The Stories

  • Kicking Off The Championships
    After a massive feed of pancakes, Dad and I logged our first High Point as part of The All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships; Knocknaskagh. […]
  • Slievereagh At Dusk
    Started off the Weekend by nabbing 5 more points for The All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships on Slievereagh. A nice evening climb in the fading light […]
  • 32 Points On The West Galtee Range
    06 Mar 2022: It’s only been six days since High Point Ireland‘s “The All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships” kicked off. The competition takes place over […]
  • Eastern Galtee Adventure
    13 Mar 2022: Having already climbed all of the mountains on the western side of the Galtees that had points in the The […]
  • Slievenamuck
    A quick evening cycle up Slievenamuck under quickly darkening skies, racking up a few extra points for The All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships.
  • Sunset On Seefin
    A beautiful climb up Seefin offered us some simply stunning views, including the Galtees, Kilcruig, and the Knockmealdowns. I timelapsed the sunset, […]
  • Galtymore In Aid Of Climb With Charlie
    We were up at the crack of dawn (4:30 to be precise) and walking up the Black Road towards Galtymore by 5:10, […]
  • A Sunny Day Out In The Knockmealdowns
    Lured in by the attractive double points awarded by completing a Mountain Challenge within 24 hours, we set off at 9am on Sunday morning […]
  • Carronadavderg
    It’s an hour’s drive from home but an easy 4 points for High Point Ireland All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships, Carronadavderg is just 1km […]
  • A Quest For Points
    An action packed day: A 5am start, a 10pm finish, 450 Km of driving, 10 High Point Ireland Sport Hillwalking Locations visited, 63 points […]
  • 8 Sport Hillwalking Locations, 83 Points
    At 4:30, while most people were sleeping, Dad and I were in the car heading for Fenton’s Pub, the start point for […]
  • An Evening Hunt For Points
    Once I had my dinner eaten after school, Dad and I were in the car with our walking gear headed for two […]
  • The Mweelrea Mountains Challenge
    We decided to tackle our second Irish Mountain Challenge, and The Mweelrea Mountains Challenge seemed a good fit. We needed to do […]
  • The Coomloughra Horseshoe
    We thought it would be a bit ambitious to attempt the The MacGillycuddy’s Reeks Mountain Challenge in one day, so we decided […]
  • Baraveha
    7 more points for High Point Ireland All Ireland Sport Hillwalking Championships this evening on Baraveha near Ballydesmond. We left home after […]
  • Caherbarnagh & The Paps
    Nana was looking to go visit a friend, so we offered her a spin. Coincidentally, the Paps & Caherbarnagh were nearby so […]
  • The Comeragh Mountains Challenge
    I had a half day at school, so Dad collected me and we decided to head to the Comeraghs to try The […]
  • Tackling The Eastern Reeks
    The Sweat was definitely pumping today! We headed to Kerry after Coderdojo, annoyingly got held up in some rally traffic around Killarney. […]
  • 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
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • Knocknaskagh
    Logged Knocknaskagh yesterday evening with my uncle John Lynch and godmother Clara Lynch, as a practice run for them using Peakhunter before […]
  • Seefin
    I sneakily logged Seefin while Dad was working!
  • Four Peaks; Four Provinces; Twenty-Four Hours
    At 12am on 17th June Dad, Mam and I said goodbye to our house and comfy beds, got into the car and […]
  • We can still walk!
    We Ticked off a few boxes on Slievereagh this evening for Mountains & High Points Week Day 2
  • Mountains & High Points Week Day 3
    After some chips from Doyles Chip Shop and an evening walk along Youghal Strand, we headed to the nearby Carronadavderg for Day […]
  • Finishing Off The Knockmealdowns
    For Mountains & High Points Week day 4, we decided to finish off what we left in the Knockmealdowns; Knockmoylan, Knockmealdown & […]
  • A Cycle Up Slievenamuck
    A cycle to Slievenamuck for Day 5 of Mountains & High Points Week.
  • A Classic Trio
    A classic trio of Logs for day 6 of Mountains & High Points Week! Learning from our mistake from our previous visit, […]
  • Mountains & High Points Week Day 7
    We were trapped inside for day 7 of Mountains & High Points Week Day 7, which I think is explained by this […]
  • Finishing Off The Comeraghs
    Johnny joines us to finish the Comeraighs, starting at Kilclooney Wood Car Park with Dads car at the Mamma Road for the […]