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Mourneman

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Bann's road trek
« on: August 06, 2012 »
Helping my daughter with her D.O.E training today.We started at 11am at the Bann's road,with a collection time of 5.30 pm at the Donard carpark.

1 by jimmysurg, on Flickr


2 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

The trek starts out with crossing over two stile's before taking a lesser trek on the right towards the end of Silent valley dam,the ground becomes very boggy after crossing a ford & with the long grass & hidden holes i tumbled over more than once  ;D


3 by jimmysurg, on Flickr
 the sundue plant,sorry if the spellings wrong,BigE has me looking for plants now  ???


4 by jimmysurg, on Flickr


5 by jimmysurg, on Flickr
 
it was liam that first noticed these gate posts,nice one


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 these stuff was pure class,not even one bite  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



7 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

our first break at the second stile


8 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

LOST again  ??? ::)


9 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

found this during one of my falls ,lol


8 b by jimmysurg, on Flickr

view along the Banns road


8 a by jimmysurg, on Flickr

view back along silent valley


10 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

the mourneman trademark


11 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

the scramble along ben crom dam


13 by jimmysurg, on Flickr


14 by jimmysurg, on Flickr


15 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

Super girl


16 by jimmysurg, on Flickr


17 by jimmysurg, on Flickr
towards the end of ben crom dam we climbed back onto the bank


18 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

the start of the gorge leading towards the Brandy pad


19 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

some really cool rock formations


20 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

here's a photo of the screen slope we climbed out of the gorge,wee bit hairy  :P


21 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

we both nearly collapsed at the top of the gorge


22 by jimmysurg, on Flickr

getting near the saddle,we quickened our pace,with a run from the saddle down to donard forest,a real cracker of a day

    here's some footage---     



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Re: Bann's road trek
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2012 »
gaiters for the banns road john  ???  admit it, your trousers shrank in the wash and you have to wear gaiters to hide the shrinkage  ;D

love the pineaple pic, makes my mouth water
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Re: Bann's road trek
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2012 »
Flip - I've been along that side of Ben Crom dam once. Fair play...It's a nightmare. I was close to trying swimming as the progress was so slow on the rocks. The trail on the other side is 100x quicker!
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Re: Bann's road trek
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2012 »
Insect repellent that works!!  Where did you get it?

Great photos as always John
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Re: Bann's road trek
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2012 »
Quote from: Paul72 on August 08, 2012
Insect repellent that works!!  Where did you get it?

Great photos as always John

Think i got it on Ebay,leaves the skin a bit oily,but works a treat & cost around £6.00,so a must have bit of kit ::)
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