Walking The Grand Canal
Walking the Grand Canal certainly has a different feel to many of the walks and hikes that I document on wildirishwalks.ie. The exception being of course the series I wrote about walking the Royal Canal Way from Spencer Dock in Dublin to the village of Ballynacargy in County Westmeath. The…
My Royal Canal Way Accommodation
I walked the Royal Canal Way from Dublin as far as Ballynacargy in August 2019. My 108km Royal Canal journey lasted 5 days in total. This post explores the Royal Canal Way Accommodation options that I stayed in. As such, it includes my own personal experiences of staying in three…
Day 4 of Walking the Royal Canal – Kinnegad to Mullingar
I picked up some lunch provisions in the EuroSpar deli in Kinnegad before the start of Day 4 of walking the Royal Canal Way. Like the previous day, I have to walk along the busy Killucan-Kinnegad road. I moved quickly and tried to get this part over and done with…
Walking the Royal Canal – Ashtown to Maynooth
Although cloudy overhead, the weather was nice and warm on the Tuesday morning in August when I set off on my adventure of walking the Royal Canal. Here We Go!! I started walking the Royal Canal at around 10am. Immediately I failed my stated mission to stop in every pub…