Glenariff glen (Sun 10 - Mon 11 Dec)

[billy56]

There seems to be plenty of fellow larne yin,s on here   

[Paul]

There seems to be billy56. What carpark at glenariff is everyone meeting at??

[billy backpack]

Still undecided as yet but the update is everyone is on their way to Larne and I will PM you before I leave with final thoughts.

[Paul]

What cross roads is it you are meeting at billy is it the one at the end of the killyglen road the country side/

[billy backpack]

Yep thats it ..................... still waiting 

[Paul]

Ok, are you sitting out there now??

[RedLeader]

Have a great time lads! Take a few photos.

[Paul]

I'm sitting out at the cross roads now, it's the killyglen ballymullock cross roads, I hope I'm in the right place.

[Paul]

Well im just back, i let the guys at the start of the forest south of trostan, still a good bit of snow up there but they are all in good spirits and Chris has his camera so i expect there will be some great photos to come. I must say it was great to get out with such a great bunch even for such a short time. Thanks again for the meet up lads.

[billy backpack]

We are all home safe and sound............what a morning though to wake up with tent on your face (literally) and sick as a dog. I thought at first it was something to do with the little tipple but definitely not I am convinced I have got some sort of bug as I haven't been able to keep anything down and am quaking all over.
On another note how deep was the snow, it was pretty awesome and I think Chris has a cracking photo of 6pack up to his waist 

Many thanks to the crew once again for a great overnighter it was worth all the effort.

[RedLeader]

So how did the tent do?

[kendogbaggio]

Kick ass sorry i missed this i love the old snow cant wait for the pics,

Regards,

Dave

[billy backpack]

Thanks for the concern about my health Jonno 

The tent is awesome there's plenty of room, seemed warm enough, no real condensation problems and all in all fit for purpose.

I was really pleasantly surprised at the size of the footprint for a 3 man tent it's compact but still loads of room. I would have to agree that its perfect for 2 as you can still get all your kit in and not be squashed.

The fact that we woke up with it on our face was maybe due to the fact it wasn't pitched too well as the snow was really deep and the area chosen to pitch was not really suitable but was the best at the time.

I had my camera as well as Chris but only got a couple last night there was def not any taken today as I could barely walk never mind try to goet the perfect picture which really annoys me as the place was like a postcard and to think we were at the Antrim Glens it really could have been Finland or Sweden or anywhere like that.

[RedLeader]

Thanks for the concern about my health Jonno 

I was very concerned for your health. I was just more concerned about the tent

Did you have much trouble lighting a fire and was how did the Alpkit bags perform?

[chris]

i cant upload my pics, file size is too big... solutions please jonno!