Stockport to Dublin without even going on a public road possible?

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    amazingtrade Mad Madchestoh fan

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    I have always wanted to go on a bit of an adventure on the cheap and also something local. I have been studying google maps and I wonder.

    Would it be possible to get from Stockport to Dublin without going on a road? My plan is to cycle down the path of the mersey then via the ship canal until it becomes the mersey again in Warrington. I reckon this will be a 60 mile cycle, then get a boat to dublin.

    My question is would their be too many obsticles in the built up bit?

    Just wondered if anybody has experience of this area, I know the mersey valley in south Manchester well but thats it.
     
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    Bob McC living the life of Riley

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    Fallen out with the Fiesta then?
     
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    think he just wants to make sure he'll actually make it... :D
     
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    Whats the fun in that? M60, east lancs, liverpool. My idea was to do something a bit more unique with obsticles in the way, only on a simple and local level.
     
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    Bob McC living the life of Riley

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    From the way you describe your cars I would have thought Dublin and back would be a major achievement!
     
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    The main thing wrong with my Fiesta is the driver :rolleyes: Oh and the clutch. I am keeping it until I find the perfect car, that way I won't be rushed into anything. On the hand I am only doing 20-30 miles a week atm.
     
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    I dont think you can get to the ferry terminal without using a road.
     
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    I would have to cheat where I have to. I know Stockport for example you cannot get to the banks of the mersey as it is all built up or over. But I think from Heaton Mersey onwards its pretty much all countryside.
     
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