Boxing Day walk at Portrush, complete with Kayaks!
Posting has been quiet around here, for a while, due to the Christmas preparations! Hope you all had a good time, and are looking forward to 2008!
I have had a couple of training walks, since I was here last. The first of which was really to blow the cobwebs away after the sumptuous “Christmas Dinner”. The local Rambling Club had organized a walk from the West Strand car park, out round Ramore Head, and along the East Strand to the White Rocks. If any of you readers are familiar with Portrush in Northern Ireland, you will know the wonderful beaches I am talking about.
We had unusual company alongside the walkers….only these guys/gals were in the water! Surf Kayaking I believe it is called, the photos do not really do it justice, it looks fantastic fun (just a bit crazy!)
The sky stayed quite overcast, and didn’t help the photography, but it was a very enjoyable walk…I’m very glad I went.
Four Peaks in the Mournes, Co.Down
Five excited hill walkers appeared ready for action, on Saturday 6:30am! We had a good journey down to Newcastle, and were on the go at 8:30am. As you can see from the first photograph, the conditions didn’t look too promising, but everyone was enthusiastic, and we headed off.
The mountains in the order we climbed them were:
Slieve Loughshannagh 620m
Slieve Meelbeg 708m
Slieve Meelmore 704m
Slieve Bearnagh 739m
As you can see, the visibility wasn’t great at times, but when we could see, the scenery was fantastic!
Walking at Murlough Bay
Here is a photo of all the enthusiastic walkers who turned out for our training walk on Saturday past. This is one of only three photos that were taken, due to the very wet conditions!
Seriously though, we did have a good walk, although the weather was quite bad, stormy and wet. We managed to find a sheltered place for lunch (Irwin’s instincts kicked in, and took us away off the direction we were going, and I wondered if there was any point in continuing…and then we found an amazing place, sheltered from the wind and rain!)
Next Saturday, God willing, we are going to the Mourne Mountains for our next walk. Irwin has said we will be summiting four peaks, so I can tell you more next week. Hopefully the weather will be a bit better, and I will be able to get a few more shots to post.
Training Walk on Knocklayde, in the Antrim Hills
We enjoyed good walking conditions for our latest walk from Ballycastle, to the summit of Knocklayde, and back.
As you can see, we had a cheery bunch of walkers, and a good morning was had by all.
I balanced my camera on my rucksack, and set the self-timer, and ran !
Having a rest at the summit.
As you can see, the sky was overcast most of the morning, but it stayed dry and comfortable for walking.
Walking in Glenshesk
This was another great days walking, great scenery,weather, and company!
As I said…great scenery.
The beautiful view down into the glen.
Another view out towards the sea.
At the time of this walk, I had not committed to the Kilimanjaro Challenge 2008, in fact, I think only two men in the photograph had signed the dotted line!
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