The Slieve Bloom Challenge

Ireland, County Laois & Offaly, Slieve Bloom
Grade – Blue, Red, Black.
An attempt to hit every trail at least once on the Slieve Bloom trail network that consists of Kinnitty and Baunreagh trail centre’s
Over 70 kilometers of trail spread over 2 counties.

strava link : https://www.strava.com/activities/10457578605

0:00 Part 1 Baunreagh Blue start/Kinnitty River Run 2nd half
8:45 Part 2 Kinnitty Blue/1st half of River Run loop
14:40 Part 3 Kinnitty Mountain Top/Baunreagh middle Blue/2nd half of Harrier loop
22:00 Part 4 Baunreagh Black/2nd half of Harrier loop/final Blue’s

Hello greetings from borry here in the Sleep blooms all right today we’re going to attempt to do every Trail at least once in the whole sleeve blooms consisting of bourry and Kennedy sides I think there’s about 70k P all done one down take Two no jumping and hollering and messing around sensible riding I have 2 L of water and a spare back see I think that’s about 7 kg staying on the blues we’ll head up the hill Stairway to Heaven get to the top of this climb turn left at the Fire Road that’ll

Leave us onto the main road that’ll go up and over into County offy and then drop in way point2 right to carry on and do the Blues left for the offly Trail dropping in dropping roll all right staining eco I got to stay in Eco for the entirety of this battery at least and probably most of the next one cuz even though I’ve got two batteries it’s only 1,080 WTS all together and that might not be enough especially when I’m probably way

Over 110 kilos Boy here comes the Rain Donkey Kong next is nature of valley tree [Applause] down [Applause] here Secret Squirrel don’t know why they got such big features on uphill gradients I really don’t pointless [Applause] [Applause] on to Yeti ticking them off coming thick and fast no stra [Applause] lines And next is last [Applause] Chance all right that’s the end of the Reds this Side [Applause] 23 km in second half both Reds done and now it gets Interesed Right we’re starting the Kennedy blue loop and we’re on Blue Bell which is the climb out here’s the blue and red split at way point one going to head up do the Reds way point two right decision time Mountain Top route takes me back to bourry go do the River Run route

Up to the point where I dropped in from borry and then I’ll turn around cuz I’m not doing it all twice that should bring me back then and then I can do the rest of the blue finished down there 34% battery left it’s qu one definitely going to run out of

Light I need to get back and get me lights at the van have to finish it in the dark yellow brick road and we’re on to ASAP this is the fastest Trail around great all speed interestingly we do have to do this bit twice so after I’ve done this I’ll put a

St Link in the description if you want to attempt it I do recommend an ebike or if you one of them hard tail racing ferrets I know it’s doable I know a lad actually has done it he didn’t do the black he did everything else not 60 OD K so when come

Back we’ll do that and then onto the blue the cobbler Must be a cobbler’s house [Applause] then put 28k in River Run [Applause] I dropped in from the boury side just around that corner and did the valley run climb and went all the way around to Kin so all those trials now are done so there’s no point doing them

Again W going to do is turned back head up this fire Road and back around to ASAP double back the shortcut Trail it’s on the Valley Loop that is the River Run route ticked off we now finish the blues Cool Runnings how you doing a tree thinning going on there much better than clearing the entire lot yeah fair play don’t take all the godamn trees just take some of Them Jump a bit higher now I’ve lost about a liter of water here we are the four HW final Blue awesome right that’s a most big chunk tipped up Now Right Bing number one is flat let’s just do a quick POV battery [Applause] change spent a lot of money on a specific bag that takes batteries and doesn’t smash your spine to bits if you crash which is this amplify nice little pouch and back protection so you don’t end up

Paralyzed but oh my god with the water in there it’s just so heavy pack at way point two now all is left to do over here is Mountain Top twist and show Road run of mitals onto the r440 back over not forgetting to do Flint Stones Twist and Shout baby Twist and

Shout freshly forested I was saying before don’t take all the goddamn trees let’s take some of them nice have something dropping into Road Runner oh feeling it now no energy these have gone the One St making silly mistakes well at least heading home L Hill North Mitchell’s Trail a should be going left here to do our climb back over to bourry but that means we’d miss out this Trail called Flint Stones so we’re going to do this and then start the climb there which my knee is going to love so we’re at Mark of

58 the red arrows are telling us to carry on around the hilltop Loop but we have already done that we have to turn around and start the big climb right back up over into County leash to do the borry trails it’s now4 3 I’ve got about half an hour of light

Left to get over there I’ve done 48 km and I’ve only got 70% left on the battery so God knows what’s going to Happen Crossing B there back into leash sort of relief anyway just over this hill have about Trail always wanted to do a night Bike here looks like I’m going to Do Thunder these trails are all transition Trails not much gradient on them very pedy IDE deal for ebikes they just sort of get you near to the good stuff nice bench a light I like this bit [Applause] right new trails opening soon oh revamp there’s a revamp

Lovely bit squishy at the moment that’ll be great in the summer loving that the old trails are getting Loving on the edge this is boiler right back to the van drop off the empty battery pick up lights battery chargers all sorts get me through this Next followed the fire road back up uh to the far end of the valley and then climb back up to the start of the black now I’m going to be doing this in the dark so I’m going to be picking me way down this but I’ve got about three or

Four more trails to do as a night Bike hopefully my lights will last that’s the next Worry [Applause] And the sh on bipp Bop which protect us to Hipp hop final Reds on the har Loop there you go got to concentrate so much more [Applause] there H too hot Okay up to the blues and we are done I might even managed to do this some 7 hours later 70 km later and on the last two Trails I’ve got a range of 6 km left in Eco back to the van oh my God I’m going to enjoy

This good God I’m going to be riding them slow just don’t the batteries on the lights all out I’m expecting at least one to go brilliant time for somebody to ring me last trail Tetris borrowed the brother-in-law’s camper van and he has running hot water so it’s shower time or even think of

Feet of [Applause] Frozen what a Day started way too late the rain oh my God everywhere see if they this point to get taken out by a deer just my look I definitely need better lights as well for four on a quid and I get the use out of them I don’t yep there we go helmet light is

Gone made it I even took the me and put it in boost just for that last little bit van right well thanks for watching I should be doing it again in the summer more trails to do more light probably be a lot more fun as well I am froze see you laters