Here Life being as ever complicated, it had been a super busy year to date and the first thing that generally gets shelved in favour of DIY and work is hiking and camping. That said, you only live twice (assuming you’re James Bond) so you still have to find some time for the finer things. […]
One of our newest members, JonnyHonda, mentioned this place to me recently and immediately I was intrigued! I’ve never been much of a railway enthusiast but the thought of a mile long, abandoned, railway tunnel had me reaching for my head torch, and an afternoon out with the kids was quickly organised. Here’s a bit […]
I had planned a walk in the Sperrins, taking in Dart and Sawel. The weather however dictated otherwise and no amount of looking at the forecast made the certainty of a severe downpour over the Sperrins go away. The Antrim Hills seemed set to suffer the same fate, with only the Mourne area having any […]
So I thought that I’d give winter wild camping a go, I had my reservations about it as my sleeping bag and tent are only rated 3 season and all of my previous wild camping trips had been in the warmer months. We arrived at Carrick-Little and parked at the upper car park (£5 per […]
Once, many moons ago we had a glorious day watching the Red Arrows from the slopes of Slieve Commedagh. Afterwards we camped at Meelmore Lodge and were atmospherically lucky enough to have a clear night with no moon on which for the first time ever, I saw the Milky Way live rather than in a photograph. […]
After such a mild and wet winter, a forecast for some proper icy conditions with the threat of snow sounded like just the ticket for an overnight camp. Temperatures were due to plummet as low as -5c with snow on Thursday and Saturday, fingers crossed by Friday night we would either have some or be seeing some. Arriving in […]
The 2015 Xmas dinner was not the usual affair. The weather in the run-up to the appointed weekend was absolutely awful. Gale force winds across the UK with no sign of abating. Close to the last minute we decided move the feast from it’s usual spot at Annalong Wood to Fofanny Reservoir area feeling that if […]
I had a wee camp in the Pigeon Rock River valley last month. With November being quite mild there was a fair bit of rain around the time we had planned to go. The other problem was that Storm Abigail was just passing through the British Isles and with some very strong winds along with […]
Took a bit of a walk up the Annalong Valley at the weekend with the intention of exploring Cove Cave and having a squint up the Devil’s Coachroad but with all the rain on Friday night the water was flowing out of the entrance of the cave so it was a no go. We did […]
After three attempts, the first one of which involved being turned away by the wind at Blue Lough, the second, losing my way to Sprinkwee late in the evening and spending the night in the forest during the International Midge Festival 2015, as of last month I can give news that I finally went for […]
