The way points of this bicycle route:
AIT is Athlone's college. The sign on, food, showers are in the large hall visible from here, AIT's gymnasium.
An ancient monasic settlement and once the main crossing point of the Shannon and a place of pilgrimage. Steep drag just after the turn.
Sttep climb after village
Go left at next x-roads
Turn left to cross the River Inny, then right to track the river for a while.
The road to the right is closed off
Brings you onto a fairly flat fast road to Ballynacarrigy
Go left at the crossroads in the village - and over a lovely canal harbour
its the Hill of Skeagh of Skeagh Beg.
There is an old church on your left.
Go left for a fast road to next x-roads.
Watch out for the sharp right at the bottom as you will be flying
Turn right here before Moate to take the ridge road. It is a lane really for the next 1.5kms
This is a peculiar crossroads at the end of the narrow ridge road. Go straight through but watch out to the right.
Undulating road to Mount Temple
take the 2nd left after the church (marked Athlone)
A fast descent that usually sees the start of the Shannonside CC gallop for Athlone which is 10k away now.
last small drags - finish coming up...
To go to back to college, turn left, over the flyover, over Garrycastle bridge, and left.
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
Shannonside Cycling Club's annual 160k (100ml) tour. Strating at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT), the first loop takes you through historic old Athlone town centre, across the River Shannon into Co Roscommon. You later cross the shannon again into Offaly and loop back to AIT for refreshments (and showers if finished). Loop 2 takes in Counties Westmeath and Longford. It is a challenging route with no huge climbs but the road is rarely flat.
Tagged with: Intermediate, Low traffic, Rural, Scenic, Touring
