Get on your bike for Greenpeace

Get on your bike for Greenpeace

We've teamed up with Bike Events to organise a six day fundraising ride through the heart of rural Ireland in September.

The ride travels around the famous Ring of Kerry and on to the Dingle peninsula - one of the top ten areas of outstanding natural beauty in the world, and the most Westerly town in Europe.

Our ship the Esperanza anchored in Dingle Bay during its winter 2004 Defending Oceans tour. Dingle Bay has a famous resident - Fungi, the bottlenose dolphin - who reportedly loves to "pose" for photographs.

The Esperanza was touring the English Channel and Irish Sea to investigate the issue of bycatch: that is, the incidental drowning of dolphins and other marine creatures in fishing nets. The problem is so serious that some species of Atlantic dolphin populations could face extinction.

Come on the bike ride and help riase money for dolphins, porpoises and other species threatened with extinction in UK waters. Your entry fee covers the costs of running the ride. The generous support of those who sponsor your participation will help to make a real difference.

ITINERARY

Thursday, 9th September
Evening sailing from Swansea to Cork

Friday
Coach transfer to Molls Gap in the beautiful Killarney National Park, then a long downhill to Sneem and along the Ring of Kerry to Caherdaniel (40m)

Saturday
On past Waterville and Ballinskelligs Bay to the end of the peninsula with amazing views, then over to Valentia Island and back by ferry to Cahersiveen (39 or 29m)

Sunday
A climb inland over the Ballaghisheen Pass to the lush centre of Iveragh and around Lough Caragh to Glenbeigh on the coast (33m)

Monday
Glenbeigh to Tralee over the shoulder of the Slieve Mish Mountains (34m)

Tuesday
Along the north coast of Dingle Bay before a climb over the Conair Pass and a great downhill to Dingle (43m)

Wednesday
Spend the day in Dingle with the chance of a boat trip to visit Fungi the Dingle Bay dolphin before a coach transfer back to the port

Thursday, 16th September
Arrive Swansea early morning.

Trip cost (