Michael, is a pinnacle of rock rising out of the Atlantic about twelve kilometres off the Kerry coast, and it is one of those places that makes you wonder what kind of person would choose to live there. Monks did, starting somewhere around the sixth to eighth century, building a monastery of beehive-shaped stone huts, terraces and oratories on a ledge some two hundred metres above the waves, reached by roughly six hundred stone steps. They grew what they could, caught fish and birds, collected rainwater, and held services in some of the wildest conditions in Europe, until the community moved away in the thirteenth century. UNESCO listed the island in 1996.
Read the complete Sceilg Mhichíl write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sceilg Mhichíl comes up 96 km in.
3. Sceilg Mhichíl
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sceilg Mhichíl write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
192 km in you reach Sceilg Mhichíl. Next is back through Sceilg Mhichíl.
4. Back to Cork
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cork write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Sceilg Mhichíl, late in the day. Next is Cork.
5. Cork
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cork write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cork. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cork to Sceilg Mhichíl
Cork → Sceilg Mhichíl is 185 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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