thought i'd get in with this early.
Cliften levels supposed to be really sweet this bank holiday weekend. Wanna try and enlarge the possy, have a bit of craic. you know you wanna.
I might be in or around those parts around then. If I am I'll check in with the craic!
I'm there ;D (well, maybe not until friday... but my boat will be there tomorrow!).
Come one, come all!
if anyones going on sati cud be persuaded
Aisling, i may drive down sat...
Come to Achill!!! Thats where all the cool kids will be :)
I'm goin down with my family on friday to clifden/ roundstone area. Does anyone have a space in their car for return journey??
Would anyone be going down friday evening and or coming back sunday i could grab a lift with please? Or, would there be anyone willing to pick me up from nearest tran station /bus stop?
dont think im going anymore!
awww Riona :-[
Thinking about Cliften for Sat then Achill for Sun & Mon. Any one else thinking of coming over?
Cli i'm wit u if u'll have me!
I'll be heading somewhere on Fri.... just deciding where exactly ???
I think the likes of Jody, Cli etc are putting forward much better suggestions at this point than the Achill crowd. Does anyone want to maybe head to Clifden for a night, or maybe camp in Teletubbyland, then swing up through north conemara (the most beautiful road in Ireland! I'd go just for that again!) into Mayo and on out to Achill? or something along those lines?
I'm just in the mood for a random road trip.
I made a good suggestion??? Really??? Wow! I dont even know what i said.
Well i'll head wherever there is a crowd & paddling. Can offer lifts too.
I'll head wherever there's a crowd, lifts and no paddling. I'm up for something Spring Break style. anyone else fancy that?
Flaty flat flaty. If you get your ass to carlow town on friday morning I am willing to go on a serious adventure. Leave my house early friday and travel west, we could even pick up people on the way.
nah that's not going to happen. earliest I can leave dublin on friday will probably be 5ish. but if anyone wants to leave dublin then, we can meet you kmck in the midlands somewhere and make a convoy?
hell yeah! i'm in!!!
Hey Diarmaid if ya want i can give you a lift, i'll be leaving from work so i can probably meet you in town when you finish work.
jody are you going to clifden or achill? can i get a lift too please?
jody where are you going? yes in theory (sorry sara - just not sure achill's the place to be this weekend!)
Gonna go to Clifden. Cian you are welcome to come too.... make sure to bring my whiskey! ;)
sorry i just got an offer of two whole days work. thanks any way jody.
damn you cian!
i told you to get on to shakila. you too could have two days work.
Could I take one of the lifts offered, not sure exactly what's going on. I'm not really fussy where the car's going, well maybe I would prefer to go to either Achill or Cliden, but other adventures could also be nice!
I finish work in town at 6, would that be ok? I can provide cake/beer/whiskey etc ;D
first off, shakila is not a name.
secondly, it sounds like there's a whole heap of people, including drivers, willing to just go on a road trip and wing it. I suggest a carload of people (driven by Jody?) head west on Friday evening (meeting kmck along the way?) to Galway (to Clifden, Teletubbyland or to stay with Lucy?) and then decide later whether to drift up towards Achill or stay put in Galway. That's enough of a plan; let's have a show of hands for interested people. We can decide where we're going when we reach somewhere around Spiddal. Any decisions made before that are over-planning it.
Who's in?
I say Clifden the 1st night at least. Then we, who are that way inclined, can paddle & then see if we have had enough & want to move one of the following days or if there is fun to be had stay put.
The hole is working around 6/7 pm so Diarmaid will probably be drunk by the time we're off the water & happy to do whatever we tell him :)
Sounds like a plan, could I grab a lift please Jody?
when paddling at the clifden hole, where does one stay?
yeah I'll take a lift too please Jody.
Clifden is only bout a fifteen minute drive from my house. But it depends on numbers as to how useful my house will be. There's two campsites in the area, stones throw from mine and the beach. Then in Clifden there's hostels. Also the hole is bout 20 mins from Tellytubbyland. It's all the same general area really.
Well the last time i paddled in Clifden i stayed in Ballina.... not the most logical place i know!
There are fields around which people camp in & the campsites, i'd assume the hostels are full it being the bank holiday weekend. Sure we'll sort soemthing out. There will probably be plenty of other paddlers about too.
So i'll take Diarmaid & Karen, as far as i know Kat & Mark are coming too, maybe Kylie. Might be too many to invade your house Lucy, but thats up to you to decide. ;)
if it's just a question of camping and maybe not even in a campsite, let's go to Teletubbyland. It's on the same road (Clifden-Roundstone) as the Clifden hole anyway.
any idea of surf forecasts? You might get some surf at Teletubbyland before/after the hole is working.
Would it not be better to be a it closer to town so we can go boozy indoors incase it rains???
Sure lets decide en route. But its Clifden on Friday night.
there's a campsite within walking distance of Clifden, out the far side of town from the hole (northwest, I guess).
Well our house is a bit of a halfway house. My siblings friends are also popping in and out along with various extended relatives... so my house will be useful for facilities, shower etc. floors and camping in the garden but as i said i can't promise anything. Tellytubby land is really good for surf, but i have witnessed it being as still as glass, seldom occurance but it still happens. The two campsites out near roundstone are good, right on the beach and we always walk to and from the pubs despite it being bout a half hour to hour walk and it's much closer than Ballina!!! you crazy. Anywhere you end up will be pretty good, but Clifden will be full cause of it being a bank holiday and also it'll be more expensive.
hmmm this road trip is looking a bit too organised ;D well i dont finish work until saturday afternoon so i shall join you sat evening hopefully.
wow, lots of posts since i last logged in.
I'm working till 5.30 Fri aswell. Will try and get a lift but have my mum's car if needed. Cliften on Fri - Sweet 8)
Ok for those coming with me, my plan is to leave town around 6 or half past & get on the road ASAP. So if you guys can have your gear with you and in town at that time it'd be great. Car is a full so pack light.
Karen i got an appointment after work & then gotta go pick up my camping stuff & clear out the car a bit so i might be able to collect your boat later... i'll have to see how time goes.
I will be in mayo if anyone want to visit on your travles i like distractions.
Looks like I'll be around Clifden this weekend. Not sure where I'll stay, often I camp in the campsite on the Letterfrack road. Where's Telletubby land? Is that on the Ballyconnely road?
There are some nice tides predicted it should be great craic.
Peter
I'm afraid you can't be told where Teletubbyland is. the only way to find out where it is is to be brought there your first time.
them's the rules. I didn't make them.
Heading to achil, cause I am all alone in the car and know there are people there already.
Great Weekend. For some snaps see my picassa.
http://picasaweb.google.com/tierney.kat/20080804CliftenBHWeekend (http://picasaweb.google.com/tierney.kat/20080804CliftenBHWeekend)
looks like you guys had some good adventures!!
Sara