Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => Meets, places, trips and reviews => Topic started by: chris on August 18, 2009
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was out climbing today at lower cove and I discovered a cave,(didnt have a torch so i didnt venture in) might be fun to spend a night in it, perhaps bring a few firelogs as there isn't much to light a fire with up there.
Just an Idea, I loked the idea of using the mountains as shelter, anyone been in? perhaps its pants for sleeping in or does anyone know of any others, would be an idea for another light weight trip as you wouldnt need a tent or anything.
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I've slept in it before, it's very uncomfortable, just a load of big boulders and a 6'x6' approx flat space for sleeping.
It's nice to climb up through, but I wouldn't advise sleeping in it. You can get right the way up through it without any equipment.
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Where's Lower Cove?
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if your looking at your map its directly west of hares castle about 1km. about 1 1/2k's walk from the water board place.
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Where is hares castle ?
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If you look at your map, follow the annalong river 1.5k upstream from where it leaves Annalong wood and lower cove is due west.
Hares Castle is due east after about .75k.
I've no map handy for grid refs but it's easy enough to find.
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now your talking chris.
It was looking for that cave that got me into the mournes. possible NI-Wild HQ?
Some info I found..
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/blueprint/images/beaten_track/binnian.jpg)
Walk One. The Annalong Valley, Percy Bysshe and Cove Caves
Height: 350 metres (1150 feet) approx)
Round trip: : 8 Kilometres (6.2 miles)
Time: 3 hours
Level 2 to 3: Easy to moderate
This is a relatively level walk over solid stony and gravel paths, although taking shortcuts off the tracks, across the bog, can be very muddy during wet weather and you can run the risk of twisting ankles on the many small rocks and boulders littering the ground. If you do intend to explore the caves mentioned in this walk, it is highly recommended that you do not do them alone and ideally in the company of an experienced guide.
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland Discoverer Series 1:50 000
Map 29 The Mournes. or with more detail:
The Mournes Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland Map 1:25 000
Map Coordinates: Start: 345219 Finish: 338259
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/blueprint/images/beaten_track/gallery/bin005.jpg)
Cove Cave from the summit of Binnian
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/blueprint/images/beaten_track/gallery/bin007.jpg)
Annalong Valley from inside Cove Cave
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IMO, sunrise from the cave is one of the most beautiful sights you will ever see
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The sunseting behind bearnagh is pretty wow too.
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Sounds fun, count me in!
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Wow, is there anywhere you can fish there, without a silly licence?
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dont think there are many fish in the mournes. although what I know about fish you could write on the back of a stamp! Its a £2000 fine for fishing with out a licience aswell! as i heard on the radio on my way to fish, (without a licience!) needless to say I turned straight back!
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£2000 !! money money money it makes me sick !
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its a £2000 pound fine! you can esaily avoid it if you buy a licience, I don't really care about fishing enough to pay either!
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Im not in to fishing for sport, i only want to fish for survival, there should be a law on survival fishing.
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Im not in to fishing for sport, i only want to fish for survival, there should be a law on survival fishing.
how could you prove who was genuinely fishing for survival and who was fishing for sport with out a liceince?
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Cause im sure you could smell the survival fisher man before you seen him, and tell by his dress code and eating the fish with his hands after cooking it over his fire, where the sports fisher man would be all clean cut sitting on a chair reading the paper. All the survival fisher man wants is one fish from the dam then move on ! ::)