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Bic

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Hi,
« on: August 16, 2010 »
Hi all....haven, t been in Northern Ireland for a few years now, however am to return next week for a few days, am keen to take in Slieve Donard and am looking for the best location/car park that is convienient from Newcastle direction and suitable as a start point, and if weather allows best scenic route....any ideas
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2010 »
going up the bloody bridgeriveris a lovley walk.

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Re: Hi,
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2010 »
Welcome Bic.

Slieve Donard from Donard Car Park in Newcastle is a nice easy route.
Theres info here:
http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=758.0
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2010 »
Welcome Mate
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2010 »
Hi Bic

Sorry forgot to say hello
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2010 »
Hi Bic, welcome to the forum.

And Lenny, welcome to Club Quo :)
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ChuckMcB

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Re: Hi,
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2010 »
Hi Bic

Go with LennyJ1's route for a scenic route, or go from Newcastle Car Park as J says for a simple route.

Either way, if it's a clear day when you get to the top, for a cracking view of Newcastle/Dundrum etc find the lower carn (it's marked with a cross on LennyJ1's map), it's only abut 100 yards from the great carn, there are lots of wee hollows for you to have a break.

Let us know how you get on.
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2010 »
Cheers for the replies, think i,ll go with the Bloody Bridge option,.. How much does the Car Park cost?
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2010 »
Quote from: Bic on August 17, 2010
Cheers for the replies, think i,ll go with the Bloody Bridge option,.. How much does the Car Park cost?

The car park is free
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ChuckMcB

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Re: Hi,
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2010 »
and at the weekends there is a burger van parked there, handy for a post-summit packet of chips :D
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2010 »
...thanks for the info...am probably looking at doing it next Friday, .....so no chips for me  :(              ...anyhow waiting on a map coming from Amazon, and just wondering how far from Donard Car Park to Bloody Bridge...thinkin maybe to do a loop, do the last bit along the road to Bloody Bridge......so how far?
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ChuckMcB

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Re: Hi,
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2010 »
It's about two miles, but some of the walk is quite hairy: no footpath and folks drive like the wind along that coast road, so I wouldn't recommend it. Taxi perhaps?

If you really want walk to Bloody Bridge Car Park, when you are in Donard Forest, don't go right to the road, but stay in the forest walking parallel to the coast, the forest road will pop you out onto the main road very near Maggie's Leap, that means the road walking is cut down to less than a mile. I can fire a map up if you are not sure what I mean.
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2010 »
...please, if you can....just so i can better plan for the day....
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2010 »
Here you go (another Mapyx mashup). Coming down the Glen River follow the blue line I've marked..once in the forest turn right at the second bridge (there other tracks you can take, but this one is the only one that is downhill/flat all the way).

(even with my warnings) If you do end up walking along the road keep an eye open for Maggie's Leap it's a deep but quite narrow crack in the rocky coastline (you access it through a clear break in the wall - I notice that there is a 'private property' sign on the entrance..but if you should be able to take a quick peek down it, but don't hang around)
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Re: Hi,
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2010 »
.....cheers for that...got my map in the post this morning, so checkin it out now.....
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