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Biking the Wild Atlantic Way I @Destination Unknown I Satu Vänskä-Westgarth

Bike Touring Packing List and Whole Lot of Cakes (from the Wild Atlantic Way)

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth March 30, 2015

What to pack for five weeks of cycling along the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland? Or for any long bike ride really? If you looked into one of my bike panniers last August or asked my traveling companions, they might have said that I just need my mobile phone (or two), laptop, […]

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Cape Clear Island along the Wild Atlantic Way I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

VIDEO: The End of the Wild Atlantic Way Biking Adventure

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 13, 2014

That’s it, finally, some might say. The last video from the Ride Wild 2014 biking adventure along the 2500 kilometres of the Wild Atlantic Way. As it’s been over two months that me and my friends finished the long bike ride, it really is about the time to wrap this […]

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Mizen Head Signal Station, Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

VIDEO: Wonderful West Cork along the Wild Atlantic Way

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 31, 2014

You’d think that after finishing the 2500 kilometer bike ride along the Wild Atlantic Way almost two months ago I’d be done with the posts about Ireland, but think again. While I might have gone overboard with some image posts from West Cork (is 33 images going overboard?), there’s been […]

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Dingle Peninsula along Wild Atlantic Way I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

VIDEO: That One Week in Kerry…

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 13, 2014

Let’s make a quick escape to the Kingdom of Kerry in Ireland, virtually at least, although here in Norway we’re getting ready for the winter and snow could come any moment now. The snow, which is a topic of conversation pretty much every morning as the promise of “snow will be […]

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Cable Car to Dursey Island in Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Ireland One More Time – Mysterious Atlantic Archipelago

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 23, 2014

Although right now I’m sitting in front of my kitchen table with a hot cup of tea and my laptop here in Norway, with the sunny autumnal views begging me to go outside and forget all about office work, I wanted to go on a quick trip back to Ireland and […]

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Family Adventures in Kerry, Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

VIDEO: And so it Began, Family Adventure in the Kingdom of Kerry

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 20, 2014

There was a moment on our good old-fashioned adventure (meaning it was all about me, not the family) cycling the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland, that the family arrived to Kerry to mix things up a bit. In a very good way, might I add, but making my daily schedule slightly more […]

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Glengariff, County Cork, Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

33 reasons to fall in love with West Cork (in Images)

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 17, 2014

It’s been just over a week I finished bicycling along the Wild Atlantic Way, and getting into a routine of doing work indoors has been surprisingly difficult, when compared to how easy it was to slip into the habit of getting up, fuelling with cooked breakfast and sitting on the […]

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