Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
Information => Introductions => Topic started by: Neiltoo on May 27, 2009
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Hello,
Just a quick post to say hello.
I live in Co. Down and work in Belfast. My main outdoor pastimes are canoeing and skiing. Not much oportunity for the latter here but over the years I have skied a fair bit in the Mournes. I spent many years working in the Alps and the Rockies but am settled back home now.
I have a canadian canoe and spend as much of the summer as possible paddling and camping in and around Upper Lough Erne. Despite having paddled for years I still consider myself a novice and stick to flat water. I get my adrenaline rush on the snow and my relaxation on the water ;D
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Hello hello!! Welcome to the forum!! I really need some "bum in boat time" as far as canoes goes. Lough Erne is beautiful and a great place to paddle - at this rate of going we will be needing a ni-wild paddle day!!
Welcome again!!!
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Welcome Neil, always great to see another paddler. I can't imagine where you can ski in the Mournes though.
Michelle, an NI-Wild paddle day sounds like a fine plan!!
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Good to have you hear mate,
It's one of my dreams to have a canoe trip in ethier Canada or Sweden and I would like to have a go at paddling Lough Erne.
Look forward to reading about your adventures.
Davy.
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Many thanks for the welcomes.
I can't imagine where you can ski in the Mournes though.
Havn't skied much in the Mournes in recent years but as a teenager any weekend when there was some snow we would have been up there. Mostly it involved a lot more walking up than skiing down but still good fun.
Its not the sort of thing I would recomend unless you've skied a fair bit off piste to be honest. Skiing on a groomed run and skiing in the mournes are not really to be compared :o - you also need a pair of skis you don't care about - they get trashed.