After a little while on Bann’s Road and after the first style, we cut off right over the edge of Slievenagore, en route to Slievenaglogh, the first summit of the day.<\/p>\n
Looking back down on the old quarry huts with the obvious quarry track which we followed to ascend Slievenaglogh.<\/p>\n
As we descended the side of the mountain the views up both the Silent Valley and Ben Crom Reservoirs were fantastic.<\/p>\n There were a few interesting gullies that deserve a bit of further investigation.<\/p>\n This staring match ended in stalemate!<\/p>\n We descended right down to the Silent Valley Reservoir and crossed the Miner’s Hole River following a track until we met the Shannagh River.\u00a0 We then followed this river as it meandered up towards Lough Shannagh.\u00a0 A decent track followed the right hand side of the river.<\/p>\n There were a few interesting waterfalls with some good drops.\u00a0 It is difficult to get any idea of scale from photographs as to the height of waterfalls.<\/p>\n Once within reach, we cut off for the track that contours around the west side of Doan.<\/p>\n We then climbed up to the Carn Mountain\/Slieve Loughshannagh col were unfortunately the cloud came in.\u00a0 Staying high we followed the Mourne Wall up and over Carn Mountain before branching off towards Slieve Muck.<\/p>\n We followed the length of Slieve Muck from North to South.\u00a0 On a better day this would have offered great views in all directions.\u00a0 Today wasn’t that day.<\/p>\n Looking back up at Slieve Muck it seems obvious that the path of least resistance would be to come down to the left or right.\u00a0 We ended up scrambling down a route through the centre of the rocky section.\u00a0 Just the thing for those tired legs!<\/p>\n On the last section we made our way along the Moyad Road past Crocknafeola Wood, avoiding farm land south of Slieve Muck.<\/p>\n This was a fantastic walk with plenty of variation using paths and tracks, and a little bit of heather-bashing.\u00a0 It was a stiff test of the legs at times but with all the rewards of dramatic airy cliff-top trails, the best of the high ground and the best of the water features.<\/p>\n![\"11763222333_7acc24e0f8_z\"](\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11763222333_7acc24e0f8_z.jpg\")
<\/a>From the summit we headed towards the cliff edge on the eastern flank of Slievenaglogh.\u00a0 There were many interesting rock stacks and features along the edge.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n