Hey guys, does anybody have any info on the state of the roads down there - BBC news are saying spelga is closed. Just wondering coz I plan to do an overnighter tomorrow night and want to plan how epic my walk in will have to be.........
The following roads are closed:
Quarterlands Road, Dunmurry; Cochranstown Road, Belfast; Colinglen Road, Dunmurry; A27 Moyad Road, Spelga; B70 Ballymaconnely Road, Rasharkin; A2 Cushendall Road, Ballycastle; A44 Magheramore Road, Ballycastle; C507 Highmoor Road, Eglinton; U1101 Baloughry Hill Road, Killea; Ligoneil Road, Belfast; A52 Ballyutoag Road, Belfast; A2 Shore Road, Warrenpoint at Well Road junction; B7 Moyad Road; Portmore Road, Lisburn; Carricknadarriff Road, Lisburn; Tullyard Road, Drumbo; Whinney Hill, Holywood; C19 Crosskennan Road, Antrim; Coast Road, Ballywalter; Steeple Road, Antrim; C263 Belfast Road, Newtownards (Bradshaws Brae); A2 Springvale Road, Ballywalter; A22 Belfast Road, Comber; 27 Craigboy Road, Donaghadee; B8 Newry Road, Mayobridge closed at Derryleckagh Road; A36 Shaneshill Road from A8 to B94 at The Battery Inn; A2 Cushendall Road at Water Top Farm; A43 Glenariff Road from junction Ballyeamon Rd to Waterfoot; B14 Ballyeamon Road at junction of Skerry Road; C27 Lylehill Road; B94 Rathkeel Road between A36 Shaneshill Rd and A42 Broughshane Road; Katesbridge Road, Kinallen; B7 Rathfriland Road, Dromara.
http://goo.gl/TslkS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/northernireland
I was in Newcastle today, just rain there, then took a drive up the hills to see how far i could get. Slievenaman road was impassible to cars due to large flood (so the postman told me and he said he would drive through almost anything!). I tried the trassey road, through a couple of decent floods, then got as far as meelmore lodge and turned back due to snow. Tomorrow could well be a completey different (worse) story.
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A and B roads are clear to newcastle. Will update when I get further in
Awesome, looks like its a goer!
Road from kilkeel to banns road car park is clear...after that it gets hairy..single track cleared in snow..
Head road is snowy but passable
Thanks for all the info guys. It sounds like it should be possible to get to Carricklittle tomorrow. I would usually go via Newry, Hilltown and Spelga to that part of the Mournes though it might be sensible to go via Banbridge, Castlewellan and Newcastle tomorrow.
Moyad road now passable to spelga...but fresh snow falling...
Slievenman road is currently being plowed...met a car that was waiting an hour behind the plow..trassey road looking hairy...we baled out at the mountain centre..
Yes trassey and slievenaman should now have been snowploughed, but word of caution, its only single track with few passing points and you could have a long reverse to do if you meet another car, there are drifts on the road over 6 foot high so if they fall in your snookered. Saw a range rover stuck today on a seemingly easy bit of snowploughed road. Also saw a few snow covered abandoned cars, including 2 abandoned land rovers :o
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main road from bryansford to hilltown
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slievenaman road
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slievenaman rd after the snowblower went through, check out the height of the drifts at the side, that is genuine drift snow and not stuff pushed to the side by a snowplough (the snowblower shifts it all into the field)
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slievenaman rd
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trassey road
It looks like total madness out there, cool! :o
Love the snow blower pics, cool machine! Saw the roads service transporter near Bryansford earlier.
Serious amounts of snow there glad thats not my street ;D ;D
Love the pics, though my MG wouldn't have a chance if it got hairy.
A few phone pics from a friend out in Dromara, the photos were sent by MMS (no internet connection) hence the small size.
Saw similar things on the news from the same area. Crazy!
Fortunately the 'drift' at my tent wasn't quite as dramatic.
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Quote from: KyleL on March 25, 2013, 08:08:14 PM
Fortunately the 'drift' at my tent wasn't quite as dramatic.
Brilliant, looks like some-ones down sleeping bag has split. :)
Regardless, it's still a 'snow' camp, well done.
Haha.
When I went to sleep there was about 2inches covering the ground as far as you could see. I woke up to that and wondered just how many days I'd been snoozing :P
Slievenaman Road has been ploughed as far as fofanny dam them its back to 4-7 foot drifts again and completely impassible beyond that, also its still single track so you will have a long reverse when you meet oncoming traffic (as i did :-[ ) so please avoid it.
Some great pics. Not surprised to see a Landy dug in :-X
Great pics! I think I may have to use the coast road on Sunday to get home from the Airport! ;D
Keep us updated for the weekend camp!
Quote from: specimanYak on March 25, 2013, 08:22:49 PM
Quote from: KyleL on March 25, 2013, 08:08:14 PM
Fortunately the 'drift' at my tent wasn't quite as dramatic.
Brilliant, looks like some-ones down sleeping bag has split. :)
Regardless, it's still a 'snow' camp, well done.
:o :o HE HE HE
plenty of cotton balls for Tom to get a fire started..
Snows clearing from the east. Head road totally clear, so is the track up to the carrick plant car park (where I am now)