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Title: Helicopter Annalong valley
Post by: Scribble on February 27, 2011
If anyone is up Annalong wood this week the helicopter will be bringing it's supplies to the guys fixing the pathways , should make intresting photo opportunity or just the buzz at looking at it :)
Title: Re: Helicopter Annalong valley
Post by: RedLeader on February 28, 2011
I was supposed to be up yesterday but the sofa got the better of me  :o
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Post by: LandyLiam on February 28, 2011
looks like a good week for it, hopefully i can get an afternoon off and go down with my camera
Title: Re: Helicopter Annalong valley
Post by: LandyLiam on March 04, 2011
busy week, didn't get up  :'( did anyone get any pics?

notice the the area is sort of out of bounds according to this

http://www.mournelive.com/news/news/viewdetails.asp?newsID=506
Title: Re: Helicopter Annalong valley
Post by: Scribble on March 04, 2011
Quote from: LandyLiam on March 04, 2011
busy week, didn't get up  :'( did anyone get any pics?

notice the the area is sort of out of bounds according to this

http://www.mournelive.com/news/news/viewdetails.asp?newsID=506
Never got up myself but will do hopefully next week as I have my name down to help volunteer with the parhwork
Title: Re: Helicopter Annalong valley
Post by: LandyLiam on March 04, 2011
how do you volunteer? i might be available on Monday
Title: Re: Helicopter Annalong valley
Post by: Scribble on March 04, 2011
Quote from: LandyLiam on March 04, 2011
how do you volunteer? i might be available on Monday

I will pm you the guys email address who organises it ,  ;D
Title: Re: Helicopter Annalong valley
Post by: suspectmonkey on March 06, 2011
We watched the chopper from the summit of Doan yesterday morning.  Could see it with the bags of rock swinging beneath as it ferried it up the mountain.  Wouldn't fancy a lump of granite dropping on to me from that height ;)
Title: Re: Helicopter Annalong valley
Post by: LandyLiam on March 06, 2011
i could hear it today when we were on meelbeg, would have been weird if i didn't know what it was as it sounded quite close, surprised they were flying with all the low cloud, suppose it might have been different over binnian