Comments on: Walks by Bus/Rail - Bray Head Walk http://fatstevewalks.wordpress.com Building a guide to walks near Dublin, Ireland by car or bus/rail, as Fat Steve waddles his way to fitness Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:14:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Gus http://fatstevewalks.wordpress.com/walks-by-busrail/walks-by-busrail-bray-head-walk/#comment-253 Gus Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:34:29 +0000 http://fatstevewalks.wordpress.com/walks-by-busrail/walks-by-busrail-bray-head-walk/#comment-253 Great blog. I did the walk this morning - Bray to greystones (and back again)....absolutely amazing. One of the best walks in Wicklow, without a shadow of a doubt. The scenery is seriously stunning. The only down side to the walk is the large development, just past McCarthy's field on the way into Greystones Harbour. For about 300 metres, you are walking alongside a property development site. It's less of a drag if you're walking from Greystones to Bray, but, if you're coming the other way, it's a tad of an eyesore. Apart from that, there is a new bridge on the greystones side of bray head, that makes the walk less precarious - some of the walk way had collapsed because of sea erosion. Totally agree with your comment about children. There are many precarious points on the cliff walk that are most definitely not child-friendly. Worth mentioning also that appropriate footwear is recommended. I passed a guy this morning who was wearing sandals. An hour later when I passed him coming back the other way...he was walking almost sideways and very slowly, like a crab and in obvious discomfort. The cliff walk is well trodden and relatively smooth for the most part, but, the majority is rough underfoot and while it's not quite hiking-boot terrain, wearing jogging trainers or footwear with a decent thick sole is recommended. Great blog.

I did the walk this morning - Bray to greystones (and back again)….absolutely amazing. One of the best walks in Wicklow, without a shadow of a doubt.

The scenery is seriously stunning.

The only down side to the walk is the large development, just past McCarthy’s field on the way into Greystones Harbour. For about 300 metres, you are walking alongside a property development site. It’s less of a drag if you’re walking from Greystones to Bray, but, if you’re coming the other way, it’s a tad of an eyesore.

Apart from that, there is a new bridge on the greystones side of bray head, that makes the walk less precarious - some of the walk way had collapsed because of sea erosion.

Totally agree with your comment about children. There are many precarious points on the cliff walk that are most definitely not child-friendly.

Worth mentioning also that appropriate footwear is recommended. I passed a guy this morning who was wearing sandals. An hour later when I passed him coming back the other way…he was walking almost sideways and very slowly, like a crab and in obvious discomfort.

The cliff walk is well trodden and relatively smooth for the most part, but, the majority is rough underfoot and while it’s not quite hiking-boot terrain, wearing jogging trainers or footwear with a decent thick sole is recommended.

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]]> By: bill atherton http://fatstevewalks.wordpress.com/walks-by-busrail/walks-by-busrail-bray-head-walk/#comment-246 bill atherton Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:45:05 +0000 http://fatstevewalks.wordpress.com/walks-by-busrail/walks-by-busrail-bray-head-walk/#comment-246 massive works taking place at Greystones, and the fence is still hanging in just about not great for small kid ,still a great walk ! we did it on the 30th March 2008 and han four seasons in Four hours massive works taking place at Greystones, and the fence is still hanging in just about not great for small kid ,still a great walk !
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]]> By: Jost Schulte http://fatstevewalks.wordpress.com/walks-by-busrail/walks-by-busrail-bray-head-walk/#comment-197 Jost Schulte Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:52:56 +0000 http://fatstevewalks.wordpress.com/walks-by-busrail/walks-by-busrail-bray-head-walk/#comment-197 Hi Steve, a cousin of mine and I did the walk on last Friday. We had a blast, it was amazing! The weather was lovely, sunny and warm with a cool breeze. We followed your suggestion and started from Greystones which was an excellent idea because having the sun in your back _is_ definitely better. It took us around 2 hours while we weren't hurrying and taking our time to take pictures since the landscape and the view are really beautiful. Thanks a lot for the detailed description! I would love to get more information, especially about walks you can do without having a car. Cheers Jost Hi Steve,

a cousin of mine and I did the walk on last Friday. We had a blast, it was amazing!

The weather was lovely, sunny and warm with a cool breeze. We followed your suggestion and started from Greystones which was an excellent idea because having the sun in your back _is_ definitely better.

It took us around 2 hours while we weren’t hurrying and taking our time to take pictures since the landscape and the view are really beautiful.

Thanks a lot for the detailed description! I would love to get more information, especially about walks you can do without having a car.

Cheers
Jost

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