My partner and kids are going to be away with family for two and a half weeks between June and July and I'm going to make space in my freelance work to go cycling.
I've done lots of mountain biking in the past, but nowadays my drug of choice is climbing so I would call myself a road biking punter - however, I'm really keen to be self supported and go for a long ride to see new things and take some photos.
I was originally thinking of taking my time around the North Coast 500 but I'm genuinely concerned about the midgies as i'll be camping a bivvying along the way - should I be considering other places to cycle given the midge situation at that time of year?
I'm now also considering cycling the west coast of Ireland (I've never been to Ireland and I'm desperate to see it). Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but does it make for a good cycle? And are the midgies bad in Ireland?
Any other suggestions? I don't really want to fly abroad with a bike, and would rather keep below 500miles considering my punterishness.