Okay. The Irish Eccentrics Autumn Run 2012 is on!
I propose we meet up in Hillsborough Square anytime from nine o'clock on Saturday the 22nd of September(put the month in for Olaf
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There is a place called Cafe Chimes in the square where we can get a bite to eat before we head off about ten?
Hillsborough is a small village just off the A1 near Sprucefield and is easy to get at if you are coming up from the Freestate.
Hadn't heard that expression for a long, long time.
Thought it would be easier than trying to guide travellers into Lisburn.
From there, its just a short hop down the M1, across Belfast on the West Link and up the M5 to Carrickfergus where we start the run properly.
From there we follow the road up the coast as far as Portstewart. Its about 100 miles from our meeting point in Hillsborough.
We can be flexible and stop where we feel like it.
Some of the places I had in mind were the Causeway Centre, Carrick Na Rede rope bridge and Bushmills Distillery (don't tell the Aussies!) although I'm sure nobody would be interested in the oldest whiskey distillery in Ireland.
Between Portrush and Portstewart we will be riding on the NW200 course for a few miles along the coast.
If we get tight for time we can head inland at any time and take the main road back. Its about an hour and a half on the main road from our finishing point in Portstewart back to our starting point.
Or you may want to turn and go back down the coast road again!
Like I said nothing carved in stone.
Everybody welcome, even if you don't have a K.
If anyone needs help with arrangements, let me know.
Hope we get weather like yesterday. Came down the Antrim coast road, fantastic!
Not much traffic, just one bend after another and looking across to Scotland over a flat sea with the sun shining.