Kadettfest 2014 - Ballina Sunday 13th April

[Darren Murphy]

Great work James hoping to make it this year.

[Leslie Stewart]

No BBQ

[James Clarke]

No BBQ

It is still an option to bring barbecue. Will depend on the weather though. Nearly barbecued my fingers last year trying to keep it lit in the gale.

[Leslie Stewart]

Was a bit on the rough side last year
Better weather ordered for this year

[Sean McCaffrey]

That sounds good James... Have a visit to the Quo in O2 the night before.. planning on been with ya's in a manta, but surely hardly be chased..

[Willie Ryan]

Are you going to be 'rocking all over the world' Sean?
All Opels and Vauxhall's welcome!

[James Clarke]

Have settled on route for run. Drove it yesterday with Garmin to map it out. It will be under 2 hrs driving with possibly two stops which will bring it out to 3 hrs round trip. Details on the link below. I started at the car park so map will also show where meet is at.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/456310521

There will be a change to the route on the map. On the return journey I detoured off the R314 and looped around towards Porturlin and rejoined the R314 before Belderrig. It is very scenic but the road is worse than I remembered and was not comfortable in a 00 Vectra. We will stay on the R314 instead.

First stop is planned along Carrowmore Lake. Road is narrow enough and there is only one lay by on it so this stop will be brief enough. Second stop will be at Ceide Fields site before Ballycastle. We can take our time at this spot, weather depending.

Couple of pics of car park







Carrowmore Lake





Took this one of GT at Ceide Fields



James.

[Brendan Gormley]

Any ideas for somewhere to stay on the Saturday night after a long trip from Monaghan...

[Dermot Higgins]

Any ideas for somewhere to stay on the Saturday night after a long trip from Monaghan...

Hotel Ballina, was a great spot when we stayed over a few years ago.

[James Clarke]

Hotel Ballina is a good hotel.
http://www.hotelballina.ie/