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Our First Overnight Stay
We were headed down to Kerry again, planning to complete the Purple Mountains & The MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, with a sleep in-between! We logged Musheramore and Mullaghanish on our way to The Black Valley (Our start point for The Purple Mountains). We set off for The Purples from just below Black Lake, following the road for […]
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The Blackstairs Mountains Challenge – And A Lot More!
First up on our agenda for the day, The Blackstairs Mountains Challenge! We had Mount Leinster logged before 07:45 and Mount Leinster East Top by 08:12. Not bad! To conclude The Blackstairs Mountains Challenge we headed over to Blackstairs Mountain. We were trying our best to stay ahead of the bad weather, so speed was […]
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A 12-Hour Shift In Connaught
After a failed attempt ,including a wasted drive to The Black Valley to get Purples and Reeks done yesterday we still had horrible weather everywhere for Sunday, except, up west! So Dad selected some possibilities from the list and we set off early on Sunday morning arriving Maumeen car park at 8am. Three peaks were […]
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1 Day, 12 Logs
We set off this morning with the goal of logging as many of our (sort of) local locations as possible. First up was Knockfeerina, which, being logged at 04:54, is our earliest log of the whole challenge! We used the bikes to help us speed along the ‘The Red Road’, but were forced to walk […]
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Mountain Biking And Point Scoring
We logged Arderin at 8:15 on our way to the Slieve Blooms for a bit of mountain biking on the great trails there. Following that, we logged Dunmurry Hill, Cupidstown Hill, Kippure, Clogrennan Hill, Clomantagh Hill & Knocknamuck. We used the bikes on Kippure. By the end of the day we had managed to push […]
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The Galtee Crossing
Our first full crossing of the Galty Range, completing The Galtee Mountains Challenge. We dropped Dad’s car at Kilcoran Lodge for later and Mam drove us to Anglesboro, where we set off from. It was a beautiful day, we had lots of water packed. It took us an hour and 20 minutes to get to […]
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An Easy Evening
We went on a mini Cork tour after CoderDojo class today, first visiting Baraveha near the source of the Blackwater. We know our route for this off by heart now, making use of wellies to save some time. Great views of The Paps & Reeks. Next, Coomagearlahy! We tried to find a quicker route for […]
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The Easiest Points Ever!
Started Round 2 of The All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships with one point at Meakstown on the way home from Tayto Park