So, on Easter Monday I kept a promise to myself and my daughter home from university, and climbed into the Mournes for the first time in more than thirty years. We clambered up to the Hares Gap, and once we saw that that hadn’t killed us, we swung down to the edge of Ben Crom […]
Route Information… Track Overview : Walking Length: 11.37 km / 7.10 mi Total Time: 5 hours 24 minutes Average Speed: 2.11 kph / 1.31 mph Start Time: 10:23:03 23rd March 2015 End Time: 15:47:03 23rd March 2015 Urris Hills form two parts ,split by the Mamore Gap. The walk started in the Car Park at […]
No not the fluffy kind from a Potter book, but more of the access kind. I have been told before that there is a way from the bottom of the cliff to the top of Binevenagh without having to go around either side, the the purveyor of this tall tale informed me that a route […]
Urris Hills run off either side of Mamore Gap. 21 st February 2015 took a run out . Weather was pretty bad and nearly called it off . Takes roughly four hours with a good lunch to complete. 2Ist Feb 2015 Urris Hills – NW Donegal For those of you who dont know Donegal […]
Keen to get out and enjoy the white stuff, last weekend I took myself off on a solo summit camp. Starting from Meelmore Lodge I headed off towards my planned destination of Slievenaglogh. With a fair coverage of snow on the ground I played it safe following the wall until it met the Trassey Track. […]
Some snaps from my quick trip on Saturday: Out from Meelmore Lodge (after a quick chat with the passing Liam), up the green line to the stile. Left at the wall towards Slievenaglogh. Snow starting to melt (or never settled) down in the Valley Dropped down before Commedagh Avoiding the half buried streams, you can […]
I didn’t get any snow where I live so I thought I would go looking for it earlier today. I didn’t have to look very far, Slieve Donard. I found quite a bit of wind too!! It was an interesting day, glad I had the Gopro in my backpack! 12 December 2014 20 January 2015 […]
Disgusted with myself for missing a few recent camps (well maybe not the Slievemoughanmore one ::) ) and spurred on with the purchase of a new bivvy tent and some fine weather I decided to do a summit camp on Bearnagh. The call was put out and Adam responded so it we were set for […]
In the summer Rumblebum and I were joined by a few others to complete a 2 day backpack of the Antrim Hills Way. The route is one of the quality long walks on Walk NI (http://www.walkni.com/walks/51/antrim-hills-way/) and is a 22 mile way-marked trail. From memory, in the preparation I found that the walk was a […]
Halloween is a great time to do a bit of family camping. The summer is over, the midges are gone and the hills are much more peaceful but you don’t yet see the full cold or snow of winter. That said, even from a week ahead the weather forecast looked like the fickle finger of […]
