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simon3
2012-08-20 08:49:02
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Mournes Hydro Works.
Walking up beside the Glen River from the carpark in Newcastle is much the same as it always has been or at least as we, relatively infrequent visitors have experienced it . There is a wooded way with a charmingly rustic old track beside the river. On the trip you encounter two bridges. Enchanting - although enjoyment may be briefly curtailed by the rubbish around where various people camp in a small area near the start. You will cross a road at the first bridge where there has been some road widening (top right picture) and a sign identifying the works as belonging to the Newcastle Hydro Scheme. Perhaps other readers of the website can identify whether hydro in this context means water supply, flood control or electricity generation. Or a mixture of these.
Proceeding further upwards to the second bridge on Aug 19th 2012, there is further work all of which appears to be consistent with the hydro scheme. There are pipes, some already installed (bottom right) and a pile of further pipes presumably for tapping into the river further upstream.
The forest is clearly a mixed use place with roads for timber extraction and water infrastructure as well as routes for recreational users. There does not appear to be any attempts at alterations to the developed recreational path except insofar as you can see where the works for other purposes have taken place. There are indeed risks to recreation in any development. If the amount of water being abstracted was excessive then yes the rushing glen wouldn't be. Or if there were obtrusive surface roads, particularly tarred roads. However, with or even without landscaping one would expect these changes to the landscape to green over within a few months or years. And there was no sign of a tarmac surface to any of the roads. |
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Forum: General
Thank you MV |
ahendroff a day ago.
At 5.42pm today I completed my 404th and final Arderin. Long journey to here. Delighted & overjoyed. Humbled at the challenge also. And thanks Mountain Views for that. Gougane Barra will always be... |
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Summit Comment
Soarns Hill: Forested summit |
slemish a day ago.
Getting to the summit of Soarns Hill is difficult and the extensive forestry means that views are severely limited. But as it qualifies under MV prominence rules, off I went to climb it. I parked ... |
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Summit Comment
Soarns Hill: Local summit visit |
Harry Goodman a day ago.
Climbed Soarns Hill to-day as one of the 100 listed hills nearest to my home. I used three5four0's very helpful route description. The following additional information may be useful. The second... |
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Forum: General
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BleckCra 2 days ago.
Thank you kevin carroll. If I can put a smile on that contrary face, the Matterhorn should be a cakewalk. |
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Summit Summary
Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views. |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 3 days ago.
Meenanea is a summit of low prominence on the ridge from Cronamuck to Croaghbarnes.
It is most likely that it will be reached as part of a traverse along this ridge.
It has excellent views towa... |
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Forum: Suggestions
Re Main Area Display, logging |
simon3 2 days ago.
The suggestion is that the list of summits for a mountain area obtained by asking for More Detail for the mountain area show whether or not the summit has been climbed. This has now been implement... |
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Track
Walks Around Port 2 |
gerrym 5 days ago.
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ
A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland) |
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Summit Summary
Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge. |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 3 days ago.
This summit can be reached using the ridge extending NE from Croaghbarnes and there are suggestions it could be reached from Commeen to the north on the R253.
Cronamuck has views over towards Gau... |
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Forum: General
A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"? |
Conor74 2 days ago.
Think none of the Scavvies so far have tackled the Dunkerrons, and the Cloon Horseshoe at its heart - Mullaghanattin, Beann, Finnararagh and then moving all the way on to Knocknagantee and swingin... |
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