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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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