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General => Meets, places, trips and reviews => Topic started by: LandyLiam on December 21, 2011
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i'm hoping to do a wee walk on tue 27th to burn off some of those tunnocks tea cakes and mince pies i love so much, all welcome to join me (just make sure you have the appropriate gear for the conditions, if in doubt, just ask), here's a rough idea of what i hope to do
meet at meelmore lodge about 1045am for an 11am start
(note: if you're planning to stop at mcdonalds for breakfast you'll have to run to catch up ;D )
i plan to walk up the trassey track to hares gap, then summit slievenaglogh, slieve corragh and commedagh, drop down to the donard saddle and join the brandy pad back to hares gap, depending on how energitic i feel, i could then be tempted to summit bearnagh, but i doubt it.
plans will probably change due to weather, fitness levels, but hope to stick to that start time, plenty of turn back points for those not wanting to go the whole way, so bring your turkey sandwiches and a hot flask of tea for a nice wee stroll among the peaks maybe bagging a few geocaches along the way ;)
i'll probably do an easy walk for the kids later that week, maybe hen mountain, will see what the weather forecast says nearer the time
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I could be up for this but may walk back through donard forrest and tollymore???
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I'am up for that,count me in
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could be up for this but may walk back through donard forrest and tollymore???
an alternative route i had in my head to go into the pot of legawherry from corragh and go back via lukes mountain, a route i haven't done before, but we'll decide on the day with what direction the winds blowing, as long as we all start at the same place were flying :)
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doing Cave Hill with Chloe on 27th but would be up for Hen mt. later in week if it`s on.Chloe would love that
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doing Cave Hill with Chloe on 27th but would be up for Hen mt. later in week if it`s on.Chloe would love that
id be up for hen mountain with my eldest will keep an eye on thread
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looks like i'd better get another thread going for hen mountain ;D
attached is a wee map of the turkey trot route
green = plan A
blue = plan B
red = he must have eaten a lot of mince pies to want to go up there!
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I'd be up for that, although I'd add on Donard and Bernagh ;D
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Id be up for this one too gents if you dont mind, would help me get back out doors again ;D I'll be the one on the Silver Suzuki Bandit. Is there a charge for parking at meelmore, ive never been to it before?
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Is there a charge for parking at meelmore, ive never been to it before?
£4 charge, you could also park in the car park down the road for free (approx half mile away) or be really cheeky and park on the road outside meelmore ::)
(note: yearly parking permit available for £35)
I'd be up for that, although I'd add on Donard and Bernagh
you wouldn't pass scrutineering due to inappropriate footwear ;D
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.....hope ya don,t mind if i tag along this wee jaunt with ma 2 dogs, will be coming from Antrim direction, should anyone want a lift.....
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I'd be up for that, although I'd add on Donard and Bernagh
you wouldn't pass scrutineering due to inappropriate footwear ;D
I'll be in the boots this time o year ;)
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havent walked with you guys before but his would be right up my street,see you there if you dont mind!!
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Yes all welcome, might have a few unfit family members going (hope they don't read this ::) ) so we could end up with some only doing a short walk. As for dogs, we will be crossing a sheep infested area so please be responsible and put them on leads.
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looks like it won't be too bad a day tomorrow
Tuesday:
Cloudy with light rain at first, clearing away northwards during the morning. Then drier and a little brighter for a time but rain and strong southerly winds returning towards evening. Maximum temperature 11 °C.
hopefully we'll be in the gap between the morning and evening rain :)
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Can anyone pick me up who's going?
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looks like a great hike. Bit long for the father in law though so trying to plan a shorter one..
Enjoy
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see all you folk there
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there's always the blue route for those not wanting to tackle commedagh, i have a feeling some of my party willl be turning back early ;D
note: i've modified the route up slightly avoiding the hares gap, just to be different, i've never been that way before
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Have a good one lads, i'm going to have to miss this one. Have got myself involved in the Festive500 bike thing. I need to put in at least one big ride to get my kms up and tomorrow morning is set to be the lowest wind of the week, so I need to seize the moment!
I will be in the elements and burning calories, so with you in spirit ;D
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Great we walk done today, started drizzly but soon dried up, almost stuck exactly to the planned route, 6 of us went in total (+ 2 dogs), mainly cloudy but the cloud dissappeared briefly the odd time to give us a teasing view
facts & figures:
8.5 miles
1427m ascent
13.7km (8.5miles)
3h53 moving
1hr47 stopped
start 1100, end 1645 (yes a ni-wild trip started on time!!!)
moving ave 3.5kmh
max wind recorded 39mph (on commedagh summit)
temp 8-10 deg
attendees: me, bic, spartan, mourneman, big felim and the other lenny (last 2 not on the forum, yet)
some pics later
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Few good miles done today with plenty of Crac mostly from Shrek,our newest member who's meant to be a friend of mine,lol,anyway here's the photo's
ps,thank's to Liam for planing the day and sorting the route out,also nice to meet BIC and SPARTAN.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6582833317_617d72c9c2_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582833317/)
DSCN9930 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582833317/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6582842573_487fa88e5e_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582842573/)
DSCN9981 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582842573/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6582837093_7a87dc3179_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582837093/)
DSCN9949 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582837093/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6582847381_732622bdaf_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582847381/)
DSCN0026 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582847381/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6582851115_923714504a_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582851115/)
DSCN0073 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582851115/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6582855781_d9f5d05dd5_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582855781/)
DSCN0020 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582855781/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6582860855_de8d177004_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582860855/)
DSCN0017 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582860855/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6582865399_f3197ba246_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582865399/)
DSCN0039 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582865399/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6582869803_f508523cdd_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582869803/)
DSCN0064 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6582869803/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr
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Had a brilliant day with you guys and Dexter and Bramble, craic was awesome. Look forward to the next one. Think I got hyperthermia on my way home though on the motorbike :o
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Who's the guy with the spurs hat?
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Lenny -spurs hat guy is SPARTAN,here's some more photos,BIC is wearning camo
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6583581011_995025af39_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583581011/)
DSCN0059 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583581011/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr
Liam with Spartan
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DSCN0056 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583573623/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6583556687_a9a2717546_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583556687/)
DSCN0087 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583556687/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr
BIC leading the way
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DSCN0044 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583544493/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr
Commedagh summit shelter,believe me you don't want to know what came out of here
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Looks like a decent day was had. I managed a wee jaunt up Cave Hill with the kids and bumped into a couple of NI Wilders myself.
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last few photos
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anna 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583891487/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6583833099_3999bd816c_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583833099/)
rt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70169151@N05/6583833099/) by shannaghan (http://www.flickr.com/people/70169151@N05/), on Flickr
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i finally figured out how to overlay the routes onto a map using quo, now just need a decent map
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lenny2 not looking forward to this walk
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don't expect any pressies from felim (aka shrek)
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near slievenaglogh summit, lenny2 throws up in shreks rucksack
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just another brick in the wall
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spidermen
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top of the pot of legawherry
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ascending commedagh, a short but very steep section
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lenny2 is in ecstasy after making the summit of commedagh
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one of the few moments the cloud dissappeared, you had to be very quick with the camera
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hey ho, hey ho, its off to work we go
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shrek and bic under the castles of commedagh
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/P1110203Small.jpg)
you can just about make out the lights of the mountain rescue land rover on the trassey track, they saw shrek then turned back ;D
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd496/landyliam/P1110204Small.jpg)
a wee waterfall on the goat track coming down from hares gap
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.....well a good day out...lots of post Christmas humour.....cheers to all...even learnt a bit....Dexter (dog) can,t be trusted around sheep...neither am sure can Bramble...cheers again for the leg stretch...look forward to more in the New Year.....
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So did the little ghost child* stay with you for the whole walk?
* to the left of the people, against the wall :o
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spooky
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:D i can assure you it was one of the many walkers that passed us yesterday
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Here's a few wee clips from the walk,link below-
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execellent video john, really brings back memories (i know it was only 2 days ago but i'm getting old and my memory isn't what it used to be ::) ) those clouds are going at some speed over the saddle, what we would we have done without the mourne wall :o
so how do i download youtube videos ???
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not sure about downloading to your pc ,but click on the share tab above the video on youtube ,and share on your facebook
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