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Entry: Bray Head Cliff Walk, Wicklow, Ireland - PR Version - A87851532
Author: Gnomon - U151503

This is a nice walk in County Wicklow.

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Excellent entry

Just spotted one tiny point

"Get DART from Dublin to Greystones."
might be better as
"Get a DART from Dublin to Greystones."

Thanks, Bob. Well spotted.

You are welcome I welcome your comments on my entries I seldom get the opportunity comment on yours

Just a quick couple of questions before I disappear:
Did the Dublin to Wexford railway line become the DART, or is the DART line a completely separate one? How long does a typical journey from Dublin to the area by DART take. (Is it worth mentioning that DART stands for Dublin Area Rapid Transit?)

(I did wonder, if Brunel was involved and it followed a coastal route, was it built as an atmospheric railway like he did down in Devon?)

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The DART shares the track with the mainline trains as far as Greystones, where it stops but the mainline trains continue.

Dublin's first line was an atmospheric railway, from Dublin to Dun Laoghaire, a distance of about 10 miles. I think it was the first atmospheric railway in the world. It wasn't very successful as the leather seal on the top of the pressure pipe was eaten by rats.

It's probably about 30 minutes from Dublin to Bray on the DART, but I'd have to check that.

I've checked. It's about 45 minutes from the centre of the city to Bray and another 10 minutes as far as Greystones on the DART.

I've changed the second paragraph slightly so that it now mentions the DART (giving the explanation of what it stands for) and says that both mainline and DART services run along the track beside the cliff path. It think it is clearer now.

That's great – makes it nice and clear.

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The section of the path at Greystones Harbour has changed slightly due to some construction work, so I've rewritten that paragraph slightly.

Seems clear enough.

Growing up, footpaths always had at least a diversion somewhere, normally where the original path had fallen into the sea. All part of the joys of walking.

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A short, enjoyable read – I'd happily do it if I lived nearby. Have you walked the route in the other direction?

Did you want to perhaps add the year when you mention €3.50, perhaps in a footnote, as the price might change?
Also, 'Arriving in Greystones By Car' – should be 'Arriving in Greystones by Car' (you have lowercase 'by' in the 'by DART' section)

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I've walked it in the other direction, but it's not as good because it starts with the cliffs and gets more boring as it goes along. I prefer it the other way.

Other points attended to.

I've read through again and I've nothing further to add.

Out of curiosity, can you take bikes on the DART? It doesn't need to be mentioned in the entry as a bike is not much help if you're off for a walk, unless you want to say whether the Greystones Park & Ride car park has bike stands.

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The only sort of bike allowed is a folding bike in its cover. I don't remember whether are bike stands at the park-and-ride.

I'm withdrawing this from Peer Review for personal reasons nothing to do with h2g2.

Shame to see it go