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The Land Reader Project
Hum, corrie, spinney, karst and tor – a selection of just some of the unusual and rarely used words that describe the vast array of shapes and features that we find in the great outdoors. The Land Reader project is an ongoing effort to collect, organise and share all of these lesser used words in […]
Return to the Bluestack Way Donegal
A strong summer sun beamed from cloudless skies. A soothing breeze came in with the smell of the Sea on it. The coast could not be far beyond the horizon. It was a hot July in County Donegal and I had again returned to the Bluestack Way. Something about the trail holds a mystery, I’ve […]
video: Newcastle Airshow 2014
Video of the 2014 Newcastle Airshow taken from the Mourne Mountains
Photo Album: Newcastle Airshow 2014
A series of photos by John of the 2014 Newcastle airshow taken from the Mourne Mountains.
Video: Doan summit camp
Video footage from a very enjoyable camp on Doan Summit.
Photo Album: Doan Summit Camp
Photos from a summit camp on Doan in the mourne Mountains
Doan Go Changing
The reservoir filled the floor of the valley below, the water like a huge sheet of beaten metal in the grey of the morning. It lay like the blade of a vast jagged dagger, snapped off at the hilt in some long forgotten giants battle, and cast down in the shadow of the mountains. Above […]
5 Reasons To Try Bivvying
Five reasons to give the bivi bag a try in place of a tent. You never know - you might become a convert!
Concrete Stars in the Mourne Mountains
Throughout the past year there have been strange sightings of stars in the Mourne Mountains, and I’m not talking about the recent filming for the HBO Game of Thrones series. The stars that have been spotted are large in size, made out of concrete and have been found in a number of places in and […]
Bubba 20 OZ travel mug
” The Bubba 20 oz travel mug is a real beast of an insulated cup offering the user hot or cold beverages for longer that any mug I’ve used before” Only recently I converted to using insulated mugs for hot tea, coffee on hikes and camps, up until that I used an array […]