My Seven Sevens training has went by the wayside for more than 4 weeks due to work and other commitments so I ditched work at lunch time on Monday and headed for the hills. The forecast was dry but cloudy, not the best for taking photos but sure carrying the camera is bound to be […]

Well was up at the Shane’s castle game fair on the 29 &30 and due to firstly not wanting to have an extra 3 hours driving and saving the better part of 30 quid in petrol we decided to find a quick camp spot. Since there is no camping allowed in the castle estates and […]

So, saying as I’m annoyingly housebound this weekend ….pulled something in my back yesterday while pouring a cup of tea!!!??? (one wonders how I ever get to the top of a mountain sometimes!?) …. I thought I’d share what we got up to last weekend. I guess if I can’t be out there, being here […]

Myself and my brother are training at the minute for the Mourne Seven Seven’s in August so we have been trying to get a few decent walks in over the last few months. On Sunday 2nd June we headed off early, me lifting him at 6am and leaving the carpark on the Trassey road at […]

So, after 2 long weeks of travelling with work…. Home (Waringstown), Wexford, Rosslare, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Swords, Home, back down to Gort, on to Ennis for a Gala Ball (doing the Cliffs of Moher en route of course!), home via Galway, Bundoran, Rossnowlagh, off to Southampton, then 2 days in the north in Newtownards and Coleraine…. […]

We headed down to Limerick over the weekend for a work commitment, and decided to take in the Moher cliffs while there. This isn’t our typical walk to be honest, as the health and safety people have gone over the top where the cliffs are concerned (last time I was here there WAS no health […]

Rumblebum, myself and another mate had planned a wee overnight somewhere in the hills, but coming up to the date the weather was looking like it could be a bit suspect.  Winds were forecast to be gusting up to 50 mph in the morning so a site offering some shelter was a must.  With none […]

Having been out of action for two weeks I decided that a wee trip up chimney rock via the old railway line to the summit and down the westerly side in search of the wreckage.  I wasn’t quite ready for an epic day and overnighter but this wee route has been on my list of […]

Had given some serious thought to where to spend Mayday weekend. First choice was doing the Moyle way, but a quick recce the weekend before showed far too much water around the place, so we decided on Donegal. The forecast was probably worse for Donegal than anywhere else (rain forecast for sunday).  A last minute […]