At about this point on the trail, almost at the end, we were passed by a tour group. The guide stopped and harangued us about how you're not allowed to bike on the trail. We nodded and smiled. Turns out he was one of the farmers whose land the trail goes through, and he had organized the other farmers to create the trail a couple years ago. He threatened to make us walk all the way back (which didn't actually make any sense if the goal is to minimize bike traffic on the trail), but when we didn't get mad at him he said we could just finish up in our intended direction of travel.    Co Clare, Ireland -- 7/15/2014