Lazy Days Cycling Trail 
Self-guided cycling tour in Ireland for experienced cyclists

Lazy Days Cycling Trail - self-guided cycling tour

All prices are in Euro, per person sharing.
Quoted US $ prices subject to exchange rates.  Rates as at December 2005

Daily Itinerary:

DAY 1
Arrive in Clifden (there is a direct daily bus service from Galway to Clifden). Warm welcomes and chance to settle in. You will be given your route pack and general information to study overnight. If there is time we will allocate bikes and equipment.  Clifden is a colourful small town, also often labeled the capital of Connemara. There are many restaurants where you can choose your dinner for this evening.
DAY 2
Your destination today is Roundstone, a small picturesque fishing village. It offers wonderful views over its harbour with the Twelve Bens as background. Cycle along Mannin Bay, with its coralline beach - heaven for the beachcomber - and past Ballyconneely, or shorter if you wish to take the Bogroad, (20km). Roundstone bog is unique in that it is an unspoiled area of bogscape with rare acid loving plants.  Stay the night in guesthouse, and choose your own dinner in one of the many restaurants.
DAY 3
Leave Roundstone after breakfast and meander along the coast of Bertraghboy Bay, passing Cashel and along the coast of the Kilkieran Peninsula to the small village of Carna (36km), situated on one of the many creeks, which indent this wild coastline.  Off the coast near Carna is the small St MacDara’s island, where there is a beautiful stone-roofed oratory.  Boatmen passing this island dip their sails three times in honour of the saint.  You will stay the night in Carna.
DAY 4
Continue your journey today leaving Carna and cycling around the Peninsula, which is one of the last areas to speak Gaelic as their first language, passing the small fishing harbour of Kilkieran to arrive in the small hamlet  of Glencoh/Screeb (40km).   You pass Pearse’s cottage, where the author and 1916 leader studied the Irish language.  It is open to the public.  You will stay to night in private B&B where the landlady of the house will cook your evening meal.
DAY 5
Cycle away from the coast today, back towards the mountains on a road through lake-strewn moorland to Maam Cross, the meeting point of the roads, and a local sheep market place.  Continue on over a low mountain pass to enter the Maam Valley, with fantastic views of the Maam Turks mountain range.  From here on the road takes you along Lough Corrib to the small village of Cornamona.   You stay the night in homely B&B, where dinner again is served for you. Cornamona is also an ideal centre for fishing on Lough Corrib.
DAY 6
From Cornamona your cycle will bring you to the shores of the next big lake (Lough Mask).  Your route will take you on quite roads to the small village of Toormakeady (32km), where you stay the night in a Georgian guesthouse.  Again this evening your dinner will be served at the guesthouse by the lady of the house.
DAY 7
Continue your cycle along the shores of Lough Mask and today’s target is the market town of Westport (32km), whereby a small excursion to Ballintubber Abbey is recommended.  The King of Connacht founded the abbey in 1216, for the order of St Augustine.  Recent archaeological investigation of the monastic precincts has uncovered much of interest, including the guesthouse where pilgrims were received.  Stay the night in guesthouse in Westport.  Dinner is not included as you have a lot of choice in one of the many restaurants in Westport town.
DAY 8
Breakfast, followed by tearful farewell and departure!

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