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 […]

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 […]