Quote Originally Posted by pooks
Were there a lot of tough hills on the Ring of Kerry? Any scary bits? What's the traffic like? (Should I be asking somewhere else?)
The route we took (this was back in March of 2001) wasn't frightening nor terribly difficult. There was very little traffic, our pace was very relaxed. There were a couple of tough hills; our second day out of Glenbeigh heading toward Waterville featured a long climb that was a bit steep for me, but again, I had VERY little training, stamina or endurance at the time. I think I'd do much better with it today. Actually the biggest challenge for me was to stay on the bike for more than a few minutes without needing to stop to take more pictures. It was all so incredibly and indescribably beautiful.

We're talking about going back to Ireland for another riding trip,this time a bit further north. But we're also talking about Italy and Eastern Europe. Who knows?!