I was in Killarney for a few days on a family holiday and my wife suggested we stay an extra night, hmmm, I thought, I hadn’t time to sneak off to the mountains before but this could give me the perfect opportunity, and guess what, I just happened to have all my camping gear in […]
Spurred on by Dowser’s great trip report on his recent summit bivvy on Errigal, I thought I’d pen a few words and share a few pictures of a bivvy I had in the Mournes on the very same night. My destination of choice was a summit bivvy on Slieve Meelbeg. Now Meelbeg and me have […]
Trip report and photo time… … To be honest, this report is long overdue. I started writing it a few days after I got home and just haven’t been able to find the time since to finish it. The original post and prep-chat can be found here. I’ll start with an updated kit list. The […]
I had a short notice work trip to the Isle of Man and unfortunatley the flights home were all booked up! not a problem, I’d always wanted to camp on the Island and the forecast was for a dry but windy night. I also had a new tent I wanted to try out. An unused […]
So back when I introduced myself, Redleader suggested the Antrim Hills as a fine local stomping ground. Last weekend I threw caution to the wind and set myself the challenge of walking from Ballyboley Forest outside Larne to Glenarm, over the hills. Ambitious, but I wanted to see how I’d cope at long(ish) distance. The […]
I was out for a couple of walks over the weekend, in the Mournes and around Moneypenny’s Lock, and pick up my first ever Tick. Not the nicest thing to find whilst lying in bed at 1am, so I got up and naively tried to remove it with a pair of tweezers. After making a […]
It was an awesome day for taking the kids up to Kilbroney, we even made it up to the Cloughmore Stone, although the little one was complaining bitterly by the time we got there! With thanks to spynappels. Original thread here.
On Easter Monday I decided to head to Doan in the Mournes for my first bivvy. It was also my first solo bivvy and first summit bivvy to boot, so was feeling pretty aprehensive about the whole idea. I kept worrying about all the things that could go wrong , in particular what I would […]
My son and I enjoyed an excellent easter Camp in the high Mournes and were awarded with some beautiful light for some photographs. On Monday we climbed Slieve Bearnagh before camping at the head of Ben Crom Reservoir. On Tuesday we climbed Slieve Commedagh. Some of you may have seen the Ben Crom image on […]
For those brave enough to venture over the Glenshane I have a few pics on what is on offer in Donegal after a great wild camp . Poison Glen from top of Errigal Errigal’s good side … The Glover Errigal from Mackoght Sunrise over Altan Sunset over Altan With thanks to Windy. Original thread here.
