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Video: Spinkwee Winter Camp
A short summary of our camp by the Spinkwee river, close to Tollymore forest. A fun, dry evening followed by overnight snow flurries.
Attempt at the Mourne Wall – Lessons learned
Saint Patricks day saw me and a friend attempt to walk the length of the Mourne Wall, 22 miles over 15 mountains. We tried to have a crack at this in one day. The recent weather in Northern Ireland has been varied at best, in the last couple of months we’ve seen heavy snow, weeks […]
Video: Mourne Horseshoe
The Mourne Horseshoe, a formidable, yet enjoyable route.
Video: Binnian Summit Camp
A hiking trip up Slieve Binnian in the Mourne Mountains and a summit camp with incredible views
All Aboard The Gondola!
There’s been something of a minor stir lately in the Northern Ireland outdoors community regarding plans to build a gondola to transport hikers and tourists for access to Slieve Donard (and from there, the Mournes in general) Debate has been quite polarized, with one camp feeling such things should never be done to the hills […]
Binnian summit camp
Last July I was joined by around 15 friends when we summit camped on Slieve Binnian in the Mourne mountains. We set off at around 5pm parking at the private car park near Carricklittle which anybody can use for a few quid.
A skill hopefully we’ll never need.
I recently purchased a Gerber Remix Tactical Knife as a general outdoors knife and I have to say I’m quite impressed. The finish was razor sharp straight from the factory and the folding mechanism worked perfectly without the need for additional lubrication: a common flaw reported with the Gerber Tactical Knife.
Snugpak Chrysalis 3 – Gear Review
I Field tested the snugpak Chrysalis 3 sleeping bag on a wild camp in the Mournes last weekend. The bag boasts all the features of a quality Snugpak mummy-style sleeping bag but the jumbo zip baffle can be opened out to give much more room within the sleeping bag by opening the expander panel which I […]