Started cycling at about 10.20 after a cake and cuppa in M/evon . Otherwise it is crap with nothing there , the pitts.The ride itself was absolutely lovely and very pleasant with the weather being perfect , and not too hot or cold - just right . I by-passes Athy and had something very small to eat in Carlow . So I then had to go as far as Muine beag and I thought I had enough time to get the earlier train , so I put the boot down to Muine Beag to get the earlier train , but boy I only had about 6 mins to spare before the train came . So I was lucky . Talking to this v interesting young man who suffered from autism , and he nearly commited suicide . So thank God he is over that now and feels much better. We had quite a personal conversation so it was intense enough . We were stuck in the small entrance to the train as the only 2 bicyle holders were used so I had to stay with that the whole journey . I was exausted the whole journey and was quite sore but still it was a great cycle . Un-like the one I had up in England where the weather was very windy and it was hilly most of the time , this cycle was pleasant . I might try that Northren cycle again but this time I might try it from Portarlington to Dundalk rather than the other way around .