Summit camp- Bearnagh Friday 24/02/12

[LennyJ1]

[Rumblebum]

the forecast is looking good for fri night, i'm soooooooooooooooooo tempted to go 

If you cant make it Liam, is it ok for us to stay overnight, I know that you have a love affair with this mountain.   

[whoRya]

  very good TypoOn & Lenny.

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, Rumblebum and I are hoping to be leaving Mallusk about 19:10 and heading straight to Meelmore.  I'm reckoning we'll get set-off from Meelmore about 20:30.

I'll pm my mobile to Lenny, Liam, and TypoOn, so at least we can get in contact if needs be.  I may just be on here again between now and then 

[LandyLiam]

If you cant make it Liam, is it ok for us to stay overnight, I know that you have a love affair with this mountain.

it was only a one night stand 

[LandyLiam]

I may now have to drop one of the kids in Newcastle for 8am on Sat morning, that being the case i'll try and join you for breakfast, either on the summit or at Meelmore Lodge   

[Rumblebum]

I may now have to drop one of the kids in Newcastle for 8am on Sat morning, that being the case i'll try and join you for breakfast, either on the summit or at Meelmore Lodge   

No probs Liam, look forward to seeing you mate.

[Craigy123]

I should have just stayed up then. As I was "in the area" lol. Great day in the hills with Mourneman and Mountain Goat. Now 45 mins kip and out on the rip.

[Rumblebum]

Well we all made it back safe and sound.

Typo0n, whorya and myself set off from meelomore lodge around 9 oclock, we had planned for a sooner departure but spent some time trying to figure out why typoons rucksack was way lighter than ours, jammy begger!

We headed up the trasey track and through the boulder field to the hares gap, took a quick breather and hit the steps of bernagh and the long haul to the summit reaching the peak around 10 45.

we had it in our heads about camping at the summit so we would be waking up to the view of Doan and the silent valley reservoir but when we got up there was quite a stong wind so opted for having our site between the two torrs.

After getting the tents up it was light the firelog and neck the vino time, it was a great night with no rain and good clear sky's [ at times], think we stayed up to around 2 30 which might explain why i feel so busted now.

Woke up this morning, packed up the tents and started to head off, only to be chased by some crazy man called Liam, fair play to you sir for coming up, and directing us to meelmore for our sodas 

Im happy ive now done bernagh, i havnt capped enough summits so hope this starts the ball rolling for me this summer.

Typoon, whorya, cheers guys for a top night, if ive any good pics il get them loaded up shortly.

[LandyLiam]

I just about managed to meet them this morning for a quick breakfast on the summit, they were just descending as i arrived at the top (thats one steep walk up from pollaphuca)


lovely sunny morning, although most of my walk would be in the shade 



hmmm, that looks steep



great views on the way up



spotted the likely lads at the top



grabbed a quick breakfast myself



and straight back down again, this must be one of the steepest paths in the mournes



interesting little water fall






nearly back at meelmore for a big soda 


then i had to meet up with some relatives in tollymore for a wee charity walk they were doing, but i had to jog to catch up with them, and my legs were quite tired by then    but i managed to find them  i think i'll be sore tomorrow!

[whoRya]

It was a cracker of a wee overnighter, a brilliant camp site with a great view to wake up to.  Fair play to Liam for blasting up the next morning, perfect timing.

[Mourneman]

Nice one guys, looked like a good camp