I knew myself that I was not booked onto the train with the bike but I tried anyhow and the two places were booked anyhow but one of the lads told me that there was another train attached to the one I was on and there was a place there . I thought that maybe i would have been thrown off , so I had another plan made which was to go to malahide and set off in the direction of Drogheda or Dundalk . But anyhow I did not use it . But it was a lovely cycle and I was very lucky with the weather even though it was very cold for the time of year , but it was sunny. I started to rain in the afternoon but only a small bit . But it was cold. Portarlington seems to be a dead town but remember this was Sunday and not much happens on the Holy Day . On one part of the journey I was about 8 KM on a major road which was not that nice but otherwise the roads were not busy , and much more pleasant to cycle on .