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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2011 »
Lads me and the mate are gonna tag along to this tonight if thats ok? We will prob be there before yous so see you there hopefully!
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2011 »
All good. We'll be bivvying, expect to see a couple of DPM tarps I should have thought. PM me a mobile number if you want me to keep you updated on plans.

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Lads me and the mate are gonna tag along to this tonight if thats ok? We will prob be there before yous so see you there hopefully!
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2011 »
Quote from: RedLeader on July 22, 2011
All good. We'll be bivvying, expect to see a couple of DPM tarps I should have thought. PM me a mobile number if you want me to keep you updated on plans.

Quote from: redspud on July 22, 2011
Lads me and the mate are gonna tag along to this tonight if thats ok? We will prob be there before yous so see you there hopefully!

lol DPM tarps the whole idea is not to see them
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2011 »
We are leaving now so we will see you up there were in a silver tent so will be easy to spot!
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2011 »
It's a green tarp, not Harry Potters invisibility cloak :P

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Quote from: RedLeader on July 22, 2011
All good. We'll be bivvying, expect to see a couple of DPM tarps I should have thought. PM me a mobile number if you want me to keep you updated on plans.

Quote from: redspud on July 22, 2011
Lads me and the mate are gonna tag along to this tonight if thats ok? We will prob be there before yous so see you there hopefully!

lol DPM tarps the whole idea is not to see them
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2011 »
Quote from: Chuck on July 22, 2011
A half day off work today, car packed with big plans to head to Slieve League in Donegal for a bivvy and stuff, but a couple of immovable objects got in the way at the last minute ::) ....so it looks like I'm slumming it in the Mournes  ;D

Will join you if I may?

Trying to get out of the house shortly to have a wee explore somewhere. If anyone's about feel free to give me a shout.

Anyone got any plans for Saturday? Getting down to the shelter stone should be an easy enough toddle ;D , so I'm thinking about another explorer of Ben Crom itself (caves and summit) if anyone's up for it.

Your always welcome Chuck... Will be great to catch up.  I'm in no hurry home tomorrow so I'll probably join you for the Ben Crom Exploration if you don't mind.

See you at the Shelter Stone if not before  ;D
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #21 on: July 22, 2011 »
At hares gap the mites are lethal! Not a breath of wind and the suns just come out!
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2011 »
has anyone seen dowser! i think he was eaten alive by midges, this was found by the river  :o


« Last Edit: July 24, 2011 by LandyLiam »
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2011 »
Lol... surely they would be in camo?
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #24 on: July 23, 2011 »
Was good to meet you all last night, those midges were lethal the air was thick with them, those with the face nets had the right idea!
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #25 on: July 23, 2011 »
Quote from: LandyLiam on July 23, 2011
has anyone seen dowser! i think he was eaten alive by midges, this was found by the river  :o

How dare you accuse me of wearing Action Man boxers... I go Commando I'll have you know  ;D

Is that too much information... Do I need to moderate myself again?  :D

Great night guys... I crawled out of my bivvy bag about 9am and you were all gone, except for Chuck.  You missed a cracking day weather wise.  I have totally walked the legs of myself and Sal.  The Wee dogs asleep on my sofa and I'm guessing she will be there for many hours to come!!!

I'll stick up a few photos and a route taken a bit later on.  Excellent trip as always  :)
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #26 on: July 23, 2011 »
Great night, really glad i brought the midge net (scouts are always prepared   ;) ) i had fully intended on bivvying for my first time but chickened out at meelmore lodge and packed the tent in, boy was i glad of that. However i did manage to cook my own meal so i'm getting a little wilder  ;D the midges didn't settle until after 11pm  >:( i think in future calm night should be summits nights  8) (all night are summits nights in my book  ;) ) geocaching t 2.30am was fun too ! got a bit cold for me during the night then at 5am i remembered i still had the bivvy bag in the rucksack so i threw that over my sleeping bag and i was nice and toasty again.

I left about 8am with intentions of summiting bearnagh but i couldn't muster the energy so i went to bearnagh quarry to get another geocache and sat there for half an hour taking in the views (sunbathing). Good to meet new faces (rumblebum and redspud are all the names i can remember) and see old ones again.

p.s although it felt like i was getting eaten alive by midges i used avon skin so soft for the first time and it turns out i have very few itchy bites to scratch today, we buggers did find a few bits i forgot to soak like behind my ears  >:(
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #27 on: July 23, 2011 »
heres some pics I took last night and this morning! great spot, fully intend to go back there, but out of midge season!



































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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #28 on: July 23, 2011 »
Hi guys, just to say thanks for making me so welcome last night, i throughly enjoyed myself. It would have been hard to get better weather than what we had, cheers to Liam for the head net and thanks dowser for being the entertainment for the night, your a troubled man. ( ive been trying to remember your joke about the polar bear but i forgotten how it went) it may not be postable lol.

I like the way you didnt burn my firelog,  oh i, let the new guy carry it back to the car, gits haha!
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Re: Ben Crom Shelter Stone Bivvy Tonight
« Reply #29 on: July 24, 2011 »
some of my pics


starting off at meelmore lodge



the ni-wild mascot (dowser, not the dog  ;D )



up the goat track to hares gap




view of ben crom (not silent valley  ;) ) reservoir



the shelter stone, emergency use only!



hobo stove fired up, were gonna need a bigger stove!



the taliban?



the landyliam supper: spaghetti, grated cheese & a dolmio stir-in sauce, delicious  :)



billy backpack arrives around midnight, fair play to him for finding his way here in the dark, smoke that man a kipper






morning view of the reservoir



chuck and dowser having a lie in



on the way back i spot the moon we couldn't find last night



me parked up at bearnagh quarry taking it easy









« Last Edit: July 24, 2011 by LandyLiam »
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