Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way Part 2 Motorcycle Tour by BMW 1250 GSA and Triumph Tiger 900 - Ep 4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- In this episode not only does the sun finally make an appearance but we ride some stunning roads including the amazing Gap of Mamore! We leave the wet and windy Donegal Town (where we had a great night!) heading North East via a brilliant breakfast stop in Letterkenny. The road took us into "Amazing Grace" country, which was a real surprise to me having lived in the market town of Olney, Buckinghamshire where John Newton wrote his now world famous hymn, "Amazing Grace". I had no idea that the coast round Lough Swilly was were he had his epiphany and vowed to change his life if God spared him from a terrible storm. Small world! And so from Amazing grace to an amazing road through The Gap of Mamore - a really beautiful ride through some stunning countryside and equally stunning views.
As we approached Malin Head it looked like the weather was turning wet again but thankfully after we arrived the sun once again appeared, making all the difference - even got a really good flat white from a roadside coffee vendor - so things were really looking up! The weather for the rest of the afternoon was stunning and our relaxing walk along the beach topped off a great day. We hope you enjoy the ride along with us in this episode and please share, comment and give us a thumbs up - they all help the channel!
Accommodation: Seaview Tavern £77 (Booking.com)
The Route: Donegal - Glenties - Letterkenny - Buncrana - Gap of Mamore - Malin Head
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Beautiful choice of music! Well done!
Thanks very much 🙏 we’re glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback! 😀👍
Can I just say a BIG THANK YOU for what you do??These are the best travelogues on the world wide web at this moment in time and I look forward to each and everyone. Keep doing what you two do,youre amazing!!!
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Some good roads once again
Everyday is a school day. Watching this makes you realise how clogged up the English roads are getting. Great video to start my Saturday off. 👍
Thanks very much Trevor - we loved riding the mostly empty roads in Ireland - glad it helped start your Saturday off! 😀👍
Glad you got some nice weather...liked and thanks as always ....🏴
Thanks very much Ian - always makes a difference when the sun shines ☀️😀👍
Thanks for another sublime episode. Some of the footage/music is almost meditative. Also, I didn’t know pancakes were an American thing; we all just grow up eating them. Maybe think of them as chubby crepes? Thanks again. More please.
Thanks Marco - it’s not so much the pancakes, more the maple syrup! 😂 glad you enjoyed it and thanks again for watching! 😀👍
As always 👍🇬🇧🍷🍺Take care ride safe look forward to your next adventure
Thanks Trevor, as always glad you enjoyed it! 😀👍
another great segment...it's fun to follow o google maps...someday....
Thank you Patrick - good old Google Maps! Never let you down! 😀👍
Love MMD. Watched loads during recovery from a major op. Calm, relaxing and interesting all in one. TYVM.
Thank you very much 🙏 sorry to hear about your op but glad we kept you occupied during your recovery! 😀👍
Great to see you both in the flesh as they say, admittedly could not really hear each other as we waited for the lights to change ride safe both .on the 30/9/23 heading south
Thanks for stopping and saying hello! Hearing is definitely difficult with helmets and ear plugs in 😂 Sue says thanks very much for buying the book - hope you enjoy it - especially the bike trip! - hope you had a good ride - we’re off to Plymouth to catch the ferry for more adventures! 😀👍
19:47 Mizen to Malin is popular with the Irish cycling community often as charity fundraisers. One morning last week I met such a group leaving Sligo headed for Letterkenny and on to Malin the next day. Fair play to them they're hardy, and some of them weren't in the first flush of youth.
They certainly are a hardy bunch! Tried cycling once but couldn’t get used to not being able to twist the throttle! 😂😀👍
Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching Jim! 😀👍
Brilliant roads and scenery, looking forward to your next trip keep up the good work 👍👍
Thanks very much Mark - glad you enjoyed it! 😀👍
great morning watch 🏍🏍🏍lovely views
Thanks very much Andy - glad you enjoyed it with better weather this time! 😀👍
Great vid as usual thanks
Thanks very much Nigel - glad you enjoyed it! 😀👍
Another great video really shows the best way to tour Ireland is by motorbike. Thanks for doing such a great job and giving us all a taste of Ireland.
Thank you 🙏 there’s no better way to see any country especially Ireland! 😀👍
Just a amazing vid like all yours, lovely to watch!!
Thanks very much Klaus! 😀👍
How wonderful to be on the roads less traveled! The Gap at Mamore was stunning and wasn’t that sunshine I saw? Sue appeared to be at the top of the world at Malin Head. The drone footage and soundtrack were right on . Thank you Brian and Sue for another wonderful travel video. The inspiring story of Newton’s Amazing Grace was one I hadn’t been aware of. Greetings from Berlin, Jim. (P.s., on the weekend I will take a look at the new GS ….just looking!).
Thanks Jim 🙏 the Gap of Mamore was a great road! The story of John Newton was new to us too - we knew about the Olney connection (having lived there) but knew nothing about the Irish connection ! 👍😀( I’m also looking to check out the new GS - but only looking!)
Maybe it was a time thing, but hugging the coast all the way around Donegal is amazing lovely villages and great beaches, love watching your irish trips hope you're passing through co Down on way home 😁
Thank you 🙏 there’s so much to do and see so time was always going to be an issue - all the places we didn’t get to we’ll have to do next time! 😀👍
Great episode as usual guys , at least you had some decent weather for a while , such stunning roads and scenery, thanks for sharing 😁
Thanks Dale - it does make a difference when the sun shines! It makes great roads even better! 😀👍
Hi - its Big Rodders in Ireland. Glad this leg of the trip was mainly dry. Donegal is a huge county and Malin Head is beautiful but you missed some glorious scenery and roads in the north west. I have a place there and this year have done 4500 miles on my fabulous CB125F exploring places including the Bloody Foreland, Horn Head and Mt Errigal to name just a few. I'm also very familiar with your next leg and hope you do a lap of the famous NW200 race circuit where 210mph had been reached on the public road between Portstewart and Coleraine.
Thanks Rodney - unfortunately we missed a awful lot throughout the whole trip! There’s so much to do and see we’ll have to come back! 😀👍
Sure glad you guys finally found some better weather. For a day anyway. Excited for the next episode as I visited these locations in 2016. Sure hope better weather for the next ride.
Thank you 🙏 we were hoping for better weather too! 😬☀️⛈️☔️
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries I’ll take that as a hint that the sun wasn’t in your favor.
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Another great video and some amazing views. Ride safe both
Thank you - we’re glad you enjoyed it! 😀👍
Ah, I know this road and area well. We took the girls from Derry into the Republic on January 1st 1999, when the Euro came into existence. They loved the name Loch Swilly for some reason! We went into a bank, gave them both some sterling and got them to change it into Euros. Poor kids, two parents who were teachers, always looking for an educational experience!!. So the most fascinating 'experience' was seeing the bus to Derry City pull up in Buncrana. On the shelf by the driver, there were three plastic cups, one with sterling in it, one with punts in it and their other with Euros..Oh joy!!..Sue W..
😂memories! Seemed very surreal riding through some of these places. Northern Ireland on the next video. Port Stewart and Port Rush - felt oh so slightly weird 😳😂xx
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries I am sure it did! The last time I went was in 2010.. I look forward to seeing the N Ireland section.
Curious as to why it was "oh so slightly weird"
My first husband was from Northern Ireland and we were there a lot over 25 years. it’s the first time I’d been back in about 12 years 😳- and the first time I’d visited with Bri 🥰
Oh I see looking forward to what you make of it now as a native of N.I.
Thanks again i love and appreciate watching a few of the main independant bike channels and (apart from when the baron has me in stitches) yours are by far the best of the travel/tour genre. Cant we all get you two above 100k subscribers .
Thanks very much for your kind words Oliver 🙏 we really appreciate your support and a 100k would be amazing! 😀👍
hi :) its great to see this epi up.. THATS THE WAY TO START, COFFEE o'clock .I have been uploading my nc 767 diary edition for the last few months . finally reached a sunny bit but that's Scotland .And apparently it's Ireland also :)🤓🤓💯❤🩹.keep safe ..rendering in rain is a nightmare fight against h264. I salute your perseverance Sir. We yutube vloggers had our epiphany when seeing the beauty of Mountain roads . Life changing :)))) and wanting to share the beauty of travels .
Thanks very much 🙏 it’s nice when you’re editing and finally find some footage with sunshine ☀️! It was certainly interesting weather in Ireland on this tour ☀️⛈️☔️☀️☔️⛈️ got to grab the good stuff while you can! 😀👍
Keep up the good work. Giving me plenty of tips for next year's group ride 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks very much, we’re glad you enjoyed it and found it useful! 😀👍
Great video. 👍
Thanks very much Stephen! 😀👍
Excellent video guys, this confirms i need to spend more time exploring Donegal..great roads and scenery. Looking forward to seeing the next episode! Cheers Steve 👏👏
Thanks Stephen, Donegal is well worth exploring! We really enjoyed our time there! 😀👍
Shame the weather wasn't a little better for you. But always enjoy watching you journeys. Bet a following drone like itchy boots uses would have have given some stunning shots of the area. Check out the new weiser products for the poor indicators and rear lights on our gs's.
Thanks very much Tim 🙏 yes the weather could have been much better! Did want to get the drone up more but the wind didn’t allow it most of the time - not sure if it’s worth spending time on the indicator issues! 👍😀
Enjoyable episode. Glad you had a bit of half decent weather. Views from the final stop bedroom windows were stunning. Finding decent coffee is getting better virtually everywhere, we a fans of a decent flat white.
We just wonder with the publicised routes like this, how many great roads and places get overlooked? When we do Scotland we now deliberately don't ride many of the NC500 roads simply because they've become so busy with folks following the 'route'??
Thanks Richard, we were so glad to have some sunshine for a while! As a coffee snob I’m always on the lookout for a good flat white 👍 You’re absolutely right about publicised routes - in fairness, the WAW is nowhere near as busy as the NC500 but there’s no doubt sticking to any route means missing some other great roads. But that means more reason to go back and do other stuff! 😀👍
Just what I needed when suffering from PMS (parked motorbike syndrome). Damn, I would've needed a nanny nap after that breakfast! Stunning ride! Beautiful music for the video, too. Can I just say how much I appreciate the work that goes into editing these amazing videos!
Thanks so much Jenny 🙏 we really appreciate your comments and are really glad you enjoyed watching the latest episode! 😀👍
PMS Brilliant I thought I was the only person with that syndrome .. lol
Sunday morning breakfast with MMD playing on my phone. I always enjoy your vids and the informative editing style 👏 btw have you ever posted a review by Sue about her Triumph 900? Good and bad points?
Hi Alan, we did an 800 to 900 video in 2021 when I first bought the 900 and I struggled to find anything negative to say about it. Two and a half years and c12000 miles later and I still have nothing but praise for it ☺️ I’ve been asked by other 900 owners if I can feel any unusual vibration or excess heat from the engine but I haven’t experienced either - and it’s a great bike to ride 👍Thanks for watching our adventures ☺️
Thoroughly enjoyed your final Wild Atlantic Way video. I climbed The Gap of Mamore during a bicycle race in the early seventies and wished I’d had a GS then. By coincidence, I also stayed at the Seaview in May 2018 at the end of a 7 day WAW trip and I think your rating was generous. Keep producing those great videos. Many thanks, Brian.
Ps. What mileage have you done on your bikes at this stage ?
Thank you Brian - the Gap of Mamore by bicycle sounds horrendous 😱! Give me a GS anytime 😀 Sue’s Triumph has just over 11,000 and my GSA has has just under 4,000 - so not even run in yet! 😀👍
When is no 5 coming can't wait as its my part of the world 😂
Thanks Gary! Coming soon 🤞 we’ve been out of the country for a while! Thanks for your patience 😀👍