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The Ireland Hornet Trip, 2026

773 km15h 9m on the road

One Honda Hornet, two cameras, the Irish Sea in the middle. The whole trip the GPS and the lenses remember — up Ireland's west and the long haul home. Tap a thumbnail to flick through the photos and the films.

Whole trip route map
Day 1 — up the west Day 2 — the road home

Friday 10 April 2026

Up the west — Tipperary to Mayo

~278 km · 4h 3m

Route for Up the west — Tipperary to Mayo
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Day one picks me up already in Tipperary and points me north and west — up through Limerick, into Clare, then Galway and on into Mayo. Coast, villages, the odd willing overtake; the 360 camera catches the road and the rider in the one shot.

Photos

Shorts

The whole of Up the west, end to end

Sunday 12 April 2026

The road home — Mayo to Holyhead

~495 km · 11h 6m

Route for The road home — Mayo to Holyhead
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Day two is the long way home: a sheep in Mayo weighing up the road, a level-crossing, one last run of coast, then Dublin, the ferry, and Holyhead on the far side.

Photos

Shorts

The whole of The road home, end to end

Every clip

The raw mini-montages — one for roughly every ten minutes of the ride.