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[Rumblebum]

Hi Folks, just to let you know that Whorya and myself have a trip planned on sat 17th sept, we will be heading up in the afternoon from the carricklittle carpark area.
Plan is to follow the river to the right hand side of annalong wood as we havnt taken that route before, then go up and spend the night on chimney rock where we shall drink wine and eat noodles! Wake up sunday morning where we will grumble for a while about our sore backs then look for the plane wreckage and hit another few peaks before heading back home.

This will be another summit camp ticked off my to do list and its not really one that id thought of doing, that makes it intreaging.

Il put up a proper post nearer the time but thought id let you know incase anyone is interested.

[LennyJ1]

Would love to come but I am away.

[specimanYak]

This sounds interesting, i'd be interested nearer the time, once i get a chance to familiarise myself with the area.

[whoRya]

Hopefully my boots will have dried out by then.  Damn that Drybag fella and his talk about the Mournes not being the only hills around!

[RedLeader]

We did Chimney Rock last year for a summit bivvy. Was awesome, highly recommended!

http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1269.0

Can't see me getting out since I've been away 2 weeks out of the last 4

[Rumblebum]

Come on jonno you know you want to, that bunch of roses you keep buying is getting bigger week by week lol

[RedLeader]

I'm so far gone roses aren't even enough any more 

Come on jonno you know you want to, that bunch of roses you keep buying is getting bigger week by week lol

[suspectmonkey]

I'd love to go, but I'm also away that weekend   Not having much luck getting out lately!  As RedLeader said we had a good night up on Chimney Rock last year so you should have a good one! 

[whoRya]

Just to let you know our plans.  We are hoping to set off from Rourke's Park about 5:45-6pm, heading up over the Seefins to Rocky Mountain.  Once we've seen all there is on Rocky Mountain, we'll follow the wall up towards the Bog of Donard and then head off for Chimney Rock.  It is forecast for a Westerly wind so may see if the torrs offer any protection on their eastern flank.  In the morning we'll head back down the Long Mountain.

If anyone has any brownie points you're more than welcome to join us, or if you are up on the hill and see us, come and say hello

[RedLeader]

I've never beet at Rourkes Park. Is that the other side of Annalong Wood from Carrick Little? What's it like for parking.

Just to let you know our plans.  We are hoping to set off from Rourke's Park about 5:45-6pm, heading up over the Seefins to Rocky Mountain.  Once we've seen all there is on Rocky Mountain, we'll follow the wall up towards the Bog of Donard and then head off for Chimney Rock.  It is forecast for a Westerly wind so may see if the torrs offer any protection on their eastern flank.  In the morning we'll head back down the Long Mountain.

If anyone has any brownie points you're more than welcome to join us, or if you are up on the hill and see us, come and say hello

[whoRya]

I've never beet at Rourkes Park. Is that the other side of Annalong Wood from Carrick Little? What's it like for parking.

Yes that's the one.  Not really sure why it has the name, I think Park would conjure up a different image to what it is really like.  I've not set off from there before, parking is limited but if you are lucky it could just cut down 1/2 mile of road walking.

[Paul72]

So, how did you get on?

[whoRya]

So, how did you get on?

Cheers for asking, I'll throw a few pics up in the next few days, but for now it would be fair to say we took a bit of a beating up there!

[Rumblebum]

Hi Paul,

Well, it was an adventure to say the least, i looked at Liams pictures of his campsite on saturday night at spelga dam, and i thought oh you jammy git lol, it looked nice and calm.

We set off at about 6 30 from the rourkes park area, one of the locals was kind enough to let us park in their yard, grabed our packs and set off at a right pace for rocky mountain, taking in Round and Long seefin.

It really did make such a difference to be on that side of annalong wood, all the small cottages and ruins that you never normally see, and trying to figure out what mountain your actually looking at, lamagan looks a rite beast to go up, its next!

Just before we headed up rocky we bumped into a sound guy from poland, the man was a machine who had got up and walked the mourne wall from 9am. He needed a beer methinks

From rocky we then decended back down to the wall, by this stage it was pitch black which was probably a good job as we walked on top of the wall to the bog of donard, walking the wall really saves you time but theres some serious drops at either side, and with a strong wind hittin your side its concentration the whole way

Then it was up the path to Chimney rock, it would have been good to have done a reacon for a campsite before we went up there for the night, i didnt know the area at all and as the cloud cover was low it was hard to find some where decent for the tent, after a while we found an area sheltered from the wind by a large area of boulders, this is where we had our tea, fire and the traditional bottle of wine.

All was good, we were fed, a little bit tipsy and retired to the tent for the night and fell asleep.  Then it went mental, although we were sheltered somewhat from the wind, we pitched the tent head on into the breeze so that any unexpected gusts would pass rite over, this worked untill the wind direction changed and was hitting us side on, i was fine but whorya took a serious beating with the wind trying to constantly push the side in on top of him

We thought about getting up and turning it round 90 degrees to sort this problem but the wind was just too strong at this stage , getting all the gear out and removing the flysheet, some thing was going to get lost or ripped, sadly now i have to get two new poles as that experience has now left the originals somewhat bent and deformed.

It was a case of  'Where the fla did that come from' lol.  So we got up sunday morning, packed up and went and made our fry and laughed about the whole ordeal, you just gotta take it for what it is and enjoy the experience, its an adventure isnt it. The plan was always to look for the plane wreck while we were there, and we wernt going home without trying, we found nothing lol, apart from a small carn of stones on the side of the path, maybe this marks its position?

Il find that engine yet!

All in all it was a great trip and one that neither grame or i will forget, it will give us plenty to laugh about over our next pint. I have some pics and a video that i need to get unloaded, when i figure out what im doing 

Alan.

[RedLeader]

Still sounds like a great night, even with the gale! The one thing I remember about Chimney Rock was the awesome view out over the sea but I suppose if the weather was foul you probably didn't see much.

What sort of tent were you in?

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