Donard Summer Camp

[RedLeader]

Me and Matt will be aiming to be in in the forest for 2pm so leaving Newcastle at 1pm or so. Obviously we're usually late 

We'll have the NI-Wild official flag flying (skull & crossbones) once we get setup.

[Matthew]

[whoRya]

I'll probably aim to be leaving the car park about 3pm. See you all at some point.

[Rumblebum]

Could someone give the mountain rescue a heads up, Whorya's got enough stuff for a week with him and i dont think even a bar of kendal mint cake will help him on this one!

[spartan00117]

Wont be at the carpark until 11am now, missus had to go to tesco's first.  see you there 

[playford]

raging, I've an essay to do for mon/tues but think im going to head up midweek for a few days a break is def called for at the minute.

got waterproof, rucksac, tent and bag all sorted. so just need a stove, ebay has been rubbish for cheap trangias.

[spartan00117]

Morgan and I had a great eveninmg with you guys and finally got to meet you guys.  Sorry for the early departure this mornin but Morgan had had enough at 6am lol.  See you guys soon i hope.

[RedLeader]

Top stuff guys, another splendid weekend. Great to see that even in the age of the internet if you give a crowd of kids a tree they're still happy to go sit in it for a few hours

I can't imagine how hard it was for Flipmeb and Whorya to get up there carrying all the stuff for a couple of young childrens, nice one guys, you have more stamina than me

I didn't take a single picture, did anyone else get some?

[Grace.]

Great weekend, really enjoyed myself. Good to meet some nice people who love the outdoors.

And flipmeb I really enjoyed being best friends with Amiee and Meghan, they are lovely little girls and I still cant get over how great they were at walking up and down.

Thank you for offering lifts redleader,matthew black. We got home with whorya who I also have to thank you for being so kind to leaving us off in Antrim, was greatly appreciated as we were not looking forward to the buses home.

We got some pictures but it was only off the kids geocaching at the ice house, totally slipped our minds.

Hopefully hound of ulster's dog recovered okay from the swarms of midges attacking her.

Looking forward to the next camp, if the summit camp goes ahead me and Oisin would like to try that out.

Again thanks everyone for the great weekend.

[Oisín]

Right, I've just finished getting some photos onto Flickr. I only took a handful, so apologies if you cant see yourself.

And more apologies if the image doesnt show up, I still havent got the hand of it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/6069726933/in/photostream









I had a great time, and a had an even better nights sleep.

Lovely expericence, and nice meeting everyone.


EDIT** I cant seem to get the images to work, here is a direct link to the Set **
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/sets/72157627369551739/

[fourman]

it was a perfect evening for it and an even better morning , jus wish i,d kept a clear head as it wud have been a good morning for a summit .The kids all got along great but i still never found out what kept them up that tree all that time .Nice to see some new faces also and i,m looking forward to the next camp, cheers guys.

[whoRya]

Yeah guys, had a top time.  Fantastic weather too.  It was a great place for the kids to explore and I know my kids certainly enjoyed the company of the other kids.  I'm with TypoOn, the next time I'm out it would be nice to be only carrying my own gear!

A special thank you to the guys that kept the fire fuelled, allowing the rest of us to make sure our kids didn't follow their marshmallows into it.

I mostly took snaps of my kids but here are a few other random ones.



Clouds over Newcastle bay


The kids giving Hound of Ulster some pointers about the best way to pack away the hammocks.

[Rumblebum]

I hope you took the kids back home with you mate, remember, leave no trace!!!!

[whoRya]

Now that you mention it I did leave something behind.....your tent!  Sorry mate, you want to see what else I had to carry 

[Eamonn]

Did anyone go for a night hike up Donard. I was bivving on the top of Bernagh and could see lights coming down Donard at about 11 or so. It was a good night for some star gazing, seen the space station, a satellite and a shooting star.