FEBRUARY 2018

ALONG THE BANKS OF THE ROYAL CANAL [BETWEEN SHANDON AND CROSS GUNS BRIDGE]

This is but a small section of the Royal Canal Way [I think that the opposite side rather than the side that I was on forms part of the Royal Canal Way]

The Royal Canal Way is a 144-kilometre (89-mile) long-distance trail that follows the towpath of the canal from Ashtown, Dublin to Cloondara, County Longford. It is typically completed in three days. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by Waterways Ireland.

In 2015 Dublin City Council began extending the walking and cycling route along the Royal Canal Ashtown to Sheriff Street Upper. The Royal Canal Way connects with the Westmeath Way west of Mullingar, and will eventually form the eastern end of the Dublin-Galway Greenway, the final part of EuroVelo Route 2, a cycling path from Moscow across Europe to Galway.