One map has arrived

Road map Arrived - not easy to use this to plan for routes in its current format - so I have cut the book apart and placed each page in a see through A4 cover - this make things much easier and means I can also take with me only the maps pages I need for the trip .



Airport in Dublin is to the North and my route starts to south - heading towards wicklow - so this may pose the first problem - do I cycle from Airport through Dublin and find a place to the south on the first day of arrival ? this of course depends on how much I have to disimantle the cycle on the plane and how much 'rebuilding' needs to be done at the airport - also I need to research the accomodation situation in Dublin - will there be places to stay in the south ? More research on this one I think


Charity donations - so far 170 GBP already donated to Great Ormond Street and 100 euros to temple street.



GPS - the Garmin GPS 60 seems like a good model to take as it only requires 2 AA batteries and battery life is 28 hours - main problem I have with current GPS [Garmin rino 110]is that battery compartment is broken - so no longer water proof and it takes 3 batteries and only last for about 12 hours - with rechargeables this means one set every day ! Looks like I might have to bite the bullet and invest in a new GPS.