http://kerenowens.com Motivated by Love... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:34:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With 17 weeks to go, I squeezed in two training walks this week, Downhill, and Knocklayd. Downhill Irwin H, and a friend of mine, John Kelly, went out on Wednesday evening with me, to put a few miles under the belt. This was a very enjoyable walk, starting at Castlerock Beach, and ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/07/05/two-short-walks-this-week-downhill-knocklayd/ A few of us made it down to the Mourne Mountains on Saturday past, to participate in the 10th Anniversary of the Mourne International Walking Festival. And what a day it was! The Mourne International Walking Festival programme had this hike billed as 20k over 5 peaks with 1400m ascent. However ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/07/02/mourne-international-walking-festival/ Firstly, let me apologize for the delay with Keren's next post here, but for various reasons, it has just been difficult to write it...sorry... but better late than never! As Glenn mentioned in a previous post, the staff at the Causeway Trust children's ward really did help us to settle in ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/06/03/tiny-clothes-for-tiny-baby/ Here are a few of my favourites from the sponsored walk at Slieve Donard, in the Mourne Mountains...organised by my friends/companions for Kili, raising funds for the BCFC Academy in Kenya. As you can see, we had a fantastic day...the weather simply could not have been better! Thirsty work on the way ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/05/16/slieve-donard-on-may-day/ Firstly, we want to say something to those of you who may be following our experiences with wee Keren. We are aware that we are quite long overdue in bringing you the next...instalment (for want of a better word), and we would like you to know that we know that ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/05/13/knocklayde-with-a-slight-difference/ We had another great day walking in the Mourne Mountains, on the 5th April, with the Bannside Ramblers. Here are a few shots from what turned out to be a day with fantastic weather, and good company as well. We made exceptionally good time travelling down, and we had the rare ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/04/28/in-the-mournes-with-the-bannside-ramblers/ Last Saturday we had another memorable days hill-walking in the hills of Donegal. Irwin kept us a little in the dark again about the route we were to take, only telling us that we would finish with Errigal, the highest point in Donegal at 751m. Wet. We parked at the parking area ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/04/05/walking-in-donegal/ As I sit here, trying to sort through the 300+ photos from our walk last Saturday (some will be posted soon), I thought I would show you what Jed brought home from school today! I thought it was quite appropriate for us trekkers, and it looks intriguing. I think we should land ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/04/04/treasure-island-for-trekkers/ We had another great days walking last Saturday (1st March) taking in County Antrim's highest mountain...Trostan, at 1800ft (550m) and beside it, Slieveannee. The latest member of the team going to Kilimanjaro, Irwin Adair, from Kells, was with us, completing the team of six intrepid trekkers (does he know ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/03/04/antrim-hills-trostan/ Well the people of my local town really shone on Saturday, with their outstanding generosity to the appeal. With many thanks to my very enthusiastic, and hard-working team of helpers (a few of whom who were not caught on camera), and a huge vote of appreciation to all who passed through ... http://kerenowens.com/2008/02/25/bed-push-grand-total/