Summit Comment Sugarloaf Hill: A short sharp shock... |
exaisle 7 hours ago. I thought this was a short but punishing climb although I'm not as fit as I should be.
There is just one short respite but as soon as one leaves the road, it's tough from the word go....well, ... |
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Forum: General Suggestion for West Cork walk |
exaisle 7 hours ago. If the hangover is bad, you might consider the spin up Mount Gabriel. There is an access road about a mile or so outside Schull...it's tarmac all the way up and the views are excellent.
Of cou... |
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Summit Comment Mount Gabriel: Does driving up count? |
exaisle 7 hours ago. I'll be honest, it was 25degrees and the sun was beating down. Tipp and Waterford were on the field and I could hear the clash of the ash over the car radio.
So I said feckit, and drove up.
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Summit Summary Knocknafallia: Oh summit where art thou? |
Collaborative entry Last edit by: jackill 14 hours ago. Park on the roadside at S112 083 (Point A) on the Mellary to Newcastle road just after you cross the border to Tipperary and an abandoned farmhouse. There is room here for 5-6 cars.
You will noti... |
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Summit Summary Knocknagnauv: Oh me auld bones. |
Collaborative entry Last edit by: jackill 14 hours ago. Park on the roadside at S112 083 on the Mellary to Newcastle road just after you cross the border to Tipperary and an abandoned farmhouse. There is room here for 5-6 cars.
You will notice there a... |
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Forum: General Suggestion for West Cork walk |
gouganebarra a day ago. Conor74, I'd suggest that you could climb Shehy Mor (and combine it with Djouce and Doughill mountains for a longer walk). The best access for climbing Shehy Mor is from the unclassified road whic... |
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Summit Comment Scarr: Ronnie Petrie |
grzywaczmarcin 2 days ago. Descending from Scarr and Kanturk I met Ronnie Petrie memorial. I tried to find some information about him in the network but all I found is that he was involved in process of opening lands around... |
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Summit Comment Sugarloaf Mountain: Shipwrecks and the French |
jackill 2 days ago. The Sugarloaf with its whitewashed pillar stands sentry over Bantry bay.
The bay itself has seen the devils own share of history and tragedy.
The town of Bantry was the place where an attempt t... |
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Summit Comment Little Sugar Loaf: Spirals |
three5four0 2 days ago. Climbed Little Sugar Loaf after the ascent of Great Sugar Loaf, earlier that morning. Found the spirals cut into the rock on the summit, but not those on the north top mentioned by mcrtchly. New o... |
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Forum: General Recommendations for hillwalks in West Cork? |
Conor74 a day ago. Heading to a stag this weekend, so will be down in West Cork and probably needing a hangover cure on Sunday - could even go early enough Saturday too if it meant bagging a good few summits in any ... |
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