Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
Information => Introductions => Topic started by: AdamMcC5 on November 12, 2011
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Hi my name is Adam, im 20 and im located in north down and my main interests are camping and hill walking. Been to scout camps all over europe since the age of 4 as my dad was a scout leader for 30 odd years then joined them when i was the right age so im well used to the outdoors you could say :)
I get away as often as i can, usually every weekend in the summer and a few around winter in the tent (as the girlfriend wouldnt bivvy out) but i am looking to get away a lot more without the tent so if anyone arranges any nights up the mournes (the place i call second home) then i will be interested in going
Feel free to talk or leave messages
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Welcome!
....as the girlfriend wouldnt bivvy out....
That seems to happens a lot...still haven't figured out what's wrong with them ;D
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Hi Adam
You've got the right place place anyway,most weekend someone on the forum's heading off,in fact thing there's an overnight camp at loughshannon tonight.Was a green and white myself, scouts honour,weather permitting i'am taking a wee group up Binnian for some navigational work,Mourne's are super place
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Welcome to the forum!
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Welcome Adam! Girlfriend doesn't like the idea of bivvying - I'm seeing a pattern here :D
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Welcome along Adam, plenty off stuff happening here with nights in the hills being organised. Have a wee look at the Christmas Camp thread. http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2561.0 (http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2561.0)
Girlfriend doesn't like the idea of bivvying - I'm seeing a pattern here :D
Not just bivvying for me, mine hates anything outdoors.
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Welcome to the forum.
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Hi Adam, welcome along.
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welcome adam, you seem to have started young :o
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Thanks everyone for the welcome.
Its only a matter of time before i get her bivvying out, its one of my targets for the beginning of next year :)
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Welcome Adam,
I was a scout leader too many years ago. I got out it after 15 years service... It was scouts that got me into hillwalking. I haven't camped wild in a long while. Also never bivvied either. Going by this forum, there are plenty of opportunity to bivvy out. I just don't have the right equipment. All I have is a big orange bag....
Enjoy the forum.
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Welcome to the forum!
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Adam, welcome to NI-Wild. You seem to have plenty of experience in camping.
Keep an eye to the forum as usually someone is doing something which you may well like to join in on.
Other half not fussed? Maybe that's not such a bad thing as we all need our own space from time to time. ;)
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Welcome Adam
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Thanks again for the welcome everyone.
What group were you a leader of Daithi2004? I know exactly what your talking about...the big orange bin bags, they come in handy though, light too carry and easy enough to pack so there a must.
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I was with "Buion Setanta" 5th Louth Dundalk. This is their website: http://www.dundalkscouts.com/
Just to show you how long it was, I was at the international Jamboree in Gosford in 1989 and Ballyfin in 1993. This was before your time. I left scouts before the scouts had mobile phones. I went back for a while and all the scouts had mobile phone on camp. It wasn't really the same. I got into hillwalking through scouting and have joined a hillwalking club The Wee Binnian Walkers. www.weebinnians.com.
David AKA Daithi2004
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Stories like this are only too fimiliar too me but still great. My dad talked about the Jamboree and trading badges at the end of it with other groups? I finished the scouts when i was 16 when my dad left as leader. The new leaders couldnt handle it and it slowly went downhill which was a shame as it had 30+ regularly every friday night. Think it has changed a lot now days though, friday night were i live and its kids the height of your knee standing round sharing a cider between 10.
Were all would you go hillwalking then? Any favourites you could recommend?