{"id":2523,"date":"2014-05-12T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2015-02-25T10:23:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T10:23:39","slug":"loch-altan-donegal-wild-camping-at-its-finest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/loch-altan-donegal-wild-camping-at-its-finest\/","title":{"rendered":"Loch Altan, Donegal – Wild camping at its finest"},"content":{"rendered":"

My son and I had an excellent easter trip to Lough Altan in Donegal. It was wild camping at its finest. An idyllic pitch, a campfire which burned all evening, a haunted mansion, and stars bright in the sky. And best of all, not a midge in sight!<\/p>\n

We parked up at the Errigal carpark and walked half a mile up the road to meet the old bog road which heads over the hill to the Lough. And what a beautiful walk. Just long enough to keep the remote feeling but not too long a walk in for my young lad (walk out is a little tougher). We retunred to the Errigal car park the next day to climb Errigal. All in all, I think my son has got the wild camping bug.<\/p>\n

Beginning the winding descent to Lough Altan<\/p>\n

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The Coleman Cobra3 all piched up and handling the gusty wind very well<\/p>\n

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Chocolate pud and custard on the Trangia<\/p>\n

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The old ruined folly.<\/p>\n

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Plenty of dry driftwood about to make a campfire.<\/p>\n

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Light painting inside the tent after sunset.<\/p>\n

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Beautiful clear skies for taking pictures of the stars from the warmth of my sleeping bag.<\/p>\n

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And a few more from the walk up Errigal on the 2nd day.<\/p>\n

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Original Post is here <\/a>with thanks to Andy McInroy.<\/p>\n

You can see and buy Andy’s photographs here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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