Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
Information => Introductions => Topic started by: chink1211 on February 28, 2012
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Hey every one i came across the site searching for walks in the mournes on google. Well i read a few posts and from wat im reading you guys seem straight up ,
So anyway im william ( chink) is my nick name and from dundonald, my main hobby is fishing ( course), camping ,hiking , walking any thing outside as long as im in freash air im happy
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Welcome to ni-wild ;D
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Welcome to the forum
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Welcome to the forum
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Welcome along chink.
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Welcome
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welcome to the forum chink
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Im on the same boat, glad to have you here.
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Hello and Welcome!
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Hi and welcome
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Welcome William!
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wow thanks a bunch guys for bein so welcoming :D ,
so i was tellin a freind last nyt about this site and we have decided to hit the mournes on sat and stay till sun ,
our plan is to park in mourne car park and head up donard to the saddle , over the wall head over to the devils courtyard then on over to ben crom resivoir then camp ther up nice and freash sunday morn then head home the way we came does this sound like a good idea as i only ever been up the mournes a few times ,
thanks
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Im on the same boat, glad to have you here.
By the look of you, I reckon you're circling the boat looking for a weak spot!
Hi Chink, welcome to the forum.
The route you proposed could certainly be a go-er. You could leave Donard Pk as you say, heading up over the Saddle then make for Slieve Beg and peer over the edge into the Devil's Coachroad. You could then climb Cove Mountain and Lamagan, dropping down to the col with Binnian, from there you can take the descent down to Ben Crom Reservoir at the dam. From there you can follow the South eastern side of the Ben Crom Reservoir (basically down below the peaks you walked across earlier. You could camp at the Shelter Stone that is marked at the North East end of the reservoir (search for the shelter stone on this forum for maps and pics). The next day you can follow a trail up to the Brandy Pad and back round to the Saddle.
That said, it would be a fair day's walking with an overnight pack, so you'd need a good long day and strong knees! As an alternative, after having a juke round the Devil's Coachroad (and perhaps even having a wee walk along the cliff edges on Cove Mountain), you could reverse this back to the Brandy Pad and drop straight down to the Shelter Stone. I'd imagine Cove and Beg would be very steep to drop straight off down to the Shelter Stone, not impossible though!
It looks wet for Saturday, bring yer wet gear!!
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thanks whorya after reading that iv had a look at the map and holy bye jesus thats a hell of a walk i think il head towardsdevils coachroad then back to brandy pad then straight down to shelter stone its on my map, i think i would collapse goin over cove and lamagan save that for when im a bit fitter,
i seen that weather is bad but sure mate no rest for the wicked
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Hi Chink, yeah the shelter stone is a great spot for an overnighter, if its gowing to be rough weather this weekend you defo dont want to be stuck on a summit somewhere.
Theres rivers right beside the camp so you can top up your drinking or cooking water from these, then if you go for a long dander during the day you can cut down on some of the weight in your rucksack.
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To the shelter stone it is ther is now 4 of us going seems ther alot more people like a hike than i thought , is the water safe to drink straight from the river