Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => General Chat => Topic started by: Mourneman on August 06, 2012
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Helping my daughter with her D.O.E training today.We started at 11am at the Bann's road,with a collection time of 5.30 pm at the Donard carpark.
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1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727650676/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
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2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727652360/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
The trek starts out with crossing over two stile's before taking a lesser trek on the right towards the end of Silent valley dam,the ground becomes very boggy after crossing a ford & with the long grass & hidden holes i tumbled over more than once ;D
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3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727651896/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
the sundue plant,sorry if the spellings wrong,BigE has me looking for plants now ???
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4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727652982/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
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5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727654626/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
it was liam that first noticed these gate posts,nice one
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6 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727653518/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
these stuff was pure class,not even one bite ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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7 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727654232/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
our first break at the second stile
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8 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727655092/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
LOST again ??? ::)
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9 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727656534/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
found this during one of my falls ,lol
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8 b (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727723428/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
view along the Banns road
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8 a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727722056/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
view back along silent valley
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10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727656832/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
the mourneman trademark
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11 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727657334/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
the scramble along ben crom dam
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13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727658446/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
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14 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727659218/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
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15 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727661032/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
Super girl
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16 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727659614/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
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17 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727661528/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
towards the end of ben crom dam we climbed back onto the bank
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18 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727662596/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
the start of the gorge leading towards the Brandy pad
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19 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727663766/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
some really cool rock formations
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20 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727665462/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
here's a photo of the screen slope we climbed out of the gorge,wee bit hairy :P
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21 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727666246/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
we both nearly collapsed at the top of the gorge
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22 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83986410@N07/7727666730/) by jimmysurg (http://www.flickr.com/people/83986410@N07/), on Flickr
getting near the saddle,we quickened our pace,with a run from the saddle down to donard forest,a real cracker of a day
here's some footage---
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gaiters for the banns road john ??? admit it, your trousers shrank in the wash and you have to wear gaiters to hide the shrinkage ;D
love the pineaple pic, makes my mouth water
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Flip - I've been along that side of Ben Crom dam once. Fair play...It's a nightmare. I was close to trying swimming as the progress was so slow on the rocks. The trail on the other side is 100x quicker!
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Insect repellent that works!! Where did you get it?
Great photos as always John
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Insect repellent that works!! Where did you get it?
Great photos as always John
Think i got it on Ebay,leaves the skin a bit oily,but works a treat & cost around £6.00,so a must have bit of kit ::)