Ballintubber Cross
Dairine Nuttall of www.irelandtourguide.ie posted this fine photo of the Ballintubber Cross recently. This lies on the eastern slopes of Blakestown Hill and looks down on Poulaphuca Reservoir. It’s marked…
Knockmealdown Crossing
If you’re participating in the Knockmealdown Crossing this coming weekend, you just about have time to order our detailed 1:25K map of the Knockmealdowns, the best map of the area:…
Dingle Mapping
Making slow progress on our Dingle mapping project but will get there in the end. Plan is to compile our 25Series map detail for the full peninsula from the Blaskets…
Night Navigation
I was involved in running mountain navigation courses and the like back in the 1980s. It’s where I honed navigation and route finding skills picked up previously in the course…
Litter & Dumping
Some small scale littering/ dumping in a local wood near us. I find it hard to understand why people still think it’s OK to throw a couple of bags of…
Maamturks Challenge 2022
The mighty Maamturks Challenge is back on again this year and will be held on the 9th April coming. Twenty five hard kilometres of steep climbs and equally steep descents…
Postal Rates Increase
The 1st March past saw an increase in postage charges from An Post. Earlier in the year, these were flagged as only affecting the cost of a normal letter stamp.…
Ballycrystal Update
This is a small update to our Blackstairs & Mount Leinster map. An extension has been added to the Ballycrystal walking trail loop. But it will also be of interest…
Streams & Rivers
The crossing of streams and rivers is arguably the most common objective hazard faced by Irish hill walkers. Often pleasant & good fun to boulder hop in dry conditions, challenging…
Turf Stack Walls
The aerial photo here shows about twenty low walls varying in length from 5 to 10 metres, many with a little right angle return on the southern end. Such walls…
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