This morning, there is a phony smile on my face. It’s pouring rain. I was planning to go to Dublin, but well, it would be almost a shame to cross the beautiful county of Wicklow and its green paradise, head in the handlebars and mist in the glasses. I take the road nevertheless to the village of Rathdrum, a small town of 2000 inhabitants.
I stop for coffee at the Cartoon Inn, and … I never left. That’s what cycling is all about. You have to know how to say stop when the weather lets you down. I had originally planned to complete this tour of Ireland in 12 days, but I’ll end up doing it in 14 days.
