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Title: Devils Coachroad 20th January 2018
Post by: phil_b on June 19, 2018
I had always wanted to try a sunrise shoot around the Devils Coachroad area in the Mournes with the idea of the rising sun lighting up Cove, Beg and Slieve Lamagan to my right.
In late January i decided to give it a go, snow had fallen in the couple of day previous and the forecast for the morning was any snow/rain clearing up from 6am and broken cloud hopefully giving me a chance of a nice sunrise. I was walking from before 6am up the Trassey Track to Hares Gap and then along the Brandy Pad to the Devils Coachroad. It started to snow shortly after i started to walk and from Hares Gap i was pushing my way through up to 1ft of snow with my head down in a blizzard! So much for the forecast. When i got light there was definately no sign of a sunrise though the views were still spectacular.

A couple of shots of me above the Devils Coachroad

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4606/26101297058_2f0ebb2955_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FLtYg5)DSC_1514 (https://flic.kr/p/FLtYg5) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4666/39880977211_d5f44ce927_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23L9r6n)The Devils Coachroad (https://flic.kr/p/23L9r6n) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4756/39973833591_a847d6b028_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23Umm4r)DSC_1519 (https://flic.kr/p/23Umm4r) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4707/28194262989_14a96da467_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JXqY7z)DSC_1528 (https://flic.kr/p/JXqY7z) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

A large panorama from Hares Gap on the left right round to the Annalong Valley on the right.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4749/39263475904_f5dd8da41a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22Pzzt7)DSC_1529-Pano-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/22Pzzt7) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

Myself and my Labrador Jess

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4670/39942503502_42f65b751f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23RzLHu)DSC_1575 (https://flic.kr/p/23RzLHu) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

I headed across country to one of the rivers that runs down to Ben Crom Reservoir

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4650/26101246368_ed682e3244_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FLtHc7)DSC_1588 (https://flic.kr/p/FLtHc7) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4612/26101240378_13e26140e1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FLtFpQ)DSC_1594 (https://flic.kr/p/FLtFpQ) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4694/39942477702_28c788f88a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23RzD3E)DSC_1606 (https://flic.kr/p/23RzD3E) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

Walkers on the way up towards the North Tor of Slieve Bernagh

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4715/39942463072_22ddb8fda2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23RzyGq)DSC_1612 (https://flic.kr/p/23RzyGq) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4676/39942516902_a284b16b69_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23RzQGw)DSC_1563-Pano (https://flic.kr/p/23RzQGw) by Philip Blair (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philblair/), on Flickr