Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => General Chat => Topic started by: LandyLiam on August 31, 2011
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This ones for redleader, I know how much he loves to hear when I'm in the mournes when he's stuck behind a desk ::) sitting on bearnagh summit having tea and sandwiches with the gentlest of breezes to keep the midges away, another perfect picnic spot. Apart the the army chopper buzzing round the mournes to spoil the silence, actually its nice to watch, he's been hovering round most of the mountains for the last hour, must be a new pilot getting familiar with the terrain and landing spots, either that or he's planning his weekend hike ;D
If its any consolation 2 flies have just drowned in my teacup while I was typing this >:(
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Bah. Thought you hated Bearnagh.
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Nope, its my favourite (first mourne mtn I ever climbed), I think it was matt that hated it, but I think he hates every mountain ;D
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It's a steep old climb. Great spot for a summit camp though.
Nope, its my favourite (first mourne mtn I ever climbed), I think it was matt that hated it, but I think he hates every mountain ;D
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a quick pic of today, hopefully get more online later but have to go out scouting now
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/P1070776s.jpg)
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That's a great shot. What where the army doing up there?
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Definitely looked like they were practising each summit to see where they could land if they had too, when i was a lad ::) i think all the rescues were done by army helicopter, used to love watching the wessex land near my house in Downpatrick all day when the mourne wall event was on, they would drop them (not literally) in the school field and pass the casualty to ambulance there for onward transport to the down hospital
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some piccies
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070676Small.jpg)
on the way up i spot ben crom with the tide out ::)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070695Small.jpg)
the rock at the top, why would anyone want to climb donard when we have this ???
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070697Small.jpg)
doan in the centre
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070698Small.jpg)
silent valley
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070701Small.jpg)
silent valley, doan and lough shannagh
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070705Small.jpg)
more rocks
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070706Small.jpg)
looking back at the north tor
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070732Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070728Small.jpg)
playing with my new toy, max wind of 6mph up here today, nice :)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070719Small.jpg)
finding the geocache
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070716Small.jpg)
the noisy neighbours ;D
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070761Small.jpg)
not often we see these from this angle
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070787Small.jpg)
a bivvy stone i pass on the way back down (near the quarry) which just happens to contain a geocache ;)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110831bearnagh/P1070783Small.jpg)
i've spotted quite a few bits of the mourne wall knocked down in my travels, now some of them have blackened rock like this one, so i was wondering, could the damage have been caused by a lightning strike ???
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My legs are sore just looking at those pics :)
Interesting about the blackened rocks fallen from the wall.Never really thought about it potentially being lightning.
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Think I saw that chopper when I was driving home as we don't often see Pumas flying here nowadays
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It's always confused me (not hard) about how the wall has fallen in certain places. It wouldn't be easy for a person to knock some of those sections down by mistake or otherwise.
Great pics Liam, jealousy pervades the board.
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Maybe I shouldn't mention that I'm currently on binnion summit for todays picnic. Weather not as nice as yesterday though, temp 11 deg, wind 12 gusting 17mph (playing with my new toys again), patchy cloud keeps spoiling the view :(
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What the hell Liam, get into the office ffs ::)
Maybe I shouldn't mention that I'm currently on binnion summit for todays picnic. Weather not as nice as yesterday though, temp 11 deg, wind 12 gusting 17mph (playing with my new toys again), patchy cloud keeps spoiling the view :(
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the pics
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070792Small.jpg)
had to wait for the cows to pass before i could get to the car park (which was full today!) meelmore lodge only had 2 cars in it yesterday
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070800Small.jpg)
passed the future ni-wild hq (when redleader wins the lottery)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070801Small.jpg)
actually this wee house is nicer, maybe buy both ;D
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070805Small.jpg)
met a couple of cyclists coming down the steep bit :o they were practising for some big race in england
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070858Small.jpg)
the lovely rock formations at the top, once again, much much better than donard, shame so many go there instead of here :(
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070853Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070860Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070865Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070850Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070847Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070835Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070835Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070812Small.jpg)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070831Small.jpg)
found a wee geocache here, thats 6 of the 77s series i've got now :)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/2011/20110901binnion/P1070877Small.jpg)
this one asked me when redspud was coming back, they said he told them the bus would be along soon and that was over a week ago :)
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Just go on and admit it liam, youve been kicked out of the house and your now residing in cove cave, great views but id be wary of a strange creature called 'the dowser' that spends it time its time roaming those hills. lol
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could end up like that, first question when i got home was "i thought you were doing the garden today" ::)
(the mournes is my garden now ;) )
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Great pics again Liam. What are we getting tomorrow to brighten our day?
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Strimming and hedgetrimming :(
Although if the weather picks up in the afternoon I might pop out for a dander ;) any particular mountain you want pics of? Yes I do requests :D