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Re: end of year family hike in the mournes - thursday 29th dec 2011
« Reply #30 on: December 29, 2011 »
Quote from: LandyLiam on December 29, 2011
climbing wall is closed today  :(

weather is just too bad to take little uns up the hill so i'm going for tollymore instead, meet at top car park (near back entrance so you can park in bryansford if you like and walk in) i'll be in a silver mondeo estate ykz5528 with 2 kids screaming "take us to coco's"  ;D i may be a wee bit late, 1115am at latest

No bother.. see you then!
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Re: end of year family hike in the mournes - thursday 29th dec 2011
« Reply #31 on: December 29, 2011 »
had a great walk with dave, anne and kids, so very glad we didn't do hen mtn, we did do a little hill at the edge of tollymore (the hill with no name just below slievenabrock) to get a geocache, and it was wild up there, but in the forest it was just about bearable  :)

walk details:
500m ascent
start 1115, end 1530
7.8 km (4.9 miles)
2hr12 moving
2hr3 stopped
moving ave 3.5kmh



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Re: end of year family hike in the mournes - thursday 29th dec 2011
« Reply #32 on: December 29, 2011 »
the pics



first stop, the hermitage, if you haven't been here before its a magical wee spot that reminds me of rivendell from lord of the rings


we planned to cross the first set of stepping stones but they were fenced off as the last few sytones are falling into the river!



this was the second set, water runing fast over the top of them, too dodgey for adults to cross never mind the kids  :o



so we had our first lunch stop at the meeting of the waters (the shimna and spinkwee rivers)



interesting log spotted nearby



crossing the nameless bridge


then the kids where getting ratty and the rain started pelting down, we very nearly decided to take the direct route home but thought we just try the next hill and see if we could find a good lunch spot



so second lunch was had in a more sheltered spot which seemed to revive the little uns for continuing up the hill


we passed these folk further up the hill, i could tell dave was more than a little jealous, did i here his daughter saying "dad, why aren't we as cool as that family"  ::)



eventually we nabbed the goecache up the very cold, very windy hill, it was like bloodhounds round a wounded fox



dave and daughter



memorial plaques on a hillside stone



the rush back to the shelter of the tress



a hop skip and jump across the stream



one last puddle and the command was given, "kids (& adults) you can get as wet as you want now, we're nearly home"






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Re: end of year family hike in the mournes - thursday 29th dec 2011
« Reply #33 on: December 29, 2011 »
What a lovely day! and lovely to meet Dave and all the children! I agree, so glad it was there and not hen mountain! the wind was fierce! Matthew was still shouting that he wanted another walk at 9pm ???  its been many years since ive been in Tollymore!? i'll definitely be bringing the bike there soon.  :)

Thanks Liam for organising it!  :)
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Re: end of year family hike in the mournes - thursday 29th dec 2011
« Reply #34 on: December 29, 2011 »
Quote from: AnnieAnne on December 29, 2011
What a lovely day! and lovely to meet Dave and all the children! I agree, so glad it was there and not hen mountain! the wind was fierce! Matthew was still shouting that he wanted another walk at 9pm ???  its been many years since ive been in Tollymore!? i'll definitely be bringing the bike there soon.  :)

Thanks Liam for organising it!  :)


Ps ... The childrens feet were lovely and dry  :) wish i could have said the same for mine  :(
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Re: end of year family hike in the mournes - thursday 29th dec 2011
« Reply #35 on: December 30, 2011 »
Great stuff, sorry I missed this, Tollymore is a lovely walk but not buggy friendly for us unfortunately..
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