The one thing keeping me going was the ability to keep talking and the more I talked the more I walked. It helped blank out the miles & the constant impact on my feet. I went from moments of no pain to nearly giving up several occasions. We set off from Lisnashea some eight hours […]

Yesterday myself and SpecimanYak headed down to Killyleagh to try our hand at some canoeing with OutdoorConcepts. The plan was to head for Salt Island on Strangford Lough and stay the night. We had no idea what to expect, and to be honest we were picturing skinny kayaks with very little tolerance for rookie balance […]

Finally got some time to myself today and headed for Meelmore lodge to begin my first trip alone in the Mournes. I set off from Belfast and arrived at Meelmore carpark around 11am, got kitted up and set off up Trassey track at 11.15am. My plan was to head for Hares gap, then make a […]

Clothes and boots nik waxed Check Suitcase packed with said items and other essentials Check Travel companion safely seated in car Check A handful of nerves in tummy Check This meant only one thing – ROAD TRIP Destination….. Glendalough… Women with Altitude 2013 meet OHHHH YES! We had a pleasant journey down and were ecstatic […]

With all this unexpected snow I was chomping at the bit to have an adventure in the hills & with our planned Donard summit camp cancelled due to severe weather I just had to take advantage of Eamons offer to scale Bernagh. Leaving the house at around 9am the conditions were pefect,the sky was clear […]

After the last attempt in the snow I was determined to get up and defeat commedagh. I have it in my head that the first three summits of this year will be bernagh, Binnian and commedagh (bbc). So after a hard weekend on the liver I needed to blow off some cobwebs, careful planning ensued […]

By Typo-On So on the receipt of a call on Thursday asking if I was up for taking a stab at Donard again I literally jumped at the chance. With most of our little summit camp bagging crew going to attend how could I resist! So a swift plan was concocted with the aim being […]

It was a long day at work on Tuesday (5.30am to 10pm), so decided i needed to take a day off and make the most of the snow before it disappears. A quick check of the forecast showed Wednesday evening to have light winds and a potential of broken cloud, that would be handy with […]

By Typo-On Well we didnt make i up  by choice more than weather. Claire text me on the way down to say she had made it to the river crossing and was heading back to the forest as it was pretty unpleasant. I met her in the forest and made a half hearted stab at it […]

After a pretty grim wet day in and around Belfast the hope was that it would be snowing rather than raining up where we were heading. Snow on the Belfast Hills and Slieve Croob on the way down gave us great encouragement. The lower lying ground in and around the Mournes was pretty clear but […]