Ireland 2026 - Day 8: Dublin to London
It’s always great to be riding a bike but it was sad to be finishing this trip and riding home.
Waking up in the hotel I got packed up and headed down for breakfast. We were booked onto the 10:15 Stena Line ferry which was really busy with quite a few coach trips but it’s always exciting to be taking a ferry somewhere, even if it was headed home.
The plan for the day was to take the ferry over to Holyhead and then ride back via the M40. I wasn’t really looking forward to the traffic, especially as the ferry was landing at 13:45 and we’d be hitting rush hour during the ride home. But it was just the last push home and a very small price to pay for an amazing week away with great memories.
The thing I love most about getting a ferry is chatting with other bikers in the queue and finding out where they’d been and all about their trips. It’s a lovely little part of bikes and ferries.
As we drew out of Dublin port I went out on deck to watch Ireland slipping away across the calm sea.
As I drove back down the motorway to London, cruise control on, I listened to the sound of the engine and thought about the next trip to Ireland…
Stage Distance: 450 km (280 miles)
Overall Distance: 2081 km (1293 miles)
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