Showcase – Dillon's Adventures 2022 http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local Sat, 14 Jan 2023 06:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 The Galtee Crossing http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/the-galtee-crossing/ http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/the-galtee-crossing/#respond Fri, 13 May 2022 14:50:08 +0000 http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/?p=610 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 Greenane West from Cush, so we will have to investigate a different option for next time. It was a bit dark coming off of Laghtshanaquilla after logging at 22:10 but reached the car safely and even met two others heading uphill as we descended.

Setting off
Temple Hill
Galtymore to the right
A Real Logbook on Temple Hill
Temple Hill
Knockateriff in the disatance
Knockateriff
A big decent, followed by a huge ascent!
Blue skies
Galtymore in the background
Monabrack
Lunch stop & route check
Galtymore
Sheep family!
Lough Curra
Lamb
Galtymore cross
Galtymore
Lough Diheen
Galtybeg
More lambs
Cush
Stunning
Greenane West
Bye Bye Sun!
Greenane
Sunset
Laghtshanaquilla
]]> http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/the-galtee-crossing/feed/ 0 The Coomloughra Horseshoe http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/the-coomloughra-horseshoe/ http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/the-coomloughra-horseshoe/#respond Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:18:47 +0000 http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/?p=435 We thought it would be a bit ambitious to attempt the The MacGillycuddy’s Reeks Mountain Challenge in one day, so we decided to test it out by splitting it into two halves.

After Coderdojo, we headed down to Kerry. We would be hiking the Coomloughra Horseshoe, but adding on a little bit to visit Knockbrinnea.

Our Planned Route For The Day

I set off from Cronin’s yard up the Hydro Road in a shiny pair of new boots, soaking in the good weather. We turned off of the road a couple of hundred meters before Lough Eighter and followed a well-worn track to our first mountain, Cnoc Íochtair. It was a steep climb, but we reaped our rewards when we reached the summit and saw the beautiful lakes.

A lovely day
Squeaky Clean (Not For Long!)
Lough Acoose
Coomloughra
Cnoc Íochtair

We followed the ridge, logging Skregmore before detouring off to reach Knockbrinnea. From there, we headed straight up the steep ridge of Beenkeragh, logging the 2nd highest mountain in Ireland at 16:50.

The Dingle Mountains
Skregmore
Beenkeragh & Carrauntoohil
A standalone boulder
Knockbrinnea
Carrauntoohil behind Beenkeragh
The other half of the challenge; For another day!
Caher
Beenkeragh
Carrauntoohil & The Bones viewed from Bennkeragh
The bones
Breathtaking

We crossed the bones to reach Carrauntoohil, my first visit this year. From there, we simply followed the Caher ridge back down to the Hydra road.

Carrauntoohil
The Caher Ridge
Lovely sky
The Bones, viewed from The Caher Ridge
Lovely colour
An orange sky as we touch down on The Hyrdra Road

This was my second time completing The Coomloughra Horsehoe, in the reverse direction this time however. We were blessed with a beautiful day to spend in such a beautiful landscape.

]]> http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/the-coomloughra-horseshoe/feed/ 0 A Sunny Day Out In The Knockmealdowns http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/a-sunny-day-out-in-the-knockmealdowns/ http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/a-sunny-day-out-in-the-knockmealdowns/#respond Sun, 03 Apr 2022 16:15:00 +0000 http://the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local/?p=210 Lured in by the attractive double points awarded by completing a Mountain Challenge within 24 hours, we set off at 9am on Sunday morning for Knocknafallia East, one of the 8 locations that we had to log on Peakhunter to claim the bonus points. The 8 Sport hillwalking locations in The Knockmealdown Mountains Challenge are:

  1. Knocknafallia E​ast
  2. Knocknafallia West
  3. Knocknagnauv
  4. Knockmealdown
  5. Knockmoylan
  6. Sugarloaf Hill
  7. Knocknalougha
  8. Knockshanahullion
Our Planned Route For The Day
Clear skies setting off
Following a forestry road to start
Crohan West
Knockmeal
Crohan West
Contrails in the sky, looking towards the Comeraghs
Knocknafallia E Top
#1 Logged
“The Gap”, clearly visible
Knocknafallia W

​After logging both Knocknafallia East & West, we followed the stone wall which stretches along the Waterford/Tipperary Border. A slight detour of about 10m over the wall was Knocknagnauv and after logging that we continued to follow the wall up the severely steep slopes of Knockmealdown, the highest point in the county of Waterford.

The River Blackwater
Slievenamon
Knockmealdown & Knockmoylan, the Sugarloaf hidden behind
Nice clouds
Slievenamon (Left), Comeraghs (Right)
A bright sun
The border wall in the foreground, Knockmealdown in the background
Imperial Moth Chrysalis

We sat down to eat our lunch there, admiring the stunning views visible thanks to the clear, sunny weather. A few lads on dirt bikes joined us at the top as well, which was a surprise for sure.

Slievenamon
Dirt Bikes, an unexpected sight at a CHP
Knockmoylan (Right)
Endless views

Next we followed the well-worn path from Knockmealdown over to Sugarloaf Hill (Which like Temple Hill, is most definitely not a hill), detouring slightly to log Knockmoylan on our way.

Filming
The dirt bikes heading back down
Knockmealdown
Knockmoylan
Knocknalougha (Left) & Knockshanahullion (Right)

Still following the border wall, we descended down to Baylough Car Park before ascending up the other side of the valley to Knocknalougha. From there, it was a straightfoward walk (now no longer following the wall) to our last log of the day, Knockshanahullion before our final descent to the car we parked earlier above Clogheen.

Baylough
Looking back at Sugarloaf Hill (Left), Knockmoylan (Center), & Knockmealdown (Right)
The Galtees
Slievenamon
Knockshanahullion, our final log of the day
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