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Title: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: Mourneman on November 08, 2012
Camping out this Saturday night below the Shelter stone on the shoreline of Ben crom reserve,with,bigE,spud,planing on doing some navigation,pacing & timing,all welcome to join us ;)
Title: Re: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: LandyLiam on November 08, 2012
where are you thinking of doing the navigating?
Title: Re: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: Mourneman on November 08, 2012
Quote from: LandyLiam on November 08, 2012
where are you thinking of doing the navigating?

Well bigE & myself are in no rush home on Sunday,so we're open to ideas,we've been doing lots of pacing & timing & compass work,so it would be nice set out some navigation exercises including some interesting techniques bigE has learned,also feature finding,also some night nav,should be a good weekend
Title: Re: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: Mourneman on November 11, 2012
Spud & myself were unable to get in contact with Big E last night so we camped out at Annalong woods again,arrived about 5pm yesterday.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8175239512_45026eb47f_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75601656@N07/8175239512/)
Panorama502 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75601656@N07/8175239512/) by paul surginor (http://www.flickr.com/people/75601656@N07/), on Flickr
we got a good fire going & a few beers were drank
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P1010211 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75601656@N07/8175241922/) by paul surginor (http://www.flickr.com/people/75601656@N07/), on Flickr
we set our alarms for 6am & walked up above Percy caves to watch the sunrise
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8175205641_7f4dcea194_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75601656@N07/8175205641/)
Panorama503 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75601656@N07/8175205641/) by paul surginor (http://www.flickr.com/people/75601656@N07/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8058/8175243274_be28913ba8_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75601656@N07/8175243274/)
P1010192 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75601656@N07/8175243274/) by paul surginor (http://www.flickr.com/people/75601656@N07/), on Flickr
then it was back down to breakfast,before making our way home
wee clip from the camp  -
Title: Re: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: Eamonn on November 11, 2012
I just changed phone & number and didn't think to give Mourneman my new number....oops ::). So ended up having a solo camp at the shelter stone, it was a great night for star gazing  :D seen Perseus, Draco the Dragon, CASSIOPEIA, AURIGA (capella) and the Great Bear....great stuff
Title: Re: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: Spud on November 11, 2012
Good wee camp, chilly night though but stars were epic!
Title: Re: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: Wolf_Larson on November 11, 2012
Sound like it was a amazing sky line, nice 1 lads
Title: Re: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: t18con on November 11, 2012
Quote from: Big E on November 11, 2012
I just changed phone & number and didn't think to give Mourneman my new number....oops ::). So ended up having a solo camp at the shelter stone, it was a great night for star gazing  :D seen Perseus, Draco the Dragon, CASSIOPEIA, AURIGA (capella) and the Great Bear....great stuff

are they members on here?  :P
Title: Re: Shelter stone,Ben crom camp
Post by: LandyLiam on November 11, 2012
i missed out on the camp by going to the cinema instead to see skyfall (waste of time  ::) , wait for the dvd ) so tried my usual breakfast meetup but them lads had such an early start i didn't evevn pass them on the way back! so took a wee dander up the hares castle instead