The boys spend an hour playing with their connectors
A Bike Ride to Mulranny, County Mayo, Ireland - 9th August 2017
We embark upon a 16-mile bike ride from Achill along the "Greenway" - a converted narrow-guage railway line that runs to Mulranny, our destination, and beyond. After we get back to the bike shop, the dude is a little surprised that Isobel's bike seems to not quite the same one she left with. Indeed, it turns out that for the return journey, Isobel was on a bike which wasn't just a different colour, but which was also a man's bike with a high crossbar and everything. Luckily, the bike-shop guy didn't seem to be bothered and told Isobel that only one family was at this point unaccounted for. That'll be the one still in Mulranny refusing to ride a "girl's" bike.
next album: From Achill to Strokestown, Mayo and Roscommon, Ireland - 10th August 2017
previous album: Surfing Achill Island, Oileán Acla, Maigh Eo, Ireland - 8th August 2017
A view over Achill Sound
Fred tests out a bike in the hire shop
We set off down the Greenway
A derelict Massey-Ferguson 135 tractor
Fred and Isobel on the Greenway
The first stop for a drink and a snack
A gorgeous view towards the mountains
Harry tries to climb the sign
Isobel pokes around
Fred on his bike
Another picturesque view
A derelict cottage near Tonragee
Harry near his 'transport pod'
A new bridge spans a collapsed railway bridge
A derelict digger
Fred and Isobel, back on the bike track
We ride through the woods near Mulranny
The boys climb a tree
A plaque commemorates the 2012 Greenway opening
More cyclists pass by
More hanging around
Isobel chats to some other riders
The old Mulranny railway station
A water tower for the steam trains
The boys eat ice cream in Mulranny
A view out to sea
The gang, with Mulranny Bay in the background
Isobel chats to the riders from the woods
A Mulranny shop and petrol station
Fred rides a bicycle sculpture
Random cyclist with a basket full of flowers
Isobel looks out
Sheep in a field
Riding up the only hill in the whole 16 miles
We have a well-earned drink at the Achill Hotel
Stained glass and vintage tankards
A Maigh Eo GAA flag
There's a large wall urinal in the bogs
An interesting thing on the wooden floor
We wander past the derelict-looking 'Lounge Bar'
Harry's got a home-made crown on
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The boys spend an hour playing with their connectors
The boys spend an hour playing with their connectors
A view over Achill Sound
Fred tests out a bike in the hire shop
We set off down the Greenway
A derelict Massey-Ferguson 135 tractor
Fred and Isobel on the Greenway
The first stop for a drink and a snack
A gorgeous view towards the mountains
Harry tries to climb the sign
Isobel pokes around
Fred on his bike
Another picturesque view
A derelict cottage near Tonragee
Harry near his 'transport pod'
A new bridge spans a collapsed railway bridge
A derelict digger
Fred and Isobel, back on the bike track
We ride through the woods near Mulranny
The boys climb a tree
A plaque commemorates the 2012 Greenway opening
More cyclists pass by
More hanging around
Isobel chats to some other riders
The old Mulranny railway station
A water tower for the steam trains
The boys eat ice cream in Mulranny
A view out to sea
The gang, with Mulranny Bay in the background
Isobel chats to the riders from the woods
A Mulranny shop and petrol station
Fred rides a bicycle sculpture
Random cyclist with a basket full of flowers
Isobel looks out
Sheep in a field
Riding up the only hill in the whole 16 miles
We have a well-earned drink at the Achill Hotel
Stained glass and vintage tankards
A Maigh Eo GAA flag
There's a large wall urinal in the bogs
An interesting thing on the wooden floor
We wander past the derelict-looking 'Lounge Bar'
Harry's got a home-made crown on