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.