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Finally, the Eireball 2012 route been confimed. This year it has been shorted a bit at the request of several participants, to keep petrol costs down. Daily driving time is approx 2.5 hours per day, and gives people a chance to drive on to other sites in the area if anyone wants. We would normally have taken in the Giants Causeway between Armagh and Ballyshannon, for those who haven't see this wonderful site before I'd highly recommend you break off from convoy to pay it a visit. The Giants Causeway did add a fair bit of mileage on to the route, so that was taken out this year.
Route will be beginning in Arklow, in a site belonging to one of our members, we'll be meeting here for the night of the 11th August.
Sunday 12th will be camping with another T2i members site in Armagh
Monday 13th we will camp up in the Grounds of Aodh Rua GAA club in Ballyshannon
from Ballyshannon we'll make our way down the centre of the country via Lough Erne, down to Brideswell in Co Athlone, where we have the use of Hamrocks pub carpark for the night of Tuesday 14th, thanks to another members cousin.
from Brideswell we'll be travelling across the Burren over to Spanish Point in Co Clare for the night of the Wednesday 15th (the campsite owners will be charging a small charge for this overnight stay, approx 5 or 6 euro). From here we'll head to the Tarbert Ferry and cross over into Co Kerry and through Tralee to Camp where Mike O'Neill has yet again given us use of the Railway Tavern car park for Thursday 16th. From here we'll be travelling into Co Cork via Healys Pass and Bantry on to Timoleague where Sextons Campsite will be welcoming us and letting us stay in the park, at no charge - Friday 17th. On Saturday 18th we'll leave Cork and head up to Kilmaganny in Co Kilkenny, home of Krazy Kombis for the final night and one hell of a party.
For more info. check out www.type2ireland.com or www.eireball.com. To get added to the mailing list or to request a sponsorship card e-mail louie(AT)eireball.com with your address. Minimum to be raised is €200 for participating in the full night or €35 per night if you're only doing part of the run.
Sat nav co-ordinates will be e-mailed out shortly.
The way the route works we'll have access to showers at least every second night, and toilet facilities at all stops.
Part of the fun of the Run is the CB radio banter. Most previous participants have one fitted in their vans. Its good fun, and is also very useful for helping to keep the convoy together.
Really looking forward to this years run. We're due some nice weather for it after the amount of rain we've already had this summer!
Who else is up for it?
Finally, the Eireball 2012 route been confimed. This year it has been shorted a bit at the request of several participants, to keep petrol costs down. Daily driving time is approx 2.5 hours per day, and gives people a chance to drive on to other sites in the area if anyone wants. We would normally have taken in the Giants Causeway between Armagh and Ballyshannon, for those who haven't see this wonderful site before I'd highly recommend you break off from convoy to pay it a visit. The Giants Causeway did add a fair bit of mileage on to the route, so that was taken out this year.
Route will be beginning in Arklow, in a site belonging to one of our members, we'll be meeting here for the night of the 11th August.
Sunday 12th will be camping with another T2i members site in Armagh
Monday 13th we will camp up in the Grounds of Aodh Rua GAA club in Ballyshannon
from Ballyshannon we'll make our way down the centre of the country via Lough Erne, down to Brideswell in Co Athlone, where we have the use of Hamrocks pub carpark for the night of Tuesday 14th, thanks to another members cousin.
from Brideswell we'll be travelling across the Burren over to Spanish Point in Co Clare for the night of the Wednesday 15th (the campsite owners will be charging a small charge for this overnight stay, approx 5 or 6 euro). From here we'll head to the Tarbert Ferry and cross over into Co Kerry and through Tralee to Camp where Mike O'Neill has yet again given us use of the Railway Tavern car park for Thursday 16th. From here we'll be travelling into Co Cork via Healys Pass and Bantry on to Timoleague where Sextons Campsite will be welcoming us and letting us stay in the park, at no charge - Friday 17th. On Saturday 18th we'll leave Cork and head up to Kilmaganny in Co Kilkenny, home of Krazy Kombis for the final night and one hell of a party.
For more info. check out www.type2ireland.com or www.eireball.com. To get added to the mailing list or to request a sponsorship card e-mail louie(AT)eireball.com with your address. Minimum to be raised is €200 for participating in the full night or €35 per night if you're only doing part of the run.
Sat nav co-ordinates will be e-mailed out shortly.
The way the route works we'll have access to showers at least every second night, and toilet facilities at all stops.
Part of the fun of the Run is the CB radio banter. Most previous participants have one fitted in their vans. Its good fun, and is also very useful for helping to keep the convoy together.
Really looking forward to this years run. We're due some nice weather for it after the amount of rain we've already had this summer!
Who else is up for it?
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