Riding Home from Waterford

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von Thomas Stober

Schlagwörter: Mehrtagestour

Riding home from Waterford/Ireland via EuroVelo 1 and EuroVelo 6 to Herrenberg/Germany.

Region	Ireland France Germany
Länge	3000 km
Dauer	a month or so
Schwierigkeit	medium
Startpunkt	Waterford Link zu Google Maps Link zu Openstreetmap Koordinaten: 52.24268, -7.1648
GPX Track	Download

Start after Farewell Party in the Waterford IBM office on July 10th 2026

Prolog

Waterford - Galway (3 days, 250 km)
- Waterford: 10.07.2026 (km 0)
- Thurles: 10.07.2026 (km 89)
- Portumna: 11.07.2026 (km 163)
- Galway: 12.7.2026 (km 238)
Galway - Sligo (7 days, 550 km) (Prolog)
- EuroVelo 1
- Galway: 13.7.2026
- Sligo: 19.7.2026
- maybe extend Sligo - Carrick-on-Shannon via Kingfisher Cycle Trail (2 days, 150 km)
Sligo extended - Kingfisher Bike Trail (4 days, 150 km)
- Kingfisher Bike Trail
- Sligo: 20.7.2026
- Convenient railway station (Sligo, Ballina, Castlerea, …): 23.7.2026

Transfers via rail and ferry

Transfers 23.-25.7.2026
- Train Castlerea - Portlaoise (23.7.)
- Portlaoise: 23.07.2026
- Train/bike Portlaoise - Ringaskiddy (24.7.)
- Ferry Cork/Ringaskiddy - Roscoff (25.7.)

Finally riding home

Roscoff - Nantes (3.5 days, 300 km)
- EuroVelo 1
- Roscoff: 26.7.2026
- Nantes: approx 29.7.2026
- Note: easy train access with TGV from Strasbourg via Rennes to Morlaix (no train change in Paris)
Maybe a 2 day break at the beach near Nantes (approx. 30./31.7.)
Nantes – Tour (3 days, 250 km)
- EuroVelo 6
- Nantes: approx 1.8.2026
- Tour: approx 3.8.2026
Tour – Orleans (2 days, 150 km)
- EuroVelo 6
- Tour: approx 4.8.2026
- Orleans: approx 5.8.2026
- Note: easy train access with TGV from Strasbourg via Le Mans to Tour (no train change in Paris)
Orleans – Chalon sur Saone (5 days, 400 km)
- EuroVelo 6
- Orleans: approx 6.8.2026
- Chalon sur Saone: approx 10.8.2026
Chalon sur Saone – Besancon (2 days, 150 km)
- EuroVelo 6
- Chalon sur Saone: approx 11.8.2026
- Besancon : approx 12.8.2026
- Note: easy train access with TGV in Besancon (from Strasbourg)
Besancon – Muhlhouse - Colmar - Münster (4 days, 300 km)
- EuroVelo 6
- Besancon: approx 13.8.2026
- Muhlhouse: approx 15.8.2026
- Munster: approx 16.8.2026
- Note: easy train access with TGV in Besancon (from Strasbourg)
- Note: easy train access with TGV in Muhlhouse

Some pleasant interrupts along the way

Final stages back home

Muhlhouse – Basel - Radolfzell (3 days, 200 km)
- back on track: EuroVelo 6
- Muhlhouse: approx 6.9.2026
- Radolfzell: approx 10.9.2026
- Note: easy train access with TGV in Muhlhouse
- Note: Easy train access with Deutsche Bahn to Basel Badischer Bahnhof, Schaffhausen, or Radolfzell
Two day break in Radolfzell
- approx. 10.-12.9.
Radolzell – Tuttlingen, (1 days, 50 km)
- EuroVelo 6
- Radolfzell: approx 12.9.2026
- Tuttlingen: approx 12.9.2026
Tuttlingen – Herrenberg (1 days, 80 km)
- Neckarradweg
- Tuttlingen: approx 13.9.2026
- Herrenberg: approx 13.9.2026
- Note: Easy train access with Deutsche Bahn to Tuttlingen

Finish in Herrenberg / Germany approx 13.9.2026