October 5th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Down » Mourne Mountains
Felt like a home coming of sorts. ... 16 photos [full story]

September 25th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Down » Mourne Mountains
On the second week of our vists up the Mourn Mountains we parked the mini bus in a carpark just above FoFanny Dam. We were told to find a stile going over the Mourne wall at the base of OTT mountain a ... [full story]

September 25th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Down » Mourne Mountains
Our first week up the Mourne Mountains we were learing general map skills like compassbearings, map reading and also how to take a bearing for any given place, these skills were new to me so therefore ... [full story]

September 25th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Down » Mourne Mountains
I walked up the trassey track in the Mourne Montains towards Hare's Gap. At the trassey car park we worked out our pace to measure distance. I walked the track until the bottom of Hare's Gap.The skil ... [full story]

September 25th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Down
In week one we went to the Trassy track i learnt how to take bearings on a compass an then use that along with my pacing. Skills that i improved on this treck were my pacing and my map reading. Pe ... [full story]

September 25th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Down
On week 2 we walked up sleve Doan from fofanny dam carpark, and had lunch at the top of it. We went over OTT mountain.We then walked down a different side of it and then went in to lough shannon for a ... [full story]

September 25th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Down
In week one we went to the Trassy track and then went to Hares Gap. i learnt how to take bearings on a compass an then use that along with my pacing. Skills that i improved on this treck were my pa ... [full story]