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[LennyJ1]

Can anyone pick me up who's going?

[brendanmcc]

looks like a great hike.  Bit long for the father in law though so trying to plan a shorter one..
Enjoy

[Mourneman]

see all you folk there

[LandyLiam]

there's always the blue route for those not wanting to tackle commedagh, i have a feeling some of my party willl be turning back early 

note: i've modified the route up slightly avoiding the hares gap, just to be different, i've never been that way before

[twentyclicks]

Have a good one lads, i'm going to have to miss this one. Have got myself involved in the Festive500 bike thing. I need to put in at least one big ride to get my kms up and tomorrow morning is set to be the lowest wind of the week, so I need to seize the moment!
I will be in the elements and burning calories, so with you in spirit 

[LandyLiam]

Great we walk done today, started drizzly but soon dried up, almost stuck exactly to the planned route, 6 of us went in total (+ 2 dogs), mainly cloudy but the cloud dissappeared briefly the odd time to give us a teasing view

facts & figures:
8.5 miles
1427m ascent
13.7km (8.5miles)
3h53 moving
1hr47 stopped
start 1100, end 1645 (yes a ni-wild trip started on time!!!)
moving ave 3.5kmh
max wind recorded 39mph (on commedagh summit)
temp 8-10 deg
attendees: me, bic, spartan, mourneman, big felim and the other lenny (last 2 not on the forum, yet)

some pics later

[Mourneman]

Few good miles done today with plenty of Crac mostly from Shrek,our newest member who's meant to be a friend of mine,lol,anyway here's the photo's
ps,thank's to Liam for planing the day and sorting the route out,also nice to meet BIC and SPARTAN.

DSCN9930 by shannaghan, on Flickr

DSCN9981 by shannaghan, on Flickr
DSCN9949 by shannaghan, on Flickr
DSCN0026 by shannaghan, on Flickr
DSCN0073 by shannaghan, on Flickr
DSCN0020 by shannaghan, on Flickr
DSCN0017 by shannaghan, on Flickr
DSCN0039 by shannaghan, on Flickr
DSCN0064 by shannaghan, on Flickr

[spartan00117]

Had a brilliant day with you guys and Dexter and Bramble, craic was awesome.  Look forward to the next one.  Think I got hyperthermia on my way home though on the motorbike 

[LennyJ1]

Who's the guy with the spurs hat?

[Mourneman]

Lenny -spurs hat guy is SPARTAN,here's some more photos,BIC is wearning camo

DSCN0059 by shannaghan, on Flickr
Liam with Spartan

DSCN0056 by shannaghan, on Flickr
DSCN0087 by shannaghan, on Flickr
BIC leading the way

DSCN0044 by shannaghan, on Flickr
Commedagh summit shelter,believe me you don't want to know what came out of here
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[whoRya]

Looks like a decent day was had.  I managed a wee jaunt up Cave Hill with the kids and bumped into a couple of NI Wilders myself.

[Mourneman]

last few photos

anna 1 by shannaghan, on Flickr

rt by shannaghan, on Flickr

[LandyLiam]

i finally figured out how to overlay the routes onto a map using quo, now just need a decent map




lenny2 not looking forward to this walk



don't expect any pressies from felim (aka shrek)



near slievenaglogh summit, lenny2 throws up in shreks rucksack


just another brick in the wall



spidermen




top of the pot of legawherry



ascending commedagh, a short but very steep section



lenny2 is in ecstasy after making the summit of commedagh


one of the few moments the cloud dissappeared, you had to be very quick with the camera



hey ho, hey ho, its off to work we go



shrek and bic under the castles of commedagh



you can just about make out the lights of the mountain rescue land rover on the trassey track, they saw shrek then turned back 


a wee waterfall on the goat track coming down from hares gap

[Bic]

.....well a good day out...lots of post Christmas humour.....cheers to all...even learnt a bit....Dexter (dog) can,t be trusted around sheep...neither am sure can Bramble...cheers again for the leg stretch...look forward to more in the New Year.....

[whoRya]

So did the little ghost child* stay with you for the whole walk?

* to the left of the people, against the wall

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