Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Username: Password:

Follow NI-Wild

Pages: 1 [2]

Author Topic: mournes on fire again :-(  (Read 11144 times)

BrianT

  • Newbie Poster
  • *
  • Karma: 2
  • Posts: 20
Re: mournes on fire again :-(
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2012 »
Could anyone confirm where the fires are or have been as I had intended to lead a group up Donard on Sunday from Newcastle and down the Bloody Bridge side towards Chimney Rock.I'm a farmer as well as being a keen  hill-walker like most on here  and while I can't talk for all farmers it angers me to constantly hear this rubbish being  being spouted about EU subsidies etc.
I don't know as does anyone else who started the fires but an educated guess from common sense and past experience on my own farm points 90% of the time to young louts(for want of a better word ) Who never did a days work on a farm or anywhere else in their lives and really don't understand or care about the harm and danger caused !
Logged
Brian

LandyLiam

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Poster
  • *****
  • Karma: 166
  • Posts: 3825
    • Team BLRC
Re: mournes on fire again :-(
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2012 »

here's the daytime view (from downpatrick) to compare the fire location







Logged
think outside, no box required

whoRya

  • Has Camped With NI-Wild
  • Hero Poster
  • ******
  • Karma: 165
  • Posts: 1798
Re: mournes on fire again :-(
« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2012 »
Quote from: LandyLiam on March 31, 2012
its made the news now

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17566889

Quote
Large gorse fire on Slieve Donard in Mournes

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service members are currently at the scene of a large gorse fire in the Mourne Mountains in County Down.

The fire is high on Slieve Donard above Bloody Bridge.

No firefighters are tackling the blaze at the moment as it is not endangering any life or property.

A Fire and Rescue Service crew, however, is keeping watch on the situation.

It seems to me that when it makes the news, the problem only gets worse.  We need rain.
Logged
"Not all those who wander are lost."

Kayakgirl

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Poster
  • *****
  • Karma: 140
  • Posts: 1380
Re: mournes on fire again :-(
« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2012 »
It wasn't us!!!
Logged


Stress dissolves when exposed to water..

Mourneman

  • Has Camped With NI-Wild
  • Hero Poster
  • ******
  • Karma: 122
  • Posts: 1323
    • artist rising
Re: mournes on fire again :-(
« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2012 »
Well had a good look at the damage done by the fire,truth told it vey limited,more like the size of a football field,where chimney rock meets farmland.
Logged

LandyLiam

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Poster
  • *****
  • Karma: 166
  • Posts: 3825
    • Team BLRC
Re: mournes on fire again :-(
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2012 »
got a pic of some of the damage while on a wee dander up chimney rock this morning, donard on the left, crossone on the right, bloody bridge quarry at bottom of pic


« Last Edit: April 17, 2012 by LandyLiam »
Logged
think outside, no box required
Pages: 1 [2]
« previous next »
 

Bottom Sponsor

Recent Topics

A comment of appreciation by Rugged Track [November 04, 2024]
Lough Shannagh by Scribble [March 22, 2023]
Where has everyone gone? by Glenn B [March 02, 2023]
Hello 👋🏻 by RedLeader [March 13, 2022]
Overnighter on 21st August by Wolf_Larson [November 02, 2021]
crabbing by Glenn B [July 19, 2021]
Slieive Binnian Hike by Rugged Track [November 06, 2020]
Silent Valley by Binnianboy [June 28, 2020]
Is it safe... by Rugged Track [June 02, 2020]
You've got a mention... by NorthernSky [December 12, 2019]
Hen Mountain Wild Camp by Rugged Track [November 28, 2019]
Happy Valley by Binnianboy [September 30, 2019]