Climbing Slieve Donard 22/01/17 Quite a while ago, whilst sitting in our Camper Van at Donard car park in Newcastle Co Down, Alan suggested that we walk through Donard Forest and up into the Mourne Mountains. At the time, for various reasons, the main one being I was...
So the weather in Ireland can be very random (an understatement if ever there was one), we can literally have four seasons in one day and March can be a particularly random month. Now with that in mind, deciding to climb a few mountains over the March weekends...
Slieve Binnian – Silent Valley – Mourne Mountains So earlier this year, I climbed my very first mountain and managed to get to the Saddle in the Mournes, which is just shy of its tallest peak, Slieve Donard. Not bad going as I did the climb in my docs and jeans. I...
For our 3rd trip to the Old Rail Trail in the Irish midlands, we decided to start at Moate and cycle through to Mullingar, a cycle officially listed as just under 60km, but because we cycled a tad further, we ended up going just over the 60km mark. Not bad for my 6th...
Athlone Mullingar Greenway AKA The Old Rail Trail The 40km Athlone Mullingar Greenway runs along what was originally the railway track between the two towns. The trains officially stopped running in 1987, and the line has been unused up until now, that is. The new...