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Slieve Donard and Slieve Commedagh From The Road Just North of Newcastle, Co Down
Crossing The River at The Back of The Car Park in Newcastle
A Good Path Takes up Through The Roderdendrums
Following The River up its Eastern Bank
Taking The High Road
Crossing Over to The Western Bank
Out into More Open Space
The Sun Comes Out
We Can Now See Where we Are Heading
Still Following The River at The Side of Donard Wood
The Path Will Lead us All The Way to The Lowest Point on The Skyline
Leaving The Wood Way Behind
Approaching The Col
Time to Look Back at Our Path up From Newcastle
The Mourne Wall That Links 15 Summits Built by The Belfast Water Commissioners Built in The 1800s
Following The Wall to Slieve Donard
The Wall Gets Steeper
Behind us The Wall Goes All The Way to Slieve Commedagh
Higher we go
Pointing Over to Slieve Commedagh
Reaching The Top of Slieve Donard
Lunch Time on The Summit of Slieve Donard
The Summit of Slieve Donard
Getting Ready to Leave The Summit of Slieve Donard
Following The Wall All The Way Back to The Col
Slieve Bearnagh From Slieve Donard
Not Far Now
Heading up The Other Side of The Col Towards Slieve Commedagh
Looking Back at The Col
Nearly There
Ladder Stile at The Top of Slieve Commedagh
You Can Clearly See The Wall Going All The Way to Slieve Bearnagh
Leaving The Ladder Stile Behind
Looking Towards Slieve Donard From The Summit of Slieve Commedagh
Heading Down East Towards Newcastle
Looking Down Towards Newcastle
Our Route to The Col Clearly Seen
The Steep Decent Back Down Towards The Path
Following The Edge of Donard Wood
Back on The Path Back
Car Park and Newcastle Not Far Now
Tuesday 31st July 2012 Slieve Snaght, Inishowen Peninsula. County Donegal, Eire. Lets Get Booted up
Leaving the Road
Above Lake Turk
Using a Trench Cut in The Peat as Our Guide
Who put That There
Still Climbing
Now Following an Old Fence
Looks Like a Bit of a Drop
Dropping Down
Then Climbing up
Leaving The Peat Hags for The Time Being
A Bit of Lunch
Now we Can Start to Climb Slieve Snaght
Now Far Now
The Top of Slieve Snaght
The Shelter on The Summit of Slieve Snaght
The Piles of Stones All Over The Top
In The Shelter on The Summit of Slieve Snaght
The Architecture on the Summit of Slieve Snaght (Natural or Manmade)
Leaving The Summit of Slieve Snaght
Nearing Lake Turk and The Road
Nearly There Now
Last Bit on The Road
Wednesday 1st August 2012 Muckish and Errigal, County Donegal, Eire. Cars Parked Just Passed The Highest Point on The Road
Leave The Rucksacks Behind For a Quick Assault of Muckish
The Cars Now Only Specks
The Higher we go The Weather Gets Worse
Now in Strong Wind and Rain
All These Cairns on The Summit Muckish
This Little Stone Shelter is Not The True Summit
The Massive Pile of Stones That Mark The Summit of Muckish
Out of The Wind and Rain The Cars Come Into View
Drive Around to Below Errigal
The Boggy Track to The Base of Mackoght
Errigal and Mackoght From The South
First View of Aghia More From Near The Top of Mackoght
Aghia More and Altan Lough From The Summit of Mackoght
Errigal From The Summit of Mackoght
Leaving Mackoght Behind
Errigal Dead Ahead
Heading Towards The Very Windy Southern Ridge of Errigal
As we Near The Ridge The Wind is Increasing in Strength
Cannot Hardly Stand up in The Very Strong Wind Whipping up Around The Southern Ridge
Thursday 2nd August 2012 Blue Stack Mountains, County Donegal, Eire. At Last Arriving at the Starting Point of Our Walk
Leaving The Farmstead Behind in Glorious Sunshine
Picking Our Way Through the Peat Hags
Looking Back Down The Valley
Still Going up
The Start of The Ridge for The Blue Stack Mountains
High on The Ridge Now
Our First Summit
A Huge Precariously Placed Van Sized Boulder Just Waiting to Fall on us
Leaving the Boulder Behind
Starting to Climb Again
Keep Going
Another Summit our Second of the Day
Leaving The Summit Behind
Standing on Top of a Quartzite Outcrop
As Good as any Place to Stop for Lunch
Leaving the Quartzite Outcrop
Carrying on to the Next Summit
The Quartzite Outcrop Standing Out Against the Surrounding Rocks
Standing Out Even More The Further Away You Get (Very Usual)
A Pile of Stones Marking Our Route
Pick a Style
The Concept of Hide 'n' Seek is Lost on Some People
Yes It's Still Visible
The Quartzite Outcrop Looking Like it's Been Dumped From The Back of a Lorry
Dropping Off to the Next Top
Staring to Climb Again
Still Going up
Nearly There and The Quartzite Outcrop is Still Just Visible
The Last Summit of the Day
Leaving The Summit Behind and Dropping Back Down to The Valley
Crossing The Bridge to The Lane on the Valley Floor
The Last Leg Back Towards The Car
Friday 3rd August 2012 Slieve League, County Donegal, Eire. We Travel All Morning in Driving Rain and The View of The Slieve League Cliffs is not Looking Good
As we Set off From The Bunglas Car Park The Clouds Change From Dark Gray to Light Gray
Now There's a Novelty, a Hand Rail
Steps Lead us Above The Car Park
Are The Clouds Beginning to Lift
The Steps Are Replaced With a Muddy Path
Then no Path at All
Higher we go
Nearing the Ridge at the Start of The Cliffs
The Clouds Start to Break up
I Can Nearly See the Bottom
The Day is Getting Better all the Time
Come on Keep up
Is The Bottom is Now Visible
Now That Better
The Clouds Have Lifted All Over Now
A Bit of Sun Shine
Still Higher we go
Lets go Over That Peak
Looking Down Along The Cliffs Towards The Lighthouse on Rathlin O' Birne Island
Up Ahead The Pilgrims Route Coming up From the Valley Floor
At The Foot of Our First Peak
Climbing Again
Up and Over This Lump
Looking Back at the Car Park
Heading Towards that Pointy Bit of Cliff
The Last Bit on The Pointy Bit
Bunglas Car Park Again
Below us The Inland Pilgrims Route
Some more Cliffs Ahead
Come on Lets Get to The Top of That One
Nearly There
Keep Going
Come on Keep up
Lets Have a Breather
High Above The Car Park With County Sligo On The Horizon
One Man Pass and The Summit of Slieve League Now Dead Ahead
The Start of One Man Pass
One Man Pass
Stomach in Chest Out
The Summit of Slieve League
Leaving Slieve League for Malin Beg
Down Steeply Towards the Sea
Come on and Join me
Looking Back to the Car Park From The Rock Tower
All Smiles at the Rock Tower
Leaving The Tower Behind
Even More Steeply Down
Its Not That Funny Walking on Peat
On the Edge of the Peat Bog
Leaving the Cliffs Behind for the Beach
First Sight of The Beach at Malin Beg
The Beach Looks Even Better the Nearer we Get
Nearly There Now
Where is Everyone
Wow What a Way to End a Walk
It's Not That Cold
The Beach From The Car Park
Saturday 4th August 2012 Poison Glen Horseshoe, County Donegal, Eire. Heading off into Poison Glen Towards The Derryveagh Mountians
We are Aiming for the Dip in the Ridge
The Dip is Really a Crag and Looks More Intimidating the Nearer we get to it
Up we go
Looking Back Down Poison Glen From Inside the Crag
Nearing The Top of The Crag
Errigal Looking Down on Lough Dunlewy
High on The Ridge Now
Going up Again
Then Down Again
That Looks Like More up
Still Going up
At Last The Highest Point on Our Walk Slieve Snaght
Now The Down Bit
Very Steadily we Pick Our Way Down
Still Going Down
Back on the Level Ground
Making Our Way Slowly Back Through The Bog
Errigal Getting Nearer all the Time
The River is Our Guide Through This Boggy Flat Bit
A Quick Drink
Errigal
Errigal Looking Down on The Old Church at Dunlewy
Looking Back at Slieve Snaght
The Old Pack Horse Bridge and The Derryveagh Mountians From Near Dunlewy
The Last View of Poison Glen
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